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Love Is Not Fuzzy Feelings Scripture Focus:
1 Corinthians 13 \u201cPraise be to the Lord, for he showed his wonderful love to me when I was in a besieged city\u201d (Psalm 31:21). \u201cThrough the unfailing love of the Most High he w not be shaken\u201d (Psalm 21:7). ------------------------------------------------------------------------
When catastrophic events happen, we wonder how our loving God can allow such pain in our lives. We weep in anguish, \u201cLord, this doesn't feel like love!\u201d This has been my cry the past five years. During this time, I was diagnosed with a genetic disorder leading to blindness and diagnosed with chronic Hepatitis C. My neurologist thinks my brain tumor, operated on 21 years ago, is growing back. And our youngest child, our only son, Rick, was murdered. Some days I feel I'm under God's wrath and not His beloved child. I reveal this to emphasize the fact that I\u2019m not writing as an expert on God's love. I am someone who desperately needs to know God loves me unconditionally and forever -- no matter what happens, no matter how I feel. I suspect this may be the same with you some days. God asks us to trust Him, no matter how we feel. As I open His Word I also open my heart with quiet expectation that He will show me His love. INSIGHT: God's love is not fuzzy feelings. It is a fact. Realizing this, we can say with the psalmist, \u201cLord, I trust in your unfailing love\u201d (see Psalm 13:5).
God's Pursuing Love Scripture Focus:
Isaiah 54:7-10 \u201cThough the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed\u201d (Isaiah 54:10). ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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When trials assault, some people get angry and turn from God's love. The murder
I began wondering, When did God\u2019s unfailing love begin? Was it when we were born? When we were conceived? Since God has no beginning and love is an element of His eternal nature, there has never been a time when God did not love
Since God is all-knowing, He has always known the trials, the difficulties we will
INSIGHT: All the experiences of our lives are interwoven with God's pursuing love. Are you aware that God is faithfully loving you today?
Unanswered Questions Scripture Focus:
Romans 8:15-17 \u201cYou did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, `Abba, Father'\u201c (Romans 8:15). ------------------------------------------------------------------------
\u201cAbba, Father, I just don't understand,\u201d was my prayer after my 23-year-old so
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opened my understanding that the answer to all my questions is in the person of Jesus Christ. Because of Christ\u2019s sacrifice for us, we can become God's dearly-loved children. The Spirit assures us of this priceless relationship. INSIGHT: We do not need all our questions answered before we can believe our Father loves us, or for us to love Him and trust Him with our lives.
God's Agape Love Scripture Focus:
1 John 4:7-21 \u201cThe greatest of these is love\u201d (1 Corinthians 13:13). \u201cMay the Lord direc
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The New Testament we read today was written originally in the Greek language. Several different Greek words are translated \u201clove\u201d in our modern versions.
One Greek word is \u201ceros\u201d meaning physical, sensual love. It is pleasure-seeking self-centered, self-absorbed love. Another word is \u201cphileo\u201d which means brotherly love or love between friends.
Then there is the pinnacle of love: \u201cagape,\u201d a spiritual, selfless love. It is not fe
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God Is Love Scripture Focus:
1 Corinthians 13 “Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. . . . God is love” (1 John 4:7-8). “I have loved you with an everlasting love” (Jeremiah 31:3). ------------------------------------------------------------------------
What is God like? The Bible says clearly that God is love (1 John 4:8). Since it is
God has unwavering, unending love for you. Others lose patience, but God is patient and always deals with you with kindness (v. 4). Others put you down because they have inflated opinions of themselves, but God is not proud or arrogant in His treatment of you (v. 4).
He harbor lists of your wrongdoing (v. 5).
right (v. 7). Others turn away, but God never fails you. His love lasts forever (v. 13). INSIGHT: God's love sustains you today, no matter what happens. His love will
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Line Upon Line Scripture Focus:
Psalm 119:9-16 “The word of the Lord was unto them . . . line upon line” (Isaiah 28:13, KJV). “The
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I attend a study in which we go through various books of the Bible verse by verse.
One way to do this is in your daily time with the Lord. Select a book of the Bible to
For most of us, the best time to do this is first thing in the morning. Otherwise, you'll
Since the Bible contains thoughts that God wants to share with you from His great
INSIGHT: To know God's love for you, spend time with Him on a regular basis, time to be quiet enough to hear His Spirit whisper to your soul.
The Excellent Way Scripture Focus:
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Christ loves the church and has given spiritual gifts so that each member can
We recognize and greatly value the spiritual gifts God gives us. But Paul speaks of
Jesus is our example. In the ultimate act, Jesus hung on the cross and allowed
God loves you so much that He sent Jesus so that you could understand His love for you, so that you would have the ability to respond to His love. INSIGHT: God sent His Son into our world, not to condemn us, but to save us. Today would be a good time to respond to His love.
Noise Without Substance Scripture Focus:
1 John 3:16-20 “I will show you the most excellent way. If I speak in the tongues of men and of
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When our grandson sits at our piano, he bangs away, hitting all sorts of jarring
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irritating clanging. This also describes our lives devoid of God’s love. We may speak eloquently as we
The world’s love is shallow, selfish, and self-seeking. God's holy love always seeks
INSIGHT: When we believe God loves us and experience His love, our actions and our words will be in harmony.
What If God Did Not Love? Scripture Focus:
Romans 8:31-39 “If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if
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Can you even begin to imagine God without love? He would be isolated in the
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INSIGHT: We do not have to wait until we enter heaven to experience a love relationship with God. It begins the moment we open our lives to Him.
God's Patience with Jacob Scripture Focus:
Genesis 27-28 “Love is patient, love is kind” (1 Corinthians 13:4). “When Jacob awoke from his
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The dictionary describes patience as the capacity of calm endurance of a difficult
reading today, we see Jacob at his worst, deceiving his aged father and cheating
How would we react to this trickster? Probably we would begin with a severe
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John 18:25-28 “Love is kind” (1 Corinthians 13:4). “God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Thessalonians 5:9). ------------------------------------------------------------------------
A friend once confided painfully that she imagined God looking at her with an
When we sin, God’s look may be one of deep sorrow or grief. After Peter denied Jesus three times, Jesus' gaze broke his heart. We can be assured of God’s loving-kindness toward us even when we do wrong.
INSIGHT: God is not looking at you through angry eyes but with eyes filled with loving-kindness.
God's Enduring Love
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face. Long before God created time, He knew everything we would encounter. He
The good work God has begun in us will be completed some day. God won't get
When we see Jesus face to face, we will finally understand the fullness of His love for us. INSIGHT: Despite our failures, our setbacks, our having to learn the same lessons repeatedly, God's love for us endures long enough for Him to complete what He has started.
Always the Gentleman Scripture Focus:
Revelation 3:14-22 “Love is patient, love is kind. . . . It is not rude” (1 Corinthians 13:4-5). “I stand at the
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pure light of His holiness expose our shame. We need His discipline, but we want to avoid it. God waits lovingly, patiently. He is always the gentleman. He will never intrude
INSIGHT: The greatest dignitary in the universe loves you enough to stand outside your life waiting to be invited in. Open your heart to Him today.
Tears in a Bottle Scripture Focus:
Psalm 84 “Love . . . keeps no record of wrongs” (1 Corinthians 13:4-5). “Put thou my tears
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Big girls don't cry. A friend accepted this false and hurtful statement. She also thought that God saved all her tears to show her what a crybaby she was! We read that godly love keeps no record of wrongs. Then what is this about God
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INSIGHT: Big girls do cry. So do big boys. When we weep, Jesus weeps with us. During our times of deepest sorrow, we may have the deepest fellowship with Him.
A Day in Court Scripture Focus:
Romans 3:21-28 “Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth” (1 Corinthians 13:6). “God
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In a dream, I walked into the courtroom. My mouth was dry, my hands sweating, my legs wobbling.
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Lies, Lies, Lies Scripture Focus:
Revelation 12:10-12 “I heard a loud voice in heaven say . . . `the accuser of our brothers, who accuses them before our God day and night, has been hurled down’”(Revelation 12:10-11). ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pain scrambles my theology. I reason, I’m in pain because I’m being punished. I’m being punished because I’ve done something wrong. When I try to figure out what I've done, accusations flood my mind -- accusations caused by Satan, masking deception with enough truth to trick me. Satan’s Lie: I have strayed too far from God. I will never find my way back. God’s Truth: Jesus said, “I am the way” (see John 14:6). The way back is simple. Say Yes to Jesus instead of No. Lie: True Christians always do right, but I do many things wrong.
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schemes” (Ephesians 6:11). ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Satan ruthlessly assaults us with his lies, but God has provided us with a full armor for our protection, and His Word, which we can use to be on the offensive. Satan’s Lie: My past (even my past of a few minutes ago) is too terrible for God to forgive. I have failed. I always fail. I am a failure. I am condemned. God’s Truth: “There is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus” (Romans 8:1). “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:9). Lie: I’m too weak to endure this temptation. Truth: “I can do everything through him who gives me strength” (Philippians 4:13). Lie: I am falling out of God’s reach. Truth: “The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms”
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something wrong so that He can punish me. Then why do I often feel so condemned? It is because I know myself so well! I am
When accusations assault us, we need to remember the comforting words, “There
INSIGHT: When our hearts are troubled, peace takes over when we remember God does not condemn us. He loves us.
The Test of Love
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for you and me. It was the ultimate inconvenience. INSIGHT: If we weigh God's love for us by His willingness to be inconvenienced, we discover His love is beyond our ability to measure.
The Endurance of Love Scripture Focus:
Isaiah 53 “He was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the
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Love “always perseveres” (1 Corinthians 13:7). Jesus gave us the supreme example of enduring love. Eternal hell was what He
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1 Peter 2:9-10 “For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen
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What motivated Jesus to give up His heavenly position, to indwell a human body,
Many days we do not feel like anyone’s treasured possession, like anyone's love
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some day these will become obsolete. I believe this is when we see Jesus face to
While we are on earth our knowledge of God and His love for us is marred by our
INSIGHT: God's unfailing love for you is complete and perfect. He loves you as
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strength.” We all need God’s strength to help us make it through our difficult days and our long nights of trial. He will never fail us. INSIGHT: God loves us too much to let us struggle with our trials alone. He uses our difficulties to teach us to rely on Him.
God's Wisdom
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Childishness to Maturity Scripture Focus:
Isaiah 55:8-9 “When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me” (1 Corinthians 13:11). ------------------------------------------------------------------------
My young grandson is at the stage when he knows more than anyone: his mother,
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There's a reason for the restlessness and the feelings of incompleteness in our
God uses these gaps to draw us to Himself, to make us dependent on Him, and to
If we experienced total fulfillment with all our gaps filled and goals realized, we
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meet all our needs for love, we put them in the place of God. While we are doing this, we are missing out on the experience that God wants us to enjoy. Paul prayed that we would understand the vastness of God's love for us. His love is
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INSIGHT: What a privilege to know that the glories of Christ's presence will one day be yours. Live in the light of this today.
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Jude urges us, “Keep yourselves in God's love” (v. 21). How do we do this? If we
1 Corinthians 13 \u201cPraise be to the Lord, for he showed his wonderful love to me when I was in a besieged city\u201d (Psalm 31:21). \u201cThrough the unfailing love of the Most High he w not be shaken\u201d (Psalm 21:7). ------------------------------------------------------------------------
When catastrophic events happen, we wonder how our loving God can allow such pain in our lives. We weep in anguish, \u201cLord, this doesn't feel like love!\u201d This has been my cry the past five years. During this time, I was diagnosed with a genetic disorder leading to blindness and diagnosed with chronic Hepatitis C. My neurologist thinks my brain tumor, operated on 21 years ago, is growing back. And our youngest child, our only son, Rick, was murdered. Some days I feel I'm under God's wrath and not His beloved child. I reveal this to emphasize the fact that I\u2019m not writing as an expert on God's love. I am someone who desperately needs to know God loves me unconditionally and forever -- no matter what happens, no matter how I feel. I suspect this may be the same with you some days. God asks us to trust Him, no matter how we feel. As I open His Word I also open my heart with quiet expectation that He will show me His love. INSIGHT: God's love is not fuzzy feelings. It is a fact. Realizing this, we can say with the psalmist, \u201cLord, I trust in your unfailing love\u201d (see Psalm 13:5).
God's Pursuing Love Scripture Focus:
Isaiah 54:7-10 \u201cThough the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed\u201d (Isaiah 54:10). ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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When trials assault, some people get angry and turn from God's love. The murder
I began wondering, When did God\u2019s unfailing love begin? Was it when we were born? When we were conceived? Since God has no beginning and love is an element of His eternal nature, there has never been a time when God did not love
Since God is all-knowing, He has always known the trials, the difficulties we will
INSIGHT: All the experiences of our lives are interwoven with God's pursuing love. Are you aware that God is faithfully loving you today?
Unanswered Questions Scripture Focus:
Romans 8:15-17 \u201cYou did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, `Abba, Father'\u201c (Romans 8:15). ------------------------------------------------------------------------
\u201cAbba, Father, I just don't understand,\u201d was my prayer after my 23-year-old so
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opened my understanding that the answer to all my questions is in the person of Jesus Christ. Because of Christ\u2019s sacrifice for us, we can become God's dearly-loved children. The Spirit assures us of this priceless relationship. INSIGHT: We do not need all our questions answered before we can believe our Father loves us, or for us to love Him and trust Him with our lives.
God's Agape Love Scripture Focus:
1 John 4:7-21 \u201cThe greatest of these is love\u201d (1 Corinthians 13:13). \u201cMay the Lord direc
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The New Testament we read today was written originally in the Greek language. Several different Greek words are translated \u201clove\u201d in our modern versions.
One Greek word is \u201ceros\u201d meaning physical, sensual love. It is pleasure-seeking self-centered, self-absorbed love. Another word is \u201cphileo\u201d which means brotherly love or love between friends.
Then there is the pinnacle of love: \u201cagape,\u201d a spiritual, selfless love. It is not fe
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God Is Love Scripture Focus:
1 Corinthians 13 “Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. . . . God is love” (1 John 4:7-8). “I have loved you with an everlasting love” (Jeremiah 31:3). ------------------------------------------------------------------------
What is God like? The Bible says clearly that God is love (1 John 4:8). Since it is
God has unwavering, unending love for you. Others lose patience, but God is patient and always deals with you with kindness (v. 4). Others put you down because they have inflated opinions of themselves, but God is not proud or arrogant in His treatment of you (v. 4).
He harbor lists of your wrongdoing (v. 5).
right (v. 7). Others turn away, but God never fails you. His love lasts forever (v. 13). INSIGHT: God's love sustains you today, no matter what happens. His love will
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Line Upon Line Scripture Focus:
Psalm 119:9-16 “The word of the Lord was unto them . . . line upon line” (Isaiah 28:13, KJV). “The
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I attend a study in which we go through various books of the Bible verse by verse.
One way to do this is in your daily time with the Lord. Select a book of the Bible to
For most of us, the best time to do this is first thing in the morning. Otherwise, you'll
Since the Bible contains thoughts that God wants to share with you from His great
INSIGHT: To know God's love for you, spend time with Him on a regular basis, time to be quiet enough to hear His Spirit whisper to your soul.
The Excellent Way Scripture Focus:
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Christ loves the church and has given spiritual gifts so that each member can
We recognize and greatly value the spiritual gifts God gives us. But Paul speaks of
Jesus is our example. In the ultimate act, Jesus hung on the cross and allowed
God loves you so much that He sent Jesus so that you could understand His love for you, so that you would have the ability to respond to His love. INSIGHT: God sent His Son into our world, not to condemn us, but to save us. Today would be a good time to respond to His love.
Noise Without Substance Scripture Focus:
1 John 3:16-20 “I will show you the most excellent way. If I speak in the tongues of men and of
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When our grandson sits at our piano, he bangs away, hitting all sorts of jarring
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irritating clanging. This also describes our lives devoid of God’s love. We may speak eloquently as we
The world’s love is shallow, selfish, and self-seeking. God's holy love always seeks
INSIGHT: When we believe God loves us and experience His love, our actions and our words will be in harmony.
What If God Did Not Love? Scripture Focus:
Romans 8:31-39 “If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if
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Can you even begin to imagine God without love? He would be isolated in the
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INSIGHT: We do not have to wait until we enter heaven to experience a love relationship with God. It begins the moment we open our lives to Him.
God's Patience with Jacob Scripture Focus:
Genesis 27-28 “Love is patient, love is kind” (1 Corinthians 13:4). “When Jacob awoke from his
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The dictionary describes patience as the capacity of calm endurance of a difficult
reading today, we see Jacob at his worst, deceiving his aged father and cheating
How would we react to this trickster? Probably we would begin with a severe
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John 18:25-28 “Love is kind” (1 Corinthians 13:4). “God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Thessalonians 5:9). ------------------------------------------------------------------------
A friend once confided painfully that she imagined God looking at her with an
When we sin, God’s look may be one of deep sorrow or grief. After Peter denied Jesus three times, Jesus' gaze broke his heart. We can be assured of God’s loving-kindness toward us even when we do wrong.
INSIGHT: God is not looking at you through angry eyes but with eyes filled with loving-kindness.
God's Enduring Love
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face. Long before God created time, He knew everything we would encounter. He
The good work God has begun in us will be completed some day. God won't get
When we see Jesus face to face, we will finally understand the fullness of His love for us. INSIGHT: Despite our failures, our setbacks, our having to learn the same lessons repeatedly, God's love for us endures long enough for Him to complete what He has started.
Always the Gentleman Scripture Focus:
Revelation 3:14-22 “Love is patient, love is kind. . . . It is not rude” (1 Corinthians 13:4-5). “I stand at the
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pure light of His holiness expose our shame. We need His discipline, but we want to avoid it. God waits lovingly, patiently. He is always the gentleman. He will never intrude
INSIGHT: The greatest dignitary in the universe loves you enough to stand outside your life waiting to be invited in. Open your heart to Him today.
Tears in a Bottle Scripture Focus:
Psalm 84 “Love . . . keeps no record of wrongs” (1 Corinthians 13:4-5). “Put thou my tears
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Big girls don't cry. A friend accepted this false and hurtful statement. She also thought that God saved all her tears to show her what a crybaby she was! We read that godly love keeps no record of wrongs. Then what is this about God
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INSIGHT: Big girls do cry. So do big boys. When we weep, Jesus weeps with us. During our times of deepest sorrow, we may have the deepest fellowship with Him.
A Day in Court Scripture Focus:
Romans 3:21-28 “Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth” (1 Corinthians 13:6). “God
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In a dream, I walked into the courtroom. My mouth was dry, my hands sweating, my legs wobbling.
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Lies, Lies, Lies Scripture Focus:
Revelation 12:10-12 “I heard a loud voice in heaven say . . . `the accuser of our brothers, who accuses them before our God day and night, has been hurled down’”(Revelation 12:10-11). ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pain scrambles my theology. I reason, I’m in pain because I’m being punished. I’m being punished because I’ve done something wrong. When I try to figure out what I've done, accusations flood my mind -- accusations caused by Satan, masking deception with enough truth to trick me. Satan’s Lie: I have strayed too far from God. I will never find my way back. God’s Truth: Jesus said, “I am the way” (see John 14:6). The way back is simple. Say Yes to Jesus instead of No. Lie: True Christians always do right, but I do many things wrong.
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schemes” (Ephesians 6:11). ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Satan ruthlessly assaults us with his lies, but God has provided us with a full armor for our protection, and His Word, which we can use to be on the offensive. Satan’s Lie: My past (even my past of a few minutes ago) is too terrible for God to forgive. I have failed. I always fail. I am a failure. I am condemned. God’s Truth: “There is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus” (Romans 8:1). “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:9). Lie: I’m too weak to endure this temptation. Truth: “I can do everything through him who gives me strength” (Philippians 4:13). Lie: I am falling out of God’s reach. Truth: “The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms”
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something wrong so that He can punish me. Then why do I often feel so condemned? It is because I know myself so well! I am
When accusations assault us, we need to remember the comforting words, “There
INSIGHT: When our hearts are troubled, peace takes over when we remember God does not condemn us. He loves us.
The Test of Love
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for you and me. It was the ultimate inconvenience. INSIGHT: If we weigh God's love for us by His willingness to be inconvenienced, we discover His love is beyond our ability to measure.
The Endurance of Love Scripture Focus:
Isaiah 53 “He was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the
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Love “always perseveres” (1 Corinthians 13:7). Jesus gave us the supreme example of enduring love. Eternal hell was what He
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1 Peter 2:9-10 “For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen
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What motivated Jesus to give up His heavenly position, to indwell a human body,
Many days we do not feel like anyone’s treasured possession, like anyone's love
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some day these will become obsolete. I believe this is when we see Jesus face to
While we are on earth our knowledge of God and His love for us is marred by our
INSIGHT: God's unfailing love for you is complete and perfect. He loves you as
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strength.” We all need God’s strength to help us make it through our difficult days and our long nights of trial. He will never fail us. INSIGHT: God loves us too much to let us struggle with our trials alone. He uses our difficulties to teach us to rely on Him.
God's Wisdom
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Childishness to Maturity Scripture Focus:
Isaiah 55:8-9 “When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me” (1 Corinthians 13:11). ------------------------------------------------------------------------
My young grandson is at the stage when he knows more than anyone: his mother,
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There's a reason for the restlessness and the feelings of incompleteness in our
God uses these gaps to draw us to Himself, to make us dependent on Him, and to
If we experienced total fulfillment with all our gaps filled and goals realized, we
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meet all our needs for love, we put them in the place of God. While we are doing this, we are missing out on the experience that God wants us to enjoy. Paul prayed that we would understand the vastness of God's love for us. His love is
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INSIGHT: What a privilege to know that the glories of Christ's presence will one day be yours. Live in the light of this today.
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Jude urges us, “Keep yourselves in God's love” (v. 21). How do we do this? If we
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