She Swallowed a Spider

May 19, 2019 Sue Love Christian Devotional addiction, Bible, cheap grace, deception, doctrine, Faith, false shepherds, false teachers, God, gospel, immorality, impurity, Jesus Christ, obedience, repentance, Submission

James 3:1-5a ESV Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness. For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body. If … Continue reading She Swallowed a Spider

Wise or Foolish?

May 19, 2019 Sue Love Christian Devotional addiction, Bible, bitterness, cover-ups, deception, Faith, fakery, godliness, holiness, Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ, lust, malice, purity, sinful practices, Wisdom

James 3:13 ESV Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom. Wisdom includes knowledge, but knowledge alone is not wisdom. For, many people have lots of knowledge, including biblical knowledge, but they are not wise, because they don’t apply the good knowledge … Continue reading Wise or Foolish?

It Never Changes

May 18, 2019 Sue Love Christian Devotional Bible, context, Devotional, Faith, faith walk, God, gospel, Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ, lifestyle, Lordship of Christ, maturity, obedience, promises, repentance, Salvation, Submission

Hebrews 6:1-3 ESV Therefore let us leave the elementary doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, and of instruction about washings, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. And this we will do … Continue reading It Never Changes

Defeating our Giants

May 17, 2019May 17, 2019 Sue Love Christian Devotional armor of God, Bible, David and Goliath, defeating enemies, Devotional, facing giants, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ, spiritual warfare

This morning the Lord has led me to read the story of David and Goliath from 1 Samuel 17. It is too long a passage to quote the whole story, so I will summarize some and quote some, but you can read it for yourself here: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Samuel+17&version=NIV A Summary Basically, the Philistines and the Israelites … Continue reading Defeating our Giants

Reality

May 16, 2019May 16, 2019 Sue Love Christian Devotional Babylon, beast, Bible, Church, deception, discernment, Faith, falling away, God, Great Prostitute, Jesus Christ, judgment, manipulation, obedience, rebellion, repentance, Submission

Introduction I am reading in Zephaniah, chapter three, for my time with the Lord today. This is speaking of Jerusalem, which today is the church, the bride of Christ. Yet, the true church is the people who have trusted in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior of their lives. It is not a building, not … Continue reading Reality

“Safe” or Sound?

May 15, 2019May 15, 2019 Sue Love Christian Devotional Bible, Devotional, doers of Word, Faith, fully devoted, God, halfhearted, Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ, Lordship of Christ, lukewarm, risk, safe, sound, surrender

Ecclesiastes 11:1-4 ESV Cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days. Give a portion to seven, or even to eight, for you know not what disaster may happen on earth. If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth, and if a tree falls to … Continue reading “Safe” or Sound?

Sowing Our Seed

May 14, 2019May 14, 2019 Sue Love Christian Devotional addiction, Bible, death, God, God's sovereignty, gospel, hereafter, Holy Spirit, idolatry, immorality, Jesus Christ, life, ministry, obedience, repentance, witnessing

Ecclesiastes 11:5-6 ESV As you do not know the way the spirit comes to the bones in the womb of a woman with child, so you do not know the work of God who makes everything. In the morning sow your seed, and at evening withhold not your hand, for you do not know which … Continue reading Sowing Our Seed

God is Watching

May 14, 2019 Sue Love Christian Devotional Bible, courage, Devotional, Faith, God, God's sovereignty, gospel, Holy Spirit, hope, Jesus Christ, Persecution, rebellion, spiritual adultery, witnessing

Psalm 139:1-6 ESV O Lord, you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways. Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O … Continue reading God is Watching

Charm or Reform

May 13, 2019May 13, 2019 Sue Love Christian Devotional beauty, Bible, charm, deception, Faith, fakery, fear of God, God, Holy Spirit, honesty, Jesus Christ, masquerades, obedience, sincerity

Proverbs 31:30 ESV Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised. Charm Definition of charm – the chanting or reciting of a magic spell; a trait that fascinates, allures, or delights; to allure - to entice by charm or attraction; to enchant – to influence … Continue reading Charm or Reform

Honoring of Women

May 12, 2019May 12, 2019 Sue Love Christian Devotional Bible, Devotional, Encouragement, Faith, gift of prophecy, Holy Spirit, honor, Jesus Christ, ministries, moral decline, spiritual decline, spiritual gifts, urgings, warnings, women

Proverbs 31:1-5 ESV What are you doing, my son? What are you doing, son of my womb? What are you doing, son of my vows? Do not give your strength to women, your ways to those who destroy kings. It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or … Continue reading Honoring of Women

Run With It

So that a herald may run with it