“Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine making request for you all with joy," Philippians 1:2-4 I was looking through some old notes and found this from a few years ago… God has …
Tag: love
It is good.
I one time heard a sermon on, or maybe a podcast about, how in Genesis 1 God creates and then He says, “It is good.” “Then God looked over all he had made, and he saw that it was very good!” Genesis 1:31 NLT In the beginning, God declared us good. We should start our …
The True Voice of Love.
Sometimes a devotional day from whatever yearly devotional I am currently reading really speaks to me. Then I think on it for days or weeks. I research aspects of it and seek to better understand. For example, I’m still thinking about a devotional from February 16 from the devotional Beloved…. “Fear is the great enemy …
JESUS LOVES YOU.
"What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?" Romans 8:31 "God is for you! Not 'may be,' not 'has been,' not 'was,' not 'would be,' but 'God is!' Can your purpose be taken or your value be diminished? No. No one can defeat …
St. Patrick.
I like St. Patrick’s Day so much. My boys might even tell you it’s my favorite holiday. But maybe not for the reason you may think. St. Patrick was a man who embodied faith, hope, and love. Ten or eleven years ago I read the children’s biography Life of St. Patrick and it changed the …
a Love story.
A few years ago, around Valentine’s Day, I got angry, frustrated, and sad by the use of the word love. It felt to me like people used the word love for everything. People say they love their car, they love a type of food, they love a video game, and so on and so forth. …
Show Up in LOVE.
What keeps us from showing up in love? We want the other person to apologize. We want them to make the first move. We want to be right. When we hold onto “whatever it is,” who are we really hurting? We think we are punishing the other person or holding the other person “accountable” but …
Love is a choice.
We choose to love! When we choose to show up in love, we get to feel love. We feel whatever we choose. When we choose to show up with something other than love like anger who feels the anger? We do. We think that is we withhold love till the other person gets their act …
Love Ability.
We practice love. Love is a skill we practice and get better at. Practicing unconditional love removes all the drama from life. We must learn how to practice unconditional love towards our life, our spouse, our children, our work…we practice unconditional love towards everything and everyone! Usually, we live from a place of comparing, a …
Receive Love.
We must come to know the love God has for us! Learn to trust His Love, rest in His Love, find our security, confidence, and value in His Love! Our worth and value are in Jesus Christ who love us completely. Not in what other people say about us or expect of us or in …