Posts Tagged ‘Love’
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…
Read MoreWord 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…
Read MoreWord 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…
Read MoreMarriage: 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…
Read MoreGetting A Handle On A Love That Never Fails
On April 6, 2000, Ricky and Toni Sexton were taken hostage inside their Wytheville, Virginia, home by a fugitive couple on a crime spree. Toni had taken her poodle outside when Dennis Lewis, 37, and Angela Tanner, 20, roared into her driveway, pointed pistols at her, and yelled at her to get back inside the…
Read MoreResponding to Perfect Love
Last week we began a new series on the theme of love. The need for love is a powerful thing isn’t it? I mean everyone needs love. Even the toughest of men who act as if they don’t need anything or anyone still crave to be loved by someone. That is why every action film…
Read MoreFinding Perfect Love – The Test
Do you love God? We live in a nation of religious people, people who claim to know and love God. Perhaps you consider yourself religious? Often the hearts of religious people are in love with the world. They are influenced by the priorities and values of the world around them (1 John 2:15-16). The key verse…
Read MoreThe Good Shepherd
Looking back over our posts this year I realized that we missed posting the notes from the Bible Study on Sunday November 30. These notes took us through the end of chapter 10 in our study of the Gospel of John. INTRODUCTION: Sheep are completely dependent upon their shepherd. Someone once said jokingly that sheep…
Read MoreHow Can A Loving God Send People To Hell?
This is a difficult question for a number of reasons: A. Personal Perspectives—no one likes to think about punishment, especially final personal punishment. B. Personal Experiences—many people struggle because of negative encounters in which the fear of Hell was used in an effort to scare people into making a religious commitment. Some common objections to…
Read MoreFinding True Love In Marriage
February is famous for two reasons – it is the month with the fewest days on the calendar and it is the month we celebrate Valentine’s Day! One goal at Kitwe Church is to help husbands and wives experience a healthy growing marriage relationship. A marriage relationship founded upon Jesus Christ can experience genuine love.…
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