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Love, Not Commands
The first is … ‘you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ The second is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ from Mark 12 When Jesus was asked which of the commandments was most important, his answer, According to Mark 12, seemed to suggest that he is a person whose ministry is based on love, not commands. Sure, the two statements in the scriptures above are written like commandments – they say “you shall”—but what follows those words is much […]
Receiving God’s Love
“And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God and God in him.” 1 John 4:16-17 Those who have not experienced unconditional love may have a hard time believing that God loves them. Conditional love is not God’s kind of love. Conditional love is based on performance and expectations. You may have experienced conditional love when someone had an expectation of how they thought you should perform. If you performed to meet their expectations, then you were accepted and affirmed. If love is measured […]
How to Experience the Love of God?
There was a wonderful Christian song written several years ago titled, “It’s My Fathers House.” One line went something like this, “There is a big, big house with lots and lots of rooms and a big, big, table with lots and lots of food. A big, big yard where we can play football…It’s my Fathers House.” This song portrayed our Father God’s house as being home we can’t wait to go to. Like coming home after a long journey, you can’t wait to get there and you can smell cookies baking even before you get to the front door. […]
Stressed and Distressed? Try Resting in His Arms
“And therefore the Lord [earnestly] waits [expecting looking and longing] to be gracious to you; and therefore He lifts Himself up, that He may have mercy on you and show loving-kindness to you. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) are all those who [earnestly] wait for Him, who expect and look and long for Him, [for His victory, His favor, His love, His peace, His joy, and His matchless unbroken companionship]!” Isaiah 30:18 AMP Have you ever sat for hours, listening to someone talk and thought to yourself, “I sure wish they […]
Leaving the Little House
“God sent forth His son… to redeem them that were under the law, that they might receive the adoption of sons. Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son, and if a son, then an heir of God through Jesus Christ.” (Galatians 4:4, 5, 7) So how do you get out of the little house? How do you lay aside the lies you have believed that keep you in the past? You start with the words that bound you up or tore you down instead of building you up. You will feel like a child as long as […]