O LORD, you have searched me [thoroughly] and have known me. You know my downsitting and my uprising; You understand my thought afar off. You sift and search out my path and my lying down, and You are acquainted with all my ways. (Psalm 139:1-2, Amplified) Before I formed you in the womb I knew you… [...]
Posts Tagged ‘love’
Known and Loved
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged agape, God, love on October 14, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Be Somebody
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged agape, God, love on October 8, 2011 | 4 Comments »
I recently went through a great transition in my life. My husband and I left a church we had attended for fourteen years. We left at God’s instruction. We left on good terms. We left a place where I felt like I was somebody. I felt a little like Norm from Cheers, everybody knew my [...]
Sin No More II
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged agape, God, grace, Jesus, love on September 26, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Yesterday we read about the woman caught in adultery and how Jesus spoke words of grace to her that empowered her to do just what He said, “Go and sin no more.” Today I want to look at another person that Jesus spoke these same words to, the man healed at the pool called Bethesda. [...]
A Life of Love
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged agape, God, love on September 24, 2011 | 1 Comment »
And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick. (Matthew 14:14, KJV) And it came to pass, that, as Jesus sat at meat in his house, many publicans and sinners sat also together with Jesus and his disciples… They that are whole have [...]
Awakening
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged agape, awakening, God, love on September 9, 2011 | 1 Comment »
And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold. (Matthew 24:12, KJV) The Greek word translated as love in this passage is the Greek word agape. Agape is the God kind of love – true unconditional, unfailing love. It is a love that only those who are born again possess. Yet this [...]
Excited to Love
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged agape, God, love on September 4, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Excite – to rouse, to stir up, to put in motion, to inflame… (Websters, 1828) Excited – Roused, awakened, animated, put in motion, stimulated, inflamed. (Websters, 1828) We love because He first loved us. (1 John 4:19, NASB) We love each other as a result of His loving us first. (1 John 4:19, NLT) We [...]
Focus
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged agape, God, love on August 26, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Many years ago I had a fear of getting into pride. As I followed the leading of the Holy Spirit, I found that God was doing some amazing things for me and through me. Along the way I received many “promotions” in my sphere of influence and levels of responsibility. With each new promotion I [...]
I love you, I love you, I love you
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged agape, God, love on August 18, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away. So I went with him…. (Song of Solomon 2:13-14, Amplified) Do I take time to meet my Good Shepherd each day, letting Him tell me of His love…? (Footnote to SOS 2:13, Amplified) Each morning, you receive an invitation to come away with Him. Throughout the day [...]
Remember the Love
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged agape, beloved, God, love on August 15, 2011 | 1 Comment »
…Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me… This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. (1 Corinthians 11:24,25; KJV) The Body that was broken so that you would be healed. The Blood that was shed [...]
Tenderly Lead Me
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged agape, God, kingdom of God, love, Shepherd on August 5, 2011 | 3 Comments »
A phrase that I recently read in a scripture has lingered in my heart for the last few days. When I read it, the words instantly touched my heart and I felt loved. Even though I did not hear Him speak these words thousands of years ago, I could hear the tenderness with which He [...]
