John 14:23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.

Micah 6:8 He has shown you, O man, what is good; And what does the Lord require of you But to do justly, To love mercy, And walk humbly with your God?

Where is your heart today? I am puzzled by all the debates among Christians now a days: The repeated question is: Do I HAVE to?

- Do I HAVE to go to church?
- Do I HAVE to pay tithe?
- Do I HAVE to be baptized?
- MUST it be in the name of Jesus ?
- Do I HAVE to receive the Holy Ghost?
- Do I HAVE to pray every day?
- Do I HAVE to be holy?

In the first church they didn't do things because they HAD to. They did it because they WANTED to. If you don't want to be baptized, if you don't want the Holy Ghost, if you don't want to give, and if you don't want to live holy etc etc. The question remains: Do you really WANT to go to heaven? Because the truth is: You don't really HAVE to. Pastor Gøran Andreassen

Additional scriptures for further study: Joshua 24:15; Psalm 119; Markus 16:15-16, John 3:14-21, 12:25; 2 Corinthians 9:7; Galatians 6:7-8; Philippians 2:12-16; Colossians 3:1-7; Hebrews 11:14–16.