'love' Tagged Posts (Page 21)
Daily Devotions: November 30, 2018
November 30, 2018 To read full passage click: 1 Thessalonians 3:11-13 …“And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all, just as we abound in love for you.” vs. 12 Paul wrote words of encouragement to the new believers in Thessaloniki, urging them to continue in faith and not worry about the future. He included some practical advice about living in Christ and told them that not even death could separate them…
Daily Devotions: July 26 , 2018
July 26, 2018 Ephesians 3:14-18…“I pray that… Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, as you are being rooted and grounded in love.” vs. 16a-17 We are regularly told in Paul’s letters that we are “in Christ,” that we are in fact his Body in the world. It’s a magnificent concept and helps us understand our part in Christ’s continuing presence. We are literally Christ’s hands and feet and it’s through us that the hurting find healing and captives…
Daily Devotions: May 27, 2018
May 27, 2018 John 3:11-17…“If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you about heavenly things?” vs. 12 There are times when we would like to share the good news of Jesus the Christ with our neighbors or even family members, and they have a dickens of a time trying to figure out what we’re talking about. Oh, they may know the story and be familiar with the…
Daily Devotions: April 27, 2018
April 27, 2018 John 4:17-21…“Those who say, ‘I love God,’ and hate their brothers or sisters, are liars; for those who do not love a brother or sister whom they have seen, cannot love God whom they have not seen.” vs. 20 John sets a high bar for believers! In his estimation, loving God isn’t as easy as it might seem. Not only do we have to figure out how to be generous with what we call possessions, we also…
Daily Devotions: April 26, 2018
April 26, 2018 1 John 4:7-16…“No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God lives in us, and his love is perfected in us.” vs. 12 Many of us have profound questions about God and do all we can to find satisfactory answers. Inevitably, that search will be frustrated–God is beyond space and time and inaccessible to our mortal minds. As John tells us clearly, no one has ever seen God. But that doesn’t mean we have…