Excuses, Excuses!

August 24, 2021 Sue Love Christian Devotional addiction, Christianity, confession, Encouragement, excuses, Faith, obedience, repentance

If We Say We Have 1 John 1:5-6 ESV “This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.” … Continue reading Excuses, Excuses!

What Bread Are You Eating? Part 3

February 19, 2020February 18, 2020 Sue Love Christian Devotional confession, deception, faith proved genuine, false bread, Jesus Christ, profession of faith, repentance, scriptures in context, true bread

John 6:35 ESV (Jesus speaking): “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.” This is the third writing in a three-part series on the subject of “True Bread” vs. “False Bread.” You can read the first two parts here: What Bread Are … Continue reading What Bread Are You Eating? Part 3

A Broken and Contrite Heart

October 20, 2019October 21, 2019 Sue Love Christian Devotional Bible, Christ Jesus, Christian Devotional, confession, forgiveness, God, repentance, restoration, sin

Psalm 51 English Standard Version (ESV) To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. 2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and … Continue reading A Broken and Contrite Heart

Honest Confession

October 20, 2018 Sue Love Christian Devotional Bible, confession, Faith, God, Jesus Christ, obedience, renewal, repentance, restoration

Psalm 51 Introduction For the choir director. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. David, a man after God’s own heart, who followed the Lord with all his heart, was still flesh and blood. He was still human, and he was tempted to sin … Continue reading Honest Confession

Confession of Sin

March 27, 2018 Sue Love poetry Christianity, confession, Encouragement, Faith, original works, poetry

We read in 2 Samuel 11 a story about King David, who was regarded as a man after God’s own heart. One day David lusted after a woman named Bathsheba. From his roof he saw her bathing, and so he inquired about her. He found out who she was, and that she was married to … Continue reading Confession of Sin

Love and Acknowledge

January 14, 2018January 14, 2018 Sue Love Christian Devotional acceptance, acknowledgment, antichrist, Christ, Christianity, confession, Encouragement, Faith, hate, Love, obedience, original songs, overcomers, Prayer, repentance, self-consumed, self-sacrificing, selfish, selfless, testing spirits

What does it mean to acknowledge someone? Can this be merely intellectual or emotional recognition? Can this be merely verbal confession? Does any of that count as true (complete) acknowledgment? What does it mean to love people as Christ loved us - with God-like love? Can we love people and not feel love for them? … Continue reading Love and Acknowledge

A Believer’s Prayer

July 30, 2017July 30, 2017 Sue Love Christian Devotional abandonment, believer, Christianity, confession, desire, devotion, Encouragement, eternity, Faith, forgiveness, freedom, friendship, gospel, Jesus Christ, Lord, obedience, pleasing God, Prayer, righteousness, Salvation, sin, Songs, Submission, truth

Coming to faith in Jesus Christ means so much more than just Jesus forgiving us of our sins so that we can go to heaven one day. When we trust Jesus to be our Lord and Savior, we give our whole heart and devotion to him to obey him, to forsake our former lives of … Continue reading A Believer’s Prayer

Dear Church Member

May 11, 2017May 11, 2017 Sue Love Christian Devotional belief, changed lives, Christianity, Church, confession, context, Encouragement, Faith, godliness, gospel, holiness, interpretation, Lord, member, owner-master, practice, questions, righteousness, Salvation, slaves of sin, Songs, spiritual walk, statements of faith, vision

Thursday, May 11, 2017, 9:19 a.m. Dear Church Member, The reason I am writing you today is to ask you a few simple questions. Do you know what your church believes? Have you read their statement of faith, and their purpose and vision statements? Have you also checked these out against the Word of God … Continue reading Dear Church Member

Mere Accolades

February 26, 2017February 26, 2017 Sue Love Christian Devotional accolades, Christianity, confession, crucified life, Encouragement, Faith, fakery, Fellowship, genuineness, God, hypocrisy, Jesus Christ, life, light, obedience, Praise, repentance, service, sincerity, Songs, spiritual walk, testimony, transformation, witness, Word, worship

Sunday, February 26, 2017, 2:02 a.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song “Seek the Lord.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read 1 John 1 (NASB). We Proclaim Him (vv. 1-4) What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have … Continue reading Mere Accolades

Lord, Be King

December 5, 2016December 5, 2016 Sue Love Christian Devotional Christianity, confession, confrontation, deliverance, Encouragement, Faith, Healing, Help, idolatry, repentance, responsibility, sin addiction, Songs

Monday, December 5, 2016, 9:00 a.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song “When in the Stillness.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read Acts 19:23-41 (ESV). Man-made gods (vv. 23-27) About that time there arose no little disturbance concerning the Way. For a man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made … Continue reading Lord, Be King

Run With It

So that a herald may run with it

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