Posts Tagged ‘Love’

Word For The Day: Meeting Needs

This morning I would like to return to 1 John 3:16-18. Yesterday we saw in this text that we are to love one another with action and not mere words. Please read that text again as we get started in The Word for the Day. WHAT: John uses a practical example here to teach us…

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Word For The Day: Love By Actions

Good morning church. The Word for the Day comes from 1John 3:16-18. Please read that text now as we begin. WHAT: John begins another thought on love by helping us see what love is by reminding us that we know love by Christ laying down His life for us. Second John reminds us that love…

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Word For The Day: Love Like Christ

                        Today’s Word for the Day comes from John 13:34-35 and John 15:12. Please read both texts as we begin. WHAT: Yesterday we began in John 13:34-35 looking at the commandment to love one another. We saw that loving one another is not an…

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Word For The Day: Christ Took The Initiative

                          Good morning church. The Word for the Day comes from 1 John 4:10-11. This week we are looking at the commandment to “love one another”. The word “love” is used more often in this chapter (1John 4) than any other chapter in…

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Word For The Day: Fighting For Joy

                      I want to share with you this week about the idea of “fighting for joy in our Christian life.” As you know, when we grow older in our faith and walk with Christ, at times we tend to lose that joy we had when…

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Word For The Day: God’s Unfailing Compassion

We are learning what it means to trust God, even when life hurts. The more we get to know someone, the more we trust them, provided they remain consistent and trustworthy. God is entirely reliable, but we will not actively trust Him when things go wrong if we do not grow in our knowledge of…

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Word For The Day: God’s Unfailing Love

“The Lord’s unfailing love surrounds the man who trusts in Him.”Psalm 32:10 Stop, go back and read that again. God’s love cannot fail! God’s love never stops, never wavers; it is constant. As we go through adversities, setbacks, and the uncertainties of life, one thing that NEVER changes is that God’s love is unfailing. There…

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Word For The Day: God’s Love In Discipline

Today I want to continue a series of devotions on “Trusting God Even When Life Hurts.” These devotions summarize a book by Jerry Bridges with the same title. I hope you will get a copy of that book and read it for yourself! We have seen that God is Sovereign and loving, but this does…

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Word For The Day: Love God With All Your Heart

If you were to summarize all that God requires of you, it would seem like an impossible task. If you were asked to narrow down in one sentence all of God’s demands upon you in relationship to him, what would you say? It seems impossible, but Jesus did it for us, and he put it…

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Marriage: A Picture of Perfect Love

I hope everyone had a great Valentine’s Day yesterday. It is meant to be a celebration of love and that applies to all of us in all ages because God is love and he demonstrated his love for all of us. For those of you who are married, I hope it had even more significance…

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