All tagged god’s love

God’s Love, and how we are made holy

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional , God’s Love

The apostle Paul loved the Thessalonian church and encouraged its members to love others just as he and his disciples loved them, but there is more to the love he describes to them than fondness and emotion. Paul says that if they love one another, and others, as he does them, then their hearts will be made blameless, and holy when Jesus returns to claim his Church. So how are we doing in this regard? Are we allowing the Lord to grow us in love, and make us blameless in it for others? Will God see us this way in judgement when Jesus returns to claim His Bride? We ask all of this to ask the larger question… Does our love make us holy?

Do we love as we should?

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional , Understanding Love

Do we understand what it means to live fully in the love of Jesus Christ, and God Himself? Do we see it as the driving force behind every interaction they have with us, and that we have with them? Do we live out that selfsame love in our own lives… pouring it out upon all those who we come into contact with? Sometimes we find ourselves reserving that love for those people and circumstances that we feel are worthy, and dole it out as if we only had a tiny bit to give, and that each drop is precious, but God’s love is unlimited, and this is the same love He gives to Jesus, and Jesus to us. Our love is indeed precious but its value is in its effect… not in its quantity… give it freely!

Are we convicted by our inconsistent Love?

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional , Love

After accepting God as our Lord, and Jesus as our Savior, we find ourselves able to love those around us as God loves, and to love the Father as Jesus did. We are blessed in this way because we have become the sons and daughters of God, and bear not only His name, and image, but His Spirit within us. Yet, we are still challenged by our old selves as Satan continues his attempt to reinsert it into our daily lives. Are we able to resist the old person, and hold firm to our new transformed self as we should?

Relieving stress, and finding Peace through joint prayers of Love

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional , Prayer , God’s Love

Are we feeling anxious today? Do we fret over the challenges which this particular day will bring as it unfolds before us? If so, what is the solution that we will employ, and feel inclined to pursue? Our God is mighty indeed, but he has no greater might, nor presents us with any more profound mercy, than that of His love, because all else is made real, perfected, and witnessed through its application. Are we simply applying our own taste of love to the personal pilgrim’s journey of faith that we find ourselves on? Have we chosen to apply God’s love as a random mortar between the stones of our belief.. and sometimes disbelief?