Everything God does is motivated by love. This is seen throughout Scripture, from His creation of the world to the redemption offered through Jesus Christ. For example, John 3:16 says that God sent His Son, Jesus, because He loves us so much. Romans 5:8 tells us that Jesus died for...
I am learning to rest in them, to find comfort in God’s character (God is good and is working all things together for the good of those who love Him and are called according to His purposes), and to seek God for what I am learning in the season of waiting.I talk about how in ...
It comes, as this verse says, because of Gods unfailing love. The word translatedunfailing loveis a Hebrew wordkhesed.This word is used over 250 times in the Old Testament. It is one of the main ways God's nature and character are expressed. There is no single English word that can a...
Another confidence-building scripture is tucked into the book of Nahum: “The Lord is good, a refuge in times of trouble. He cares for those who trust in him” (1:7). If we put our minds to it, every one of us can attest to the truth of those statements, because the Lord is go...
In verses 8 and 9, John says, “God is love. This is how we how God showed his love among us: he sent his one and only son into the world that we might live through him.” So, we remain in God’s love first because God comes to us and loves us. All remaining in Christ is...
2. understand thevarious ways torespond to the needsof others through theworks of mercy. 3. identify the ways inwhich holy peoplesuch as Saint Martinde Porres followJesus.• Pray the Scripture verse• Discuss favorite things inpicture of creation• Read the text...
“But God commendeth his love toward us, in that,while we were yet sinners,Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8). In another verse of Scripture, the Apostle Paul said, “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners” (I Timothy 1:15; p. 1274). ...
Each verse helps us place our eyes on Jesus’ return by remembering his first coming and then expressing hope and yearning for his second coming [2]. As noted before, the unknown lyricist (from the eighth or ninth century) carefully based each stanza on scripture. You’ll find references fo...
Jas. 1:12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to him that love him. “Job, stop that desiring the night and endure: For people that are in darkness are cut off. Shhhhh, lest God shoul...
1 John 4:9-11 In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved,...