“You stiff-necked people! Your hearts and ears are still uncircumcised. You are just like your ancestors: You always resist the Holy Spirit!” (Acts 7:51) The greatest commandment is to “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.” (Deuteronomy 6:5) Love has distinct characteristics. “If… Continue reading Love by Holy Spirit
Tag: Love
Love
Have you ever met anyone who doesn’t know what love is? I once saw a movie in which a character maintained love was just an emotion, but that was fiction. I have experienced unselfish love by those who are simply loving people and it is amazing. The Bible teaches that God is love and its… Continue reading Love
Salvage
“This is what the Lord says: 'As when juice is still found in a cluster of grapes and people say, "Don’t destroy it, there is still a blessing in it," so will I do in behalf of my servants; I will not destroy them all.' ” (Isaiah 65:8) I learned something about myself years ago,… Continue reading Salvage
Messiah In You
I prayed through the night drifting in and out of sleep. I had started upon revival which brought conviction of my own condition spiritually and temporally. I saw weakness and superficiality in my devotion to God. Why didn’t I have faith and strength to attain a consistent desire and pursuit of God? I could find… Continue reading Messiah In You
Spiritual Truth
You may be going about your business, doing your best and hoping for good, but there is a lot of opposition to the truth. We can’t see air, but it surrounds us and fills us with life-giving breath. In the same way the Spiritual dimension is there before your feet, saturating all reality. God causes… Continue reading Spiritual Truth
Foreboding
“There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.” (1 John 4:18) We can succumb to fear as it slowly creeps into our subconscious thoughts. God has promised to watch over and protect us. (Isaiah… Continue reading Foreboding
Hidden Ways of Love
Not all love is overt, obvious and felt, perhaps as much or more love is unseen, could love be like an iceberg with ninety percent of its ice hidden below the surface of the sea? I don’t know the entire range of Love, nor the limits of its character; given it is from God it… Continue reading Hidden Ways of Love
Political Correctness In The First Century
You might think political correctness is a modern development created by modern thought and values of this superior generation. No, Solomon was right in his time, there is nothing new under the sun, political correctness included. Yeshua, (Jesus’ Hebrew name) observed in the leaders of His day, “They worship me in vain; their teachings are… Continue reading Political Correctness In The First Century
Our Enemies Relevance
I wrote a post entitled, “Your Enemies”. It was right, but the Spirit has expounded further on the subject. David had many enemies, powerful and even within his own family, Absolam and Michal. Yeshua had enemies that were seeking to kill him, even in the Sanhedrin. Psalm 22 is a prophetic pictorial of our Messiah… Continue reading Our Enemies Relevance
Your Enemies
Many people don’t consider they have any enemies, perhaps they’re right, except for the one enemy of mankind, Satan. (1 Pet. 5:8) Yeshua has defeated Satan’s power over God’s Children and is destroying his works. (1 John 3:8) For the rest of us who think we have enemies, whether true or only imagined, it can… Continue reading Your Enemies
Becoming Astrid
This is a 2018 movie based upon Astrid Lindgen, who is the Author of Pippi Longstocking children's books. It is a hard movie at times, just like life. She has a child out of wedlock and much of the story centers around this event. It is a foreign film so you have to read subtitles,… Continue reading Becoming Astrid
MLK on Israel
Martin Luther King actually did say about Israel, two weeks before his tragic death as recalled by (the future Congressman) John Lewis: "I see Israel as one of the great outposts of democracy in the world, and a marvelous example of what can be done, how desert land can be transformed into an oasis of… Continue reading MLK on Israel
Is God Passionate
The secular world mocks God as an old man sitting in the clouds far away, uninterested, ambivalent, stern and disapproving. Some of this maybe from Michelangelo’s famous painting in the Sistine chapel of God touching Man’s barely raised finger as He looks away. To many their concept of God is distant, demanding, arbitrary and at… Continue reading Is God Passionate
Be Kind to the Wicked
"Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you.... and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for He is kind to the ungrateful and the evil." Luke 6:27-28, 35 One of the commands of our… Continue reading Be Kind to the Wicked
What If…Love
I find that one's spouse can sometimes be their greatest critic. They live together and are as familiar as possible, which recalls the adage, "Familiarity breeds contempt". However, we are talking about those in the union of Holy Matrimony, where contempt should not be tolerated, especially from anything so innocuous as familiarity. One respected author… Continue reading What If…Love
God Unlimited
I remember the first time I really grasped how different people can be - I was almost forty. At work we took the Myers-Briggs personality test; one of the questions asked, "Do you prefer when tasks are completed or still in process?" I read the question again, thinking I missed something, then commented, "No one… Continue reading God Unlimited
Love and Forgiveness
Can love be measured, if so, how? We all want and need love, but where can it be found and how can it be obtained? Some try to secure love in their own efforts, but ultimately find it snatched away in despair. Songs of lost love and broken hearts seem to never leave the music… Continue reading Love and Forgiveness
A Shocking Encounter
I'm standing there in rags, covered in dirt and muck from head to toe. This is of my own doing, I was tricked and abused, but only I'm to blame. My hands hang down, I can hardly lift my head, my eyesight is blurred and my mouth feels as though it is full of gravel… Continue reading A Shocking Encounter
One God Triune
We were casually referencing God and my nine year old granddaughter said, "Jesus said, 'I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.'" I asked her where this was in the Bible and she said, "John 14:6". This is because her mother teaches her and… Continue reading One God Triune
Your Witness
My cousin relayed an encounter regarding his tomato patch and Gravley tiller. "When he saw that Gravley work and said, 'I want one of those', and tried to buy mine." People can recognize what's good when they see it. We can taste it, like honey; hear it in beautiful music, see it in a scenic… Continue reading Your Witness
Lies We Believe
The adage, "Repeat something often enough and people will believe it", is true, in part, like many colloquialisms. The socialist media certainly employs it as does their leader, Satan. The human will is like building materials put under a load to test their strength. At a point wood, iron and steel eventually weaken, crack, bend and… Continue reading Lies We Believe
You Don’t Feel Love
I don't feel like I feel love like love ought to feel. It bothers me and nags at me, but mostly it makes me sad. I think about it and why I feel the way I do. What is it that makes me different from everyone else, but then I stop thinking about the way… Continue reading You Don’t Feel Love
Wild Visions
I was in an upper bedroom of the house. I looked out the window up toward the roof gable and noticed that the vent covering was missing. Inside I saw what seemed to be like a large bird sitting as a yellow cat was approached to attack the bird. The bird didn't move as the… Continue reading Wild Visions
Encouragement Today
"Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for you are receiving the end result of your faith, the salvation of your souls." (1 Peter 1: 8-9). The world denies this and… Continue reading Encouragement Today
Love People More Than God?
“Love God, Love People More” is a new phrase popping up on T-shirts and bumper stickers everywhere. Emphasis is added on the word MORE as folks proudly boast this meaningful life lesson. Actually, their words are belittling to God and His Word. This phrase wreaks of humanism and self-righteousness. Once again, people think they… Continue reading Love People More Than God?
