God’s Love for You

I am studying joy, so I thought I would pass onto you what I am learning.  Joy is a great way to start of a new year! “…and rejoiced because God had given them great joy.” Nehemiah 12:43 Over and over again in the Old Testament, I am finding that…

Well, I haven’t written for a couple of weeks.  Technical difficulties (my computer), the flu (my husband and I) and lots of company for Christmas (5 boys, 1 fiancee, 2 in-laws, 2 friends) have kept me away.  But what fun we had! (All except for the flu!)  We exchange homemade…

“For you have been bought with a price; therefore glorify God in your body.”1 Corinthians 6:20 When you go to the grocery store and “redeem” a coupon, you have traded something of value for something else.  To redeem something is to pay a price for it, to clear something by…

“Anyone who goes too far and does not abide in the teaching of Christ, does not have God; the one who abides in the teaching, he has the Father and the Son.” 2 John 1:9 So we are to abide not only in the Father and in the Son, but…

“Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, implore you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called.” Ephesians 4:1 Sometimes waiting requires footwork.  That seems contradictory, but God works in mysterious ways!  Think about being pregnant and waiting for that little one to…

“Because lawlessness is increased, most people will grow cold.  But the one who endures to the end, he will be saved.” Matthew 24:12 Sounds a lot like the warnings and promises in Revelation2:7, 11, 17, 26 and 3:5, 11, 12, 21.  We usually think of enduring when we think of…