Dear Ones: I release the tender words of the Apostle Paul to you today. Your Faith is flourishing, and your Love is growing. The more you search the New Testament you find faith and love as companions. When you sow the seeds of the Word into your hearts on particular topics, you discover that Holy…
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Faith, Hope, and Love: 1Corinthians 13
Dear Ones: It is a good thing to read the 13th chapter of first Corinthians to remind ourselves about the true nature of the God kind of Love. This is the last verse of this chapter. It links faith, hope and love together. But Love wins out as the greatest, since GOD is LOVE. When…
Faith and Love: 1 John 5
Dear Ones: Good Morning to a new week filled with faith and love of our LORD. Faith working through Love, HIS Love poured out through us, is a mighty spiritual weapon that defeats the forces of darkness. It is easy to get mesmerized by the activity of darkness and corruption that seems to be exploding…
He First Loved Us: 1 John 4
Dear Ones: As we progress in our look at Love through the eyes of the Scriptures, these verses are very comforting. HE first Loved us! Yes, before we came to know HIM and receive HIM as Savior, HE first LOVED US! Consider how a baby in utero has not been seen or held, but the…
Faith works by Love: 1 Corinthians 13
Dear Ones: The plain language of the Message Bible reveals the need for faith to work by and through love to accomplish Kingdom business in our lives. The Jewish leaders in Christ’s day had faith in their religious ceremonies and rules. But when they came face to face with the Son of God, they would…
Faith, Hope, Love: 1 Thessalonians 5
Dear Ones: As you read these verses you see the synergy of faith, love and hope as they are intricately entwined with each other. If the ingredient of Love was not added, then our relationship with GOD through Christ could be one of formality, ceremony, and duty done out of fear of Who HE is.…
Video: Blood Covenant-The Bedrock of our Faith
The LORD God cut covenant, a blood covenant, with Abram long ago. If we do not understand blood covenant, then we cannot fully appreciate the work that was accomplished at the Cross and the Resurrection of our King. In the next two videos we will be looking at the steps needed to enter into a…
Faith Works through Love: Galatians 5
Dear Ones: The Epistles are so wonderful because they are source for us about how to live a truly overcoming Christian life that honors the Godhead. Here we read that Paul qualifies the kind of faith that we are to operate in: Faith that works through Love not in religious traditions. In John 13:34-35 the…
Hope, Trust, Faith: Habakkuk 2
Faith: strong belief or trust in someone or something; belief in the existence of God: strong religious feelings or beliefs Dear Ones: Hope led us to Trust, which brings us to Faith. As we come to know the LORD more intimately, we realize that our relationship with HIM has been progressing like walking a path to…
Wonderful: Psalm 31
Dear One: This is a great verse to start the week. As you read it, you can feel the joy of the psalmist, David. Even before he faced Goliath, the LORD saved him from the lion and the bear. Sometimes we feel like lions and bears are tracking after us, but they are no match…