Tag: Love
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The greatest friend
John 15:15-16 “I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you. You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide.” As Christians, it is good to remind ourselves often of the things Jesus…
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The commandment of the One Who could have commanded anything
John 15:12 “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one that this, ‘that someone lay down his life for his friends. ‘You are my friends if you do what I command you.” Think of what Jesus could have commanded those that were under Hhis…
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The greatest love
John 15:9 – “As the Father has loved me so I have loved you. Abide in my love.” Have you ever thought about how much the Father must love Jesus? What a wonderful Son he is. Perfectly obedient. Always spending time with the Father – always about the Father’s business. Often in prayer, pouring out…
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How Great Thou Art!
Psalm 104:1 “Bless the Lord, O my soul! O Lord my God, you are very great! You are clothed in splendor and majesty.” How GREAT is our God! Any words we use, no matter how many we use, can only understate his majesty. He is a being that never had a beginning and never will…
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Are you connected?
John 15:5 “. . . apart from me you can do nothing.” Do you know why you exist? Why did God put you on the earth? Do you realize that you have a divinely ordained purpose? According to the Bible, God created each and every one of us to bring glory to Himself (Isaiah 43:7). …
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Such profound truth, such simple words!
John 14:27 “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.” Knowing Christ – it’s something that is so deep that it’s hard to put into words, yet so simple that it can be captured…
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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…
To Encourage You 