Tag: love of God
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Perfect Love
1 John 4:18 “There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.” The verse above talks about “perfect love.” Understanding this concept is such a critical thing, for it is the antidote to fear, and who wants that,…
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Nor Height Nor Depth
Romans 8:37-39 “No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us…
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Nor Things Present Nor Things to Come
Romans 8:37-39 “No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us…
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Neither Death nor Life
Romans 8:37-39 “No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us…
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Nor Angels Nor Rulers
Romans 8:37-39 “No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us…
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A Wondrous Love
Ephesians 3:17-18 “And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ” The love of God – all the words of all the languages in the world are insufficient…
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A Love that Surpasses Knowledge
Ephesians 3:19 “. . . to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge. . . “ How can you know something that surpasses knowledge? What in the world does this mean? The context of the phrase above is a prayer of Paul for the Ephesian church. He wants them to be “filled with all…
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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…
To Encourage You 