If I Love You More

2 Corinthians 12:14-18 ESV “Here for the third time I am ready to come to you. And I will not be a burden, for I seek not what is yours but you. For children are not obligated to save up for their parents, but parents for their children. I will most gladly spend and be … Continue reading If I Love You More

Speaking Truth in Love

John 13:34-35 ESV “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” There is a lot of confusion today over this … Continue reading Speaking Truth in Love

Love Your Lord God

Deuteronomy 6:4-5 ESV “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.” Do you know what it takes to love God like this? Well, first of all we need to be in … Continue reading Love Your Lord God

Love for God Requires Obedience

John 14:21-24 ESV “’Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.’ Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, ‘Lord, how is it that you will manifest yourself to us, and … Continue reading Love for God Requires Obedience

Love is the Fulfilling of the Law

Romans 13:8-10 ESV “Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. For the commandments, ‘You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,’ and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: ‘You shall love … Continue reading Love is the Fulfilling of the Law

Encourage the Body of Christ

Jesus Christ, God the Son, had just been crucified on a cross for our sins, and on the third day he was resurrected from the dead by God the Father. After his resurrection Jesus appeared to some of the women, who had followed him prior to his death, and to his disciples, and to many … Continue reading Encourage the Body of Christ

With All Your Heart, Soul, and Mind

Matthew 22:34-40 ESV “But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. ‘Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?’ And he said to him, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart … Continue reading With All Your Heart, Soul, and Mind

Living God’s Word Day to Day

Deuteronomy 6:4-5 ESV (See also Matthew 22:37) “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.” The Lord our God is the one and only true God. Although he exists in three … Continue reading Living God’s Word Day to Day

This is the Love of God

That We Keep His Commandments 1 John 5:1-3 ESV “Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him. By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments. For … Continue reading This is the Love of God