Day 13 of God’s Love for Us August 8, 2017 A friend sent me a blog post from Lysa Terkeurst today, in it was this message, “God’s love isn’t based on me…Its simply placed on me…” That made me think deeply. Then as I was reading the suggested passages from Our Daily Bread, I came across this scripture to help back up that thought, “For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works (our individual talents, dreams, goals, and mission), which God prepared beforehand so that we may walk in them(those talents, dreams, goals, and His mission)” Read More
Day 12 of God’s Love
Day 12 of God’s Love for Us August 2, 2017 “Oh my soul, you are not alone, There’s a place where fear has to face the God you know.”(Mark Hall, Casting Crowns lyrics) Fear does not come from God. Fear comes from Satan, meant to hold us back and keep us from our highest ability and glorifying God. If we really grasp this concept, then we will understand Phillippians 4:13 better, where Paul says, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” If we believe that Jesus is stronger than our fears, then we can also live like Read More
Day 11 of God’s Love
Day 11 of God’s Love for Us August 1, 2017 I read an interesting article by Derek Harvey entitled, “The Silent Marriage Killer.” As I read this, it made me think of our marriage with Jesus. He is the bridegroom, and we as followers are His bride. Harvey pointed out that unmet expectations are the root of most problems. I totally agree. He made a formula that says “EXPECTATION – OBSERVATION = FRUSTRATION.” We are human, so therefore, we have expectations; of others, of our spouses and children, of our abilities, and of our faith. When we don’t observe those expectations Read More
Day 10 of God’s Love
Day 10 of God’s Love for Us
July 31, 2017
When Jesus taught His apostles about Salt and Light, He said, “You are the light of the world.” Then He said, “Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.”(Matt 5:14,16)
We are like the apostles. We are to be a light of Jesus to the world. How we treat others, and treat ourselves, determines how brightly we let His light shine through us.
Day 9 of God’s Love
Day 9 of God’s Love for Us
July 29, 2017
“Rejoice and exult with all your heart,…The Lord has taken away His judgements against you, He has cleared away your enemies. The King of Israel, the Lord, is in your midst; You will fear disaster no more.”(Zephaniah 3:14-15)
When we draw near to God, we find happiness. Things of this world that make us “happy” fade away typically. There is more happiness in eternity than in things that fade away.
Day 8 of God’s Love
Day 8 of God’s Love for Us – July, 28, 2017 – “For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all thins as we are, yet (remained) without sin.”(Hebrews 4:15) Jesus knows the path that we’re on, because He was “given all this domain and its glory,”(Luke 4:6) or, given dominion over all the kingdoms of the world, if He had only bowed to Satan. Satan wants to give us the desires of our here and now, in exchange for an eternity of peace.
Day 7 of God’s Love
Day 7 of God’s Love for Us – July 27, 2017 – “The steps of a man (us) are established by the Lord, and He delights in his (our) way. When he (we) falls, he (we) will not be hurled headlong, because the Lord is the One who holds his (our) hand.”(Psalm 37:23-24) When we actively seek the Lord with our heart, and try our best to live a moral, loving, good life, God may let us stumble, but not fall and get hurt.