If I give everything I own to the poor and even go to the stake to be burned as a martyr, but I don’t love, I’ve gotten nowhere. So, no matter what I say, what I believe, and what I do, I’m bankrupt without love. Love never gives up. Love…
“No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us.” Romans 8:37 I love reading scripture in different translations! This verse for example breaks it down so simple for us. Despite anything this world may throw at us, we have OVERWHELMING victory. What an incredible thought…
“Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;” II Corinthians 1:3 When our children were small, many times they came to us for comfort. No matter what the problem they were having, they found being sheltered in…
“The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.” Jeremiah 31:3 How great is God’s love? We read the stories of the children of Israel, how God delivered them so many times and when…
“Those who belong to Christ Jesus have nailed the passions and desires of their sinful nature to his cross and crucified them there.” Galatians 5:24 We just wrapped up another Easter weekend, and what a weekend it was. We had a jam-packed schedule as I’m sure many of you did,…
The Bible declares in Romans 3:23, “All have sinned and come short of the glory of God.” Nobody is exempt from the fatal effects of sin. It not only separates us from a relationship with God but it keeps us from restoring that relationship on our own. Sin will keep…
“And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,” Deuteronomy 10:12 In Deuteronomy, Moses…
“The Lord is good to all; He has compassion on all He has made.” Psalm 145:9, NIV We have had a lot of snow and cold weather this winter, and it seems like we have been spending a lot of time inside. So naturally, at this point we are thinking…
And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. (Matthew 22:37, ESV) We hear this scripture quoted all the time. Do we actually know what it means to love Him with all our heart,…