14 For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died; 15 and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised. The Holy …
Some words that came to me one morning. A tune is rattling around in my head somewhere, but I’ve not gotten it down yet. Who knows if the words are singable or not, but there they are. Verse 1 He is our shelter A refuge in the storm He is …
1 Cor 13 is about love. Vs 1-3 describes a mandate for love, and that without love, fervor and zeal are empty. With those verses we are presented with the idea that we must have love, but we still don’t really have much information about what love is or does. …
Ran across this in my devotional today. I’ve also started reading the practice of the presence of Good which has some interesting ideas. The Bible declares you can do all things through Christ, that you are more than a conqueror. God affirms he will supply all your needs according …
If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have …
Still working on the love study. Pulled up Romans 8:28 today. When you have heard a verse for what feels like every day of your life, sometimes it’s hard to see it with fresh eyes. Today, the Lord brought to mind the idea of how big this promise is. …
The section on acceptance in Christ has been completed on Who You Are in Christ It’s really easy in day-to-day life to fall back into thinking that I’m responsible for my position in Christ. You feel guilty when you mess up or even just when you think you could do more. …
I’ve been working through the Bondage Breaker book and study guide by Neal Anderson. Perhaps one of the most useful and freeing collection of verses is his list of verses identifying who we are in Christ. The Lord has used it to bring victory and encouragement for me over the …
When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him, “Feed my lambs.” 16 He said to him a second time, “Simon, son of …
I’m continuing to work through the instances of love in the New Testament. Currently, I’m almost through John. From what I can see, John refers to himself as the disciple whom Jesus loves, four times (John 13:23, 19:26, 20:2, 21:7) One of his disciples, whom Jesus loved, was reclining at …
