Tag: Love
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Love is love. Really?
Exodus 32:4-5 “So all the people took off the rings of gold that were in their ears and brought them to Aaron. And he received the gold from their hand and fashioned it with a graving tool and made a goldencalf. And they said, “These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the…
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Where justice and love meet
Psalm 52:1 “Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The steadfast love of God endures all the day.” How discouraging and disheartening would be the things that we see so often around us – but for God. When you see the destruction that drug dealers are wreaking on so many, when you see…
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The ultimate test
John 13:34 “. . . I have loved you . . .” This morning, as I thought about the wonderful statement above that was spoken from Jesus’ lips, it challenged me in the context of Jesus’ call to “Follow me.” As I look at Jesus’ life and listen to His words, it challenges me to…
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Honoring Mom and Dad
Exodus 20:12 “Honor your father and your mother.” How often we can take people for granted. We can fail to appreciate them as a result of our familiarity with them. This can include our own parents. Thankfully, we have God’s Word to “slap us upside the head” with an exhortation to never take them for…
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Someone loves you. . .
John 13:34 “. . . I have loved you. . .” Do you remember a time when someone told you that “so and so likes you” although you had had no idea? Maybe it was in grade school when you found out someone in your class had a crush on you. Maybe it was later…
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A God Who loves?
Exodus 19:21 “And the Lord said to Moses, ‘Go down and warn the people, lest they break through to the Lord to look and many of them perish.’” God is love. That’s what the Bible tells us. Yet, in so many of the places we read about Him, it seems to us like He’s anything…
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How big is God’s house?
1 Kings 6:2 “The house that King Solomon built for the Lord was sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high.” The temple that Solomon built was to represent the dwelling place of God on earth. It was to be the centerpiece of worship in Israel. Yet, Solomon recognized, and we should too,…
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How’s your love life?
John 3:19 “And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.” Have you ever had a friend ask you “So, how’s your love life?” It’s a way of asking a person if there’s anyone else in their life…
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Love for sinners
Psalm 1:1-2 “Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night.” “Love the sinner and hate the sin” –…
To Encourage You 