“God shows His love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” Romans 5:8 Today’s devotion in Charles Spurgeon’s Morning and Evening, focused on the scourging that carved lacerations on Jesus’ back, contained this quote that stirred my heart: “Sinners have bound the Almighty’s hands, and spit in their Creator’s […]
“Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world… Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.” 1 John 4:1, […]
“Therefore, I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven—for she loved much.” Luke 7:47a It is not obedience that our Lord ultimately desires. It is love. Obedience flows from that love, so there is expectation of that as well (1 John 5:3), but it is not the core. Love is at the center. […]
“Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, […]
“‘I have loved you,’ says the LORD. But you say, ‘How have you loved us?’” Malachi 1:2 “He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?” Romans 8:32 “In this the love of God was made manifest […]
“In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him…And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world…So we have come to know and to believe the […]
“So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love…. There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear.” 1 John 4:16, 18 A couple of weeks ago I read a blog post that has had a profound effect on me (found here). […]
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