Tag: love of God
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Infinitude
Ephesians 3:14-19 “For this reason I bow my knees before the Father . . . that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the…
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The Fullness of God
Colossians 1:19 “For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell.” Perhaps nowhere else in scripture is the contrast between a person without God in his or her life and a person with God in their life seen as it is in the verse above. The Scriptures talk much about God’s “fullness.” God’s attributes…
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The Disciples Whom Jesus Loves
John 21:20 “Peter turned and saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following them” What an interesting statement we have in John 21 regarding Peter’s observation. As Peter spoke to Jesus, it says he turned and saw “the disciple whom Jesus loved.” We know that disciple to be the apostle John, who never names himself in the…
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The Wonderful Works of God
John 21:18-19 “’Truly, truly, I say to you, when you were young, you used to dress yourself and walk wherever you wanted, but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will dress you and carry you where you do not want to go.’ (This he said to show by what kind of death…
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How Deep is Your Love?
John 21:17 “He said to him the third time, ‘Simon, son of John, do you love me?’” Many years ago, the Bee Gees wrote and recorded the song “How Deep is Your Love?” It’s about the love of a man and a woman struggling with the answer to this question, since no one can ever really…
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Forgiveness!
John 20:21-22 “Jesus said to them again, ‘Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you.’And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, ‘Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you withhold forgiveness from any, it is withheld.’” What…
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The Family of God
John 19:24-27 “So the soldiers did these things, but standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, ‘Woman, behold, your son!’ Then he said…
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The Greatness of God
1 John 4:8 “God is love” Isaiah 6:3 “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God almighty” Psalm 25:8 “Good and upright is the Lord.” Exodus 34:6 “The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth.” All of the statements above about God’s nature could be considered massive understatements, primarily…
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Gracious Restraint
Matthew 26:67 “Then they spit in his face and struck him. And some slapped him.” What does inner strength look like? How is it displayed? Perhaps one of the most magnificent displays of this strength ever seen is in the scene above as Jesus was being led to the cross. Here is an awesome example…
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The Gift God Gave to His Only Begotten Son
John 17:6 “I have manifested your name to the people whom you gave me out of the world. Yours they were, and you gave them to me” God is a giver of very great gifts. He so loved the world that He gave his only begotten Son – God the greatest giver, gave the world His greatest…
To Encourage You 