Archive for the ‘ Love ’ Category
“You are the light of the world. A city situated on a hill cannot be hidden.”
Matthew 5:14, CSB
God should be our source of hope, joy, and peace. When Christ is our light, we can shine the light of His joy and peace through the hope of the gospel and our loving works.
Love one another deeply as brothers and sisters. Take the lead in honoring one another.
Romans 12:10, CSB
God is in control, so we can love others with abandon knowing He will care for us and work our relationships for our good and His glory.
I have been seeing this in many places as of late, so I understand this better than I would like. (I wish I didn’t understand it at all.) Even a friend of mine, nearly two decades ago, I said a friend was so anti another group that he would probably end up joining them. A decade ago, it came true.
May we love people but not the sin that infects everything, realizing we may not be able to separate the sin from the person. May we guard our hearts and minds as we seek to honor God and each other.
Daniel
This is a later post that I’m writing than usual. Ministry interrupts plan often. Even more so taking more of an international role with ministry.
Beware: Hating a sin so much you end up doing it
“But anyone who lives by the truth comes to the light, so that his works may be shown to be accomplished by God.”
John 3:21, CSB
We are saved in Christ alone, and this salvation is surely the work of God. We join in His work, but He saves by His truth and grace when our faith meets His love.
“Therefore I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven; that’s why she loved much. But the one who is forgiven little, loves little.”
Luke 7:47, CSB
We find salvation from sin and God’s wrath in Christ alone. We know that His love provided the impetus to save us, and that should push us to love with the same kind of love, knowing we are unconditionally loved and forgiven.
I wish we had more time to meet with our deacons, but everyone is so busy. We pastors do try, though. I see one at least every month. These folks are so wonderful and appreciated. Let us encourage the church by honoring her servants.
Daniel
This Sunday at Church: Schedule to have lunch to encourage one of the deacons in your church.
This Sunday at Church: Schedule to have lunch to encourage one of the deacons in your church
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs 1:7, ESV
God showed His love through Jesus, and if we deny His love and redemptive work then we are still under His wrath. Only a food rejects Christ.
When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy. And going into the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Then, opening their treasures, they offered him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh.
Matthew 2:10-11, ESV
God showed His love through Jesus, our God made flesh, worshipped by commoners and kings alike. Let us love the One who loved us enough to come as a baby to grow up to take on our punishment.
But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.
Galatians 4:4-5, ESV
God has shown His love through Jesus, coming at just the right time as a human so that He could redeem us through His life, death, and resurrection. He has adopted us through Christ and sealed us with His Spirit.
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!”
Luke 2:13-14, ESV
God’s love is shown in Jesus, the glory of God contained in a baby, the One who would bring us peace with God through His life, death, and resurrection.
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