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Christian Devotional – July 17, 2014
Read 1 John chapter 4 VERSE: 1 John 4:11–Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. TRUTH: God showed us what love is because He Himself is love. Because we know what love is through Him, we are able to demonstrate that love to others. Not only are we able to do it, but we ought to do it since Christ lives in us and is able to love others through us. Will we let Christ love others through us today. RESPONSE: Father, You love me and have shown me that time and time again. Now use me today to show Your love to…
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Christian Devotional – July 14, 2014
Read 1 John chapter 4 VERSE: 1 John 4:7-8–Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. TRUTH: God is love and because He is, we are able to be love to those we are around. We cannot truly love outside of God. People will try to love, but anything done outside of God is simply a cheap imitation and not truly love. Do we know God and are we displaying God’s love to everyone we come into contact with today? God is love.…
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Christian Devotional – July 3, 2014
Read 1 John chapter 3 VERSE: 1 John 3:17-18–If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person? Dear children, let us not love with words or speech, but with actions and in truth. TRUTH: We know that God is love and that He has commanded us to love. So what are we doing about it? Loving others is to be an action that we take, not just words or sentiments that we say. Loving others involves meeting their physical needs. We are to see others as Christ sees them and…
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Christian Devotional – July 2, 2014
Read 1 John chapter 3 VERSE: 1 John 3:16–This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters. TRUTH: God is love and through Him we know what love is. He demonstrated love to us through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on our behalf. Because we know what love is, we should act and respond the same to others. Our love for them is to be seen through our willingness to sacrifice ourselves for them. Do we show others that we love them or are we just saying the words? Does…
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Christian Devotional – June 30, 2014
Read 1 John chapter 3 VERSE: 1 John 3:14–We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love each other. Anyone who does not love remains in death. TRUTH: God is love. We learn love from the Father, and only because of his demonstration of love toward us though Jesus Christ are we able to experience and share true love. Love is a perfect measure of whether a person is truly following God. We cannot “work up” love and we can’t manufacture love. Either we have God’s love in our life that has saved us, or we do not and are still condemned to death. Is our…
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Christian Devotional – June 7, 2014
Read 1 John chapter 2 VERSE: 1 John 2:15–Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them. TRUTH: This is an either/or situation. We either love God or we love the world. Since they stand for exactly the opposite things, we cannot love both of them. When we love something, we are committed to it and will do whatever for it. Are we focused on God and on loving God? Anything else is simply going against God. RESPONSE: Father, You are my Only love. I will love You and through You, You are able to show…
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Christian Devotional – May 31, 2014
Read 1 John chapter 2 VERSE: 1 John 2:5-6–But if anyone obeys his word, love for God is truly made complete in them. This is how we know we are in him: Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did. TRUTH: As we obey God more, we love God more. This is a ratio that is constant. When we love God more, we will obey God more. As we obey God more, we will love God more. We can use this as a measure to know and understand how to live like Jesus did. When we are living each day fully obedient to God, we demonstrate love…
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Christian Devotional – May 9, 2014
Read Ecclesiastes chapter 5 VERSE: Ecclesiastes 5:10–Whoever loves money never has enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with their income. This too is meaningless. TRUTH: What do we love? Sure, many of us wouldn’t admit it directly, but our actions and attitudes display a love of money and things money can buy. The problem with that is, like this verse states, money never satisfies. When we love something, we can never have enough of it, yet only God can truly satisfy us. When we love God, we will always be seeking for more of Him. If we love money, we will always be seeking for more money. The list…
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Book Review – Forever Loved by Darlene Shortridge
Synopsis from Amazon: “I do believe God can forgive him. I really do. I’m just not sure I can.” Ryan’s revelation shocks Rachel to the core. Are the foundations of a three-cord marriage strong enough to handle even the worst deception? Even when two are willing to give up? Rachel suspects Ryan’s betrayal, but when she finds out the truth, her life is torn upside down and inside out. Ryan hides his past, fearful that when it catches up to him, it will destroy him and everything he has worked to build. When the past finally meets the present, both Ryan and Rachel are lost in a world of confusion,…
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Christian Devotional – March 21, 2014
Read Deuteronomy chapter 6 VERSE: Deuteronomy 6:5–Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. TRUTH: God gives this command to the people of Israel. They are to love Him with everything they are. Their entire being is to be concerned with love for God so that there is room for nothing else. Do we look at God in this way? Are we loving God with absolutely everything in us? RESPONSE: Father, You are so worthy of our love. You are deserving of my heart, my soul, and my strength. I will use them all to convey my love for…