How Do We Love?

September 15, 2018 Sue Love Christian Devotional Bible, Faith, false teachers, fear, God, hate, Jesus Christ, Love, test spirits

1 John 4:1-6 NASB Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because 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 How Do We Love?

Love for Spouse

June 19, 2018 Sue Love Christian Devotional adultery, boundaries, Christianity, Encouragement, Faith, hate, Love, marriage, unfaithfulness

As Christ Loved the Church Ephesians 5:25-27 ESV Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or … Continue reading Love for Spouse

The Debt of Love

February 21, 2018 Sue Love Christian Devotional adutlery, Christianity, Encouragement, Faith, God, hate, Love, sexual immorality, Songs

As followers of Jesus Christ, to love or to not love others is not an option that is on the table. We are obligated to love others with God’s love, because he, who is love, lives within us, and because he, who is love, loved us enough to die for us so that we might … Continue reading The Debt of Love

As Christ Loved Us

February 19, 2018 Sue Love Christian Devotional Christianity, devotion, Encouragement, Faith, hate, Love, Music, Songs

How are we to love one another? What should that look like? What does it mean to love others “as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us”? “Follow God's example, therefore, as dearly loved children and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us … Continue reading As Christ Loved Us

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

In Harmony

December 12, 2017 Sue Love Original Works Songs affliction, Christianity, conceit, Encouragement, evil, Faith, Faithfulness, fear, good, harmony, hate, honor, hope, humility, joy, Love, patience, Prayer, righteousness, service, sincerity, Songs, zeal

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil; cling to what is good. Be devoted to one another in brotherly love; give preference to one another in honor; not lagging behind in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord; rejoicing in hope, persevering in tribulation, devoted to prayer, contributing to the needs of the … Continue reading In Harmony

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

Love Conquers All

November 11, 2017 Sue Love Christian Devotional agape love, believers, Christianity, commandments, darkness, Encouragement, Faith, hate, Jesus Christ, knowing God, liars, light, love God, love not world, obedience, repentance, sin, Songs, Submission

Saturday, November 11, 2017, 8:30 a.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song “My Jesus, I Love Thee.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read 1 John 2 (Quoting select vv. NASB). We Know Him (vv. 1-6) My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may … Continue reading Love Conquers All

Instructions for Life

September 25, 2017September 25, 2017 Sue Love Christian Devotional Christianity, cross, crucified life, darkness, Encouragement, eternal damnation, eternal life, Faith, God's commands, God's Word, hate, idolatry, know God, light, Love, love not world, not sin, obedience, practice godliness, sin, Songs, worldliness

Monday, September 25, 2017, 4:58 a.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song “Near the Cross.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read 1 John 2 (Select vv. ESV). To Know Him (vv. 1-6) My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But … Continue reading Instructions for Life

All Through the Night

August 3, 2017August 3, 2017 Sue Love Christian Devotional blessed, Christianity, disciples, Encouragement, endurance, Faith, fear, Fellowship, forgiveness, gospel, hate, Jesus Christ, Love, Persecution, rejection, rejoice, Songs, suffering, testimonies, trust, witness

Jesus said that we are blessed (honored; commended) when we willingly endure persecution, false accusations, rejection and mistreatment for the sake of his name, and for the sake of the gospel of Jesus Christ. So, we should rejoice and be glad that we share in the fellowship of Christ’s sufferings. We will richly be rewarded … Continue reading All Through the Night

Run With It

So that a herald may run with it

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