Want to know what happens to me, when I think about the Lord? A smile spreads across my face. A sense of being loved fills my heart. Peace floods my soul. That’s what thoughts of Him do to me. A storm can be raging. Everything can be going wrong, and I still have the same [...]
Archive for December, 2009
When I Think About the Lord
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged agape, God, love, thoughts on December 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I Never Knew Love Like This Before
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged agape, Christmas, God, Jesus, love on December 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Today is Christmas Eve. I was thinking about this holiday. The love of a Creator for His fallen creation. The birth of His Son sent to save our souls. Emmanuel, God with us. As I was thinking about these things, I heard a song rise up in my heart. “I never knew love like this [...]
A Father’s Dream II
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged agape, God, Jesus, love on December 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This post is part two on the topic of A Father’s Dream. Please read the first part posted 2 days ago on December 14th before reading today’s post But God – so rich is He in His mercy! Because of and in order to satisfy the great and wonderful and intense love with which He [...]
A Father’s Dreams
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged agape, Christmas, cross, crucifixion, God, Jesus, love, salvation on December 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
As I sat in my prayer chair this morning I looked over at one of my Christmas decorations. It is a velvet Christmas stocking with a large cross stitched on it. The stark contrast suddenly struck me. As we celebrate His birth, there before me was a reminder of His death. I think of new [...]
It’s Not About Me
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged agape, God, love, prayer on December 10, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I had an interesting experience this morning with God. As I sat in my favorite prayer chair, I saw some things in my own heart that needed to change. I asked Him to search me, cleanse me and change me. This is nothing new. I spend each day with Him in prayer, in worship, and [...]
Expressions of Love
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged agape, faith, God, love, love one another on December 6, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Galatians 5:6 ~ For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love. (KJV) For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything, but faith working through love. (NASB) For [if we are] in Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith activated [...]
Patient and Kind
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged agape, God, love, patient on December 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Love endures long and is patient and kind… (1 Corinthians 13:4, Amplified) Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. (Ephesians 4:2,NIV) …be patient with everyone. (1 Thessalonians 5:14, NIV) Love is patient. God is patient. We are to be patient. But the fruit of the [Holy] Spirit [the work [...]
