Prayer, Preaching, Perception

May 8, 2019May 8, 2019 Sue Love Christian Devotional Bible, blogging, courage, Faith, God, grace, Jesus Christ, Persecution, praying, preaching, salt, thanksgiving, watchfulness, Wisdom, witnessing

Colossians 4:2 ESV Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving. Sometimes, when I have heard people talk about the need to “read your Bible and pray,” I have found that their perception of prayer is of a very specific time set apart each day for talking to God, oftentimes specifically for bringing … Continue reading Prayer, Preaching, Perception

Not Impurity, But Holiness

May 7, 2019 Sue Love Christian Devotional addiction, adultery, Bible, compromise, deception, excuses, Faith, God, idolatry, Jesus Christ, put offs, put ons, Salvation, walk of faith

1 Thessalonians 4:1 ESV Finally, then, brothers, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, just as you are doing, that you do so more and more. Before we get into the “how to” walk (conduct our lives), and … Continue reading Not Impurity, But Holiness

Wrath or Salvation?

May 7, 2019May 7, 2019 Sue Love Christian Devotional Bible, destruction, Devotional, divine judgment, Faith, God, grace, holiness, Jesus Christ, righteousness, Salvation, second coming of Christ, wrath of God

1 Thessalonians 5:1-3 ESV Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need to have anything written to you. For you yourselves are fully aware that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. While people are saying, “There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction will … Continue reading Wrath or Salvation?

He Hears Their Cries

May 6, 2019May 6, 2019 Sue Love Christian Devotional Bible, cry to God, Devotional, Faith, God, gospel, Jesus Christ, messengers, Persecution

James 5:1-6 ESV Come now, you rich, weep and howl for the miseries that are coming upon you. Your riches have rotted and your garments are moth-eaten. Your gold and silver have corroded, and their corrosion will be evidence against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up treasure in the … Continue reading He Hears Their Cries

Let Us Reason Together

May 5, 2019May 5, 2019 Sue Love Christian Devotional Bible, complacency, deception, Faith, false faith, false hope, God, Jesus Christ, lukewarmness, obedience, practice, religiousity, repentance, steadfastness, Submission

Philippians 4:1 ESV Therefore, my brothers, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm thus in the Lord, my beloved. Because there are so many liars and deceivers, not just in the world, and not just within our government, but even within the gatherings of the church, it is particularly imperative … Continue reading Let Us Reason Together

The Exchange

May 5, 2019 Sue Love Christian Devotional Bible, cheap grace, crucified life, death, deception, Faith, Flesh, God, holiness, immaturity, Jesus Christ, life, manipulation, righteousness, sanctification, Spirit, spiritual maturity, worldliness

Philippians 3:7-11 ESV But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may … Continue reading The Exchange

The Temple of God

May 4, 2019 Sue Love Christian Devotional Bible, Devotional, God, gospel, Jesus Christ, obedience, Prayer, rebellion, repentance, Salvation, temple of God, The Church

2 Chronicles 7:12-16 ESV Then the Lord appeared to Solomon in the night and said to him: “I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for myself as a house of sacrifice. When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command the locust to devour the land, or … Continue reading The Temple of God

Total Surrender

May 3, 2019 Sue Love Christian Devotional Bible, Devotional, Faith, God, godliness, holiness, Jesus Christ, legalism, libertinism, purity, sacrifice, sanctification, surrender, Tozer, truth

“The doctrine of justification by faith—a Biblical truth, and a blessed relief from sterile legalism and unavailing self-effort—has in our time fallen into evil company and been interpreted by many in such manner as actually to bar men from the knowledge of God. The whole transaction of religious conversion has been made mechanical and spiritless. … Continue reading Total Surrender

For Our Good

May 2, 2019May 2, 2019 Sue Love Christian Devotional Bible, blessing, Devotional, evil, Faith, genuineness, God, good, Jesus Christ, Love, Persecution, Prayer, suffering unjustly

Romans 12:9-13 ESV Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good. Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor. Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord. Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. Contribute to … Continue reading For Our Good

Testing the Spirits

May 2, 2019May 2, 2019 Sue Love Christian Devotional Bible, deception, Devotional, facades, Faith, false righteousness, false teaching, God, hypocrites, Jesus Christ, personalities, testing spirits, wolves in sheep's clothing

I John 4:1-3 ESV 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. By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, and … Continue reading Testing the Spirits

Run With It

So that a herald may run with it

Author: Sue Love