Category Archives: God’s Love

Victory over bitterness and despair

Joseph’s story teaches us how to protect our hearts from the poison of bitterness and the prison of despair. Continue reading

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A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows

God is concerned with people on the margins, the weak and vulnerable. Continue reading

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14 qualities of true love

lift love out of the foggy place of feelings, and put it back in the honorable place it deserves.   Continue reading

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Secure in God’s love – forever!

Like a defense attorney building a case for the certainty of God’s love, the apostle Paul enlisted a series of rhetorical questions to leave no doubt that we are unchangably and eternally secure in God’s love. Continue reading

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How great is our God!

Now, our God, we give you thanks, and praise your glorious name. But who am I,… Continue reading

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Wisdom for trials and suffering

“He knows the way he takes,” even if for the moment we do not. Perhaps God is preparing us for forms of service of which at present we have no inkling. Continue reading

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He is jealous for me

Nobody would imagine a Jealous God. But we are not making up an idea of God by drawing on our imagination. Continue reading

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Salvation is eternally secure

The stability and effectiveness of both our walk with God and our service for Him is directly related to our understanding of the salvation He has given to us. Continue reading

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The Lord your God is a merciful God

Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. Continue reading

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Contentment and the presence of God

The reach of God’s presence. Continue reading

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