By Your Grace

December 9, 2017December 9, 2017 Sue Love Original Works Songs Christianity, Encouragement, Faith, freedom, grace, heart, Lord, Love, obedience, Prayer, righteousness, serving, sin, song, witness, Word of God

“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast” (Eph. 2:8-9 NIV). This song is a prayer to the Lord for him to be to me all I need in order for me … Continue reading By Your Grace

Abiding in Christ

December 9, 2017 Sue Love Christian Devotional abiding, Christianity, commandments, crucified life, Encouragement, eternal life, Faith, forgiveness, gospel, hate, heaven, Jesus Christ, obedience, Persecution, pruning, relationship, repentance, Salvation, Savior, sin, Songs, spiritual fruit

The Lord Jesus led me to read John 15 (Select vv. ESV). Are you in a true relationship with Jesus Christ? Are you genuinely saved from your sins, and bound for heaven? How do you know this? How can you be sure? What did Jesus Christ have to say on this subject? “I am the … Continue reading Abiding in Christ

Feel Good Messages

December 7, 2017 Sue Love Christian Devotional adultery, another Jesus, bride of Christ, Christianity, desires, Encouragement, Faith, false truth, feel-good messages, greed, husband, itching ears, lies, peace peace, Songs, sound doctrine, truth, wandering, want vs. need, wife

When is a lie not a lie? Never! Is it really kind to tell people lies? No! So, should we be telling people what they WANT to hear, even if it is lies, or what they NEED to hear? I believe the answer to that one is obvious. The Lord Jesus led me to read … Continue reading Feel Good Messages

Church of The West

December 5, 2017December 5, 2017 Sue Love Christian Devotional body parts, businessess, Christ's body, Christianity, Church, customer base, Encouragement, Faith, false gospel, Jesus Christ, listening, marketing, obeying, Salvation, sheep, shepherds, Songs, spiritual gifts, strangers, target audience, thieves

The Lord Jesus led me to read John 10 (Select vv. ESV). Is the western church in these last days what God intends for his church? Are we living up to the potential for which he created us and saved us? “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by … Continue reading Church of The West

Though a War

December 4, 2017December 4, 2017 Sue Love Christian Devotional Christianity, continuing in Christ, darkness, Discipleship, Encouragement, Faith, followers of Christ, freedom, knowing God, lies, light, obeying the Word, righteousness, sin, Songs, truth, Word of God

When we follow Jesus Christ with our lives, and we teach what is truth, from God’s Word, although some people will welcome the truth, some will not, and they may even strongly oppose us. This is not to say that we will always get everything right, though, for we are not God, although God is … Continue reading Though a War

A God Void

December 3, 2017December 3, 2017 Sue Love Christian Devotional belief, body and blood, bread of life, Christianity, crucified life, emptiness, Encouragement, eternal life, Faith, gospel, hard truths, Salvation, sin nature, Songs

When we are born into this world, we are born with sin natures. We all fall short of attaining God’s divine approval, in our own flesh, because we have all sinned against God (Rom. 3:23). Thus, there is a God void in our lives. Although Adam and Eve, when first created by God, were in … Continue reading A God Void

Because of What He’s Done

December 2, 2017 Sue Love Christian Devotional Christianity, death, deliverance, Encouragement, eternal life, Faith, freedom, gospel, Healing, hope, life, Love, righteousness, Salvation, sin, Songs

The Lord Jesus led me to read Hebrews 2 (Select vv. ESV). Jesus Christ, the Son of God (and God), and creator of the world, left his throne in heaven, came to earth, took on human flesh, and suffered like we suffer. He was also tempted in like manner as we are tempted, yet without … Continue reading Because of What He’s Done

Please Don’t Hate Me!

December 1, 2017December 16, 2017 Sue Love Christian Devotional, My Walk of Faith anger, celebrations, changing, Christianity, departure, Encouragement, Faith, Hatred, holidays, obedience, Revelation, Songs, traditions

Please don’t hate me because I think differently from you on some things, or because I don’t celebrate Jesus Christ in all the same ways in which you do, or because my understanding of what scripture teaches may be a little bit different from yours. For, we both claim to believe in Jesus Christ, and … Continue reading Please Don’t Hate Me!

Are You Crucified?

December 1, 2017December 1, 2017 Sue Love Christian Devotional baptism with Spirit, believe, born again, Christianity, darkness, death, diety of Christ, Encouragement, Faith, Father God, God incarnate, Holy Spirit, hope, Jesus Christ, life, light, receive, Songs, The Word

The Lord Jesus led me to read John 1 (Select vv. NASB). Jesus Christ, the Son of God (and God) is the Word of which this passage speaks. This fact will become clear as we near the end of this scripture. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the … Continue reading Are You Crucified?

Carried Away?

November 30, 2017 Sue Love Christian Devotional Christianity, Encouragement, Faith, Father God, godliness, holiness, Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ, repentance, Songs, spiritual walks

The Lord Jesus led me to read 2 Peter 3 (Select vv. NASB). When we, as believers in Jesus Christ, trust in Him to be Lord and Savior of our lives, we are delivered both from slavery to sin and the punishment of sin, which is spiritual death, which is eternity without God in the … Continue reading Carried Away?

Run With It

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