Day 20 of God’s Love for Us September 29, 2017 “This is His commandment, that we believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as He commanded us.”(1 John 3:23) Here are a few definitions: Jesus means “life giving” in Hebrew, and “the name of our lord” in Greek; Christ means “to forgive” in Hebrew and “anointed” in Greek; love then is “from God” in Hebrew, and “much, “as in a social and moral setting,” (pattern) and (quantity)” in Greek. So we could write this statement like this, ” This is God’s commandment, that Read More
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Day 18 of God’s Love
Day 18 of God’s Love for Us September 24, 2017 Have you ever held and admired a ladybug in the palm of your hand? Here is some perspective about God’s love for us. He created the whole entire universe to which the Milky Way that we are in is just a part. That all fits in the palm of His hand. Yet He loves us and knows us individually that He holds us and admires us in His palm, just the same as we hold and admire a ladybug in our hands. This came to me this morning after listening Read More
Day 13 of God’s Love
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 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.
Day 5 of God’s Love
Day 5 of God’s Love for Us – July 24, 2017- “My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor faint when you are reproved(gently corrected) by Him; For those whom the Lord loves He disciplines, and He scourges(judges) every son (and daughter)whom He receives.”(Hebrews 12:5-6) Expanding and explaining this is easy, “Who loves his child more— the father who allows the child to do what will harm them, or the father who corrects, trains, and even punishes the child to help them learn what is right? It is never pleasant to be corrected and disciplined by Read More
Faith and Favoritism
Faith and Favoritism – June 30, 2017 – When you were a kid, did you get treated like the favorite, or the not- so favorite? I was an only child, so I was the favorite, at least in my home. What the world treated me like was sometimes an outcast, or better put, just outside the popular group. Occasionally allowed to join in, but almost never allowed to shine. As an adult, my job for many years was based on competition. Being in the right place at the right time. I took pride in my work, knowing that I did Read More
Useless or Loved
Useless or Loved June 8, 2017 Do you ever feel useless? I do. What’s even worse is when I tell myself that. Most everyone has told themselves that at some point in their life. Satan wants us to talk like that. He wants us to think like that. As long as we think that about ourselves, we’re not fighting him, we’re not advancing the Kingdom of God, and we’re certainly not using our God given gifts to help someone else. When we have negative self talk, we lower our standards and expectations of ourselves. Over a very short period of Read More