Tag Archives: love

Abide

I don’t know about you, but it’s my independence that can keep me from a closer relationship with God. Thinking “I can do this” rather than yielding to God, can distance me from him. And isn’t my “I can do this” attitude really a sin of pride?Good Thursday morning. May you always abide with ourContinue reading “Abide”

Conflicting Forces

Here’s a little food for thought for your Tuesday. Have a great day! Two conflicting forces cannot exist in one human heart. When doubt reigns, faith cannot abide. Where hatred rules, love is crowded out. Where selfishness rules, there love cannot dwell. When worry is present, trust cannot crowd its way in. Billy Graham Lord,Continue reading “Conflicting Forces”

Blood of Christ

Blood of Christ Blood of Christ course through my heart, That I may love like thee, Blood of Christ course through my brain, That I may think like thee. Blood of Christ, nourish my tongue, That it may speak for you, Blood of Christ nourish my eyes, Let them see as you do. Blood ofContinue reading “Blood of Christ”

Love and Obedience

Here’s a quote for a thought-provoking Tuesday: “Our Lord told His disciples that love and obedience were organically united. The final test of love is obedience.”― A.W. Tozer This quote seems so appropriate for this week. For as Jesus walked his last days in Jerusalem, he obeyed and gave us the most perfect love, sacrificialContinue reading “Love and Obedience”

A Fragrant Offering

“Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.” Ephesians 5::2 However you choose to honor God with your offerings, monetary or otherwise, may that offering be as fragrant to ourContinue reading “A Fragrant Offering”

Hard Times

“…the deepest spiritual lessons are not learned by his letting us have our way in the end, but by his making us wait, bearing with us in love and patience until we are able to honestly pray what he taught his disciples to pray: Thy will be done.” ~ Elizabeth Elliot ~ Lord, I thankContinue reading “Hard Times”

A Blanket of White

A Blanket of White Light streaming through my window awakened me. Like a child, I jumped out of bed and hurried to the window. Sparkling in my back porch light, snow blanketed the yard. Winter’s drab landscape changed to a fairyland. The dead, brown grass disappeared under the snowy blanket, and the barren trees woreContinue reading “A Blanket of White”

Inheriting the Treasure

Inheriting the Treasure When my parents died, they left my brothers and me all their worldly treasures.  Fortunately for us, they had planned well.  They left a will, named an executor, and had their investments and savings earmarked as payable on death to us. Even though they planned carefully, we have waded through rivers ofContinue reading “Inheriting the Treasure”

Use the Soap

If Christianity is valid, why is there so much evil in the world?” To this the famous preacher replied, “With so much soap, why are there so many dirty people in the world? Christianity, like soap, must be personally applied if it is to make a difference in our lives. Billy Graham Remind us, Lord,Continue reading “Use the Soap”