Ignorance isn’t always bliss –
Truth Over Lies: wk1,d4
When we love the world, our perception becomes skewed.
We Can Deceive Ourselves
But as much as we’d like to always blame an outside source, we must come to terms with the fact that we also fight the truth versus lies battle from within.
Truth Over Lies: Week 1, Day 2
SATAN HATES GOD & HIS PEOPLE Read: Acts 13:10; Revelation 12:10; 2 Thessalonians 3:3 SOAP: Revelation 12:10; 2 Thessalonians 3:3 Then I heard a loud voice shouting across the heavens, “It has come at last— salvation and power and the Kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ. For the accuser of our…
Satan Tries to Deceive Us: W1D1
The lies began to fill my head the moment my toes touched the sand.
Bible Study: Truth Over Lies – A Love God Greatly Bible Study
We all struggle with believing lies –
In Jesus I Am … A Conqueror
– who we are is not about anything we have don, but who God is and what He has done for us.
In Jesus I Am … Empowered
I am able …
In Jesus You Are … Equipped
– We are His creation, masterfully, intentionally, and creatively designed.
In Jesus You Are … Blessed
In Jesus we are blessed, not because of who we are or what we have done –
IN JESUS YOU ARE … INTENTIONALLY MADE
Thank you for making me …
Made Intentionally
You are thoroughly and completely known by God …
“I Am Who You Say I Am”
Reflections on Week 3 of “In Jesus You Are …” – A Love God Greatly study about – ‘Understanding Your Identity in Christ’. In Jesus we are Adopted … Children of God … Chosen … Citizens of Heaven … Known by God 💜 We are who He says we are – no one can change…
In Jesus You Are … Known by God
God Knows everything about you.
In Jesus You Are … A Citizen of Heaven
Where is your citizenship?
In Jesus You Are … Chosen
God calls us His “chosen people” who He created for His glory.
In Jesus You Are … A Child of God
– adopted by a Father who loves us –
In Jesus You Are … Adopted
He can never disown you, no matter what you’ve done or may do.
In Jesus You Are … Received
In Jesus we are not only received, but we are called to receive, accept, and support one another with open hearts. – LGG Team
In Jesus You Are … Loved
This is real love –
IN JESUS YOU ARE … FREE!
Are you truly free?
IN JESUS YOU ARE … SAVED!
Nothing we can do will change our status as a child of God.
IN CHRIST YOU ARE … RESCUED!
Have you ever needed to be rescued?
In Jesus you are … Sealed
Our identity is secure in God –
IN JESUS YOU ARE … DELIVERED
From the beginning you have been a part of God’s plan … His beautiful plan of redemption.
IN JESUS YOU ARE … RIGHTEOUS
– exploring the benefits of our salvation
IN JESUS … I AM FORGIVEN!
We can live as fully forgiven daughters of God.
In Jesus You Are… A New Creation
Who do think you are?
Friendship: Week 6, Day 5 — Life-Giving Friendship
Don’t just pretend to love others, really love them (NLT, Romans 12:9)
Friendship: Week 6, Day 4 — The Ultimate Sacrifice
Thank you for loving me like a friend –
Friendship: Week 6, Day 3 — He is Our Faithful Friend
“I will never leave you and I will never abandon you.”
Friendship: Week 6, Day 2 — He Calls You Friend
Help me show the world this relationship –
FRIENDSHIP, WEEK 6, Day 1 Jesus Our Ultimate Best Friend
God truly cares about us.
Friendship: Wk 5, Day 5 Friday Breaking Bread Together
– there is no replacement for flesh and blood community.
Friendship: Week 5, Day 4 Thursday – Love Your Neighbor
Are you loving or destroying?
Friendship: Week 5, Day 3 Wednesday -To Save the Lost
– His entire redemptive project
Friendship: Week 5, Tuesday — Outer Circle, Inner Circle
Jesus spoke with some friends who knew a little more than His disciples did.
Friendship: Week 5, Monday — Jesus, Friend of Sinners
Christ became our friend when we did not deserve it –
Friendship: Week 4, Friday –The Importance of Love
The Greatest of these is Love –
Friendship: Week 4, Thursday — The Impact of Our Words
– more powerful than we can imagine.
Friendship: Week 4, Wednesday Red Flags
Jealousy is dangerous!
Friendship: Week 4, Tuesday Threats to Biblical Friendships
…Fighting against flesh and blood enemies
Friendship: Week 4, Monday Counterfeit Friendships
:BY their smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of the naive.
Friendship: Week 3, Friday The Need for Forgiveness
Forgive as God has forgiven –
Friendship: Week 3, Thursday Friends Who Sharpen
Cultivating good relationships is important –
Friendship: Week 3, Wednesday A Friend Who is Trustworthy
Gossip is harmful –
Friendship: Week 3, Tuesday Speak the Truth in Love
Without love our truth is so hard –
Friendship: Week 3, Monday — The Golden Rule
“Give love freely, not expecting anything in return” LGG
Friendship: Week 3 Preview
Find out the one ingredient that holds every good friendship together.
Friendship: Week 2, Friday –Support In a Broken World
He is the source of our faithfulness to one another.
Friendship: Week 2, Thursday Lifting Each Other Up
Our relationship with God is not private.
Friendship: Week 2, Wednesday Thicker Than Blood
Our friendships with believers should look different –
Friendship: Week 2, Tuesday — The Purpose of Biblical Friendship
– maybe we need to take a step back and ask how we can be a good friend to others.
Friendship: Week 2 — Monday Christ-Centered Friendships
We belong to one another —
Friendship: Week 1, Friday – Rooftop Ripping Friends
What do you do when you know that your friend is suffering?
Friendship: Week 1, Thursday — How Friendship Displays the Gospel
We witness to the world with more than our words.
Friendship: Week 1, Wednesday Sin’s Impact on Friendship
“Sin impacted our relationships – both vertically and horizontally.”
Friendship: Week 1, Day 2 — Created for Community
We were made to need one another.
Friendship: Week 1, Monday Designed for Friendship
“At the beginning of the BIble, we are given a glimpse into how God created us.” LGG Devotional wk1,d1
Faithful Love: Week 6, Friday — The Embrace of God’s Love
We have to be wise and humble to let God´s Word change our lives from the inside out.
Faithful Love: Week 6, Thursday — It’s Never Too Late
He´s patiently waiting for every soul to reach repentance.
Faithful Love: Week 6, Wednesday Pleading our Cause
Are you blaming God or owning the blame?
Faithful Love: Week 6, Tuesday Conqueror of Death, Mighty to Save
God reminds the people of Israel that He is the only One who saves.
Faithful Love: Week 6, Monday — All For His Glory
They foolishly invested in the temporal.
Faithful Love: Week 5, Friday — A Heart Test
Read: Hosea 12:12-14; 2 Kings 7:7-9; Micah 6:16 and SOAP: Hosea 12:14 Hosea 12:12-14 New Living Translation Jacob fled to the land of Aram, and there he earned a wife by tending sheep.13 Then by a prophet the Lord brought Jacob’s descendants[out of Egypt;and by that prophet they were protected.14 But the people of Israel have bitterly provoked the Lord,so their Lord will now sentence…
Faithful Love: Week 5, Thursday Nothing Can Separate Us from God’s Love
Hosea 12:9-12 NLT “But I am the Lord your God, who rescued you from slavery in Egypt.And I will make you live in tents again, as you do each year at the Festival of Shelters.10 I sent my prophets to warn you with many visions and parables.” 11 But the people of Gilead are worthless because of their idol worship.And in Gilgal, too,…
Faithful Love: Wk 5, Wednesday Wrestle or Surrender
Jacob lost the fight and wept.
Faithful Love: Week 5, Monday Reap Steadfast Love
Now is the time to seek the LORD.
Faithful Love: Week 4, Friday Living as Wise Women
Like any loving father, God wanted to bless His children out of His abundance.
Faithful Love: Week 4, Thursday Finding Fruit in the Desert
You don’t find grapes in the desert, but if you did, it would thrill you.
Faithful Love: Week 4, Wednesday Unaware of Disaster
During the night, some wicked men of Gibeah went to the old man’s house and demanded to have sex with the Levite visitor.
Faithful Love: Week 4, Tuesday Pressing On In Faith
What if God …
Faithful Love: Week 4, Monday The First and Best Option
Even when we sin in awful ways,
A Response to Hosea 6:1-3
His Word isn’t just power against sin though …
Faithful Love: Week 3, Thursday He Makes Himself Known
How many times do we do the wrong thing and then blame God –
Faithful Love: Week 3 – Wednesday Love First
I had spent a lot of time reminding God about the many things I had done for Him –
Faithful Love: Week 3 — Monday Seek His Face
As Philippians 3:18 says, when our heart is set on earthly things, we walk as enemies of the cross.
Faithful Love: Week 2, Friday – Do Not Be Deceived
Do not be deceived …
Faithful Love: Week 2, Thursday Idols, Then and Now
There is no knowledge of God.
Faithful Love: Week 2, Wednesday Go Again and Love
The people have turned to other gods and love to worship them. –
Faithful Love: Week 2, Tuesday With God There is Always Hope
And He will allure it back to Himself –
Faithful Love: Week 2, Monday Whom Will We Love Most?
Israel offered herself to other gods in the way that an adulterous woman offers herself to lovers.
Faithful Love: Week 2 Preview
Faithful Love started off with a bang. If you weren’t familiar with the book of Hosea, you may have been surprised by God’s call on Hosea to marry Gomer, a prostitute, and to have children with her. You may have also found it surprising or even disheartening to read that he would no longer show mercy…
Faithful Love: Week 1, Friday Children of the Living God
It will be said, ‘You are children of the living God. –
Faithful Love: Week 1, Thursday God Extends Mercy
I will no longer show love to the people of Israel
Faithful Love: Week 1, Wednesday And on That Day
They did not turn from these sins.
Faithful Love: Week 1, Tuesday Provoking the LORD
This adulterous marriage was a vivid illustration of how Israel had forsaken and rejected the Lord.
Behind the Scenes
So, I started a new Bible study this morning called “Faithful Love”, based on the book of Hosea in the Old Testament. I’ve read the book many times and studied it more than a few and it is one of my favorite books because of the beautiful picture it paints of God’s redeeming love. However,…
Faithful Love: Week 1, Monday – Salvation is Found in the Lord
Faithful Love describes the relationship of God to His people …
Gospel of Mark: Week 6, Friday – Life and Life Abundantly
What she found would not only change her life, but the entire world
Gospel of Mark: Wk 6, Thursday – Truly He is the Son of God
“My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?”
Gospel of Mark: Wk 6, Wednesday – The Suffering of Christ
The fact that God didn’t rescue Jesus from the cross is one of the hardest truths to accept.
Gospel of Mark: Week 6, Tuesday – Peter’s Denial
But He was silent and did not answer –
The Gospel of Mark: Week 6, Monday – Jesus the Messiah
“Yet, I want Your will to be done, not Mine.”
The Gospel of Mark: Week 5, Friday – Alabaster
Mary knew who Jesus was. She knew what He was worth.
Gospel of Mark: Wk5, Thursday -Watch Out! Stay Alert!
Until that time comes, we have been told what to do –
The Gospel of Mark: Wk 5, Wednesday – Persecuted but Not Abandoned
Watch out! I have warned you about this ahead of time!
The Gospel of Mark: Wk5, Tuesday – Where is Your Faith?
Many rich people put in large amounts. Then …
The Gospel of Mark: Wk4, Friday Praying With Power
Jesus set the example for us all by His own personal prayer walk during His season of ministry on earth:
The Gospel of Mark: Week 4 Thursday – Hosanna!
Blessed is the One who comes in the name of the Lord –
Gospel of Mark: Wk 4, Wednesday -To Serve
He was the One who knelt down beside the lowly, …
Gospel of Mark: Week 4, Tuesday All Things Are Possible
“Humanly speaking, it is impossible.”
Gospel of Mark: Week 4, Monday Cut It OFF
If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off! It is better for you to enter into life crippled than to have two hands and go into hell, to the unquenchable fire. – Mark 9:43
Thoughts of the Cross
Captivated by thoughts of Calvary …
The Gospel of Mark: Week 3, Friday – “Listen to Him”
Immediately, God the Father claimed Jesus as His Son.
The Gospel of Mark: Wk3, Thursday
Peter replied, “You are the …”
The Gospel of Mark: Week 3 Wednesday, The Heart of the Matter
When Jesus explained the law He revealed the evil condition of their hearts.
The Gospel of Mark: Week 3, Tuesday – Hardened Hearts
The Disciples had no excuse for their lack of faith.
The Gospel of Mark: Week 3 Monday – To the End of the Age
They thought they knew who Jesus was
The Gospel of Mark: Week 2, Friday – A Touch of Faith
Reaching for only a touch of His cloak, she had no doubt Jesus could heal her.
The Gospel of Mark: Week 2, Thursday – A Testimony
Tell them what the Lord has done –
The Gospel of Mark: Week 2, Wednesday – Have Faith
Why are you afraid? Do you still have no faith?
The Gospel of Mark: Week 2, Tuesday – The Good Soil
“Listen! A farmer went out to plant some seed –
The Gospel of Mark: Week 2 Monday – Chosen
The true family of Jesus is …
The Gospel of Mark: Week 1 — Friday – Transformed
Jesus did not choose perfect men to be His disciples.
The Gospel of Mark: Week 1 Thursday – The Sabbath
… the Sabbath was created to be a blessing, not a requirement for His people.
The Gospel of Mark: Week 1 Wednesday – Friend of Sinners
Jesus cared for and spent time with all people. Regardless of their past or present.
The Gospel of Mark: Week 1 Tuesday – “Who IS Jesus?”
He intentionally left what could have given more recognition or more power to be alone with God.
The Gospel of Mark: Week 1 Monday – Preparing the Way
Jesus – He preached, taught, healed, and talked to many people every day
“Truly this man was God’s Son.” –Mark 15:39 When we face challenges and difficulties in life, we need comfort. When we are unsure where to turn, we need hope. When we face our mortality, we need a Savior. When we doubt our faith, we need assurance. Jesus is our comfort, our hope, our Savior, and…
Draw Near: Week 6 — Friday A Lifetime of Study
For you have a special place in my heart
Draw Near: Week 6, Thursday — God’s Message
For he called you to share in his Kingdom and glory.
Draw Near: Week 6, Wednesday The Why of Memorization
If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. –
Draw Near: Week 6, Tuesday — Knowing God’s Word Helps You
Fix these words of mine into your mind and being, and tie them as a reminder on your hands –
Draw Near: Week 6, Monday — Praying God’s Word
But avoid profane chatter, because those occupied with it will stray further and further into ungodliness
Draw Near: Week 5, Friday Reframing Our Minds Around Application
How can a young person stay pure?
Draw Near: Week 5, Thursday Written For Our Instruction
God’s book has it all –
Draw Near: Week 5, Wednesday Applying God’s Commands
The commands of God guide us in living.
Draw Near: Week 5, Tuesday — The Living and Enduring Word of God
Your new life will last forever because it comes from the eternal, living word of God.
Draw Near: Week 5 — Monday On to Application
“How can I apply this to my day, week, life, or circumstance?”
Draw Near: Week 4, Friday Relying on the Helper
And the Advocate, the Holy Spirit Whom the Father will send in My name – will remind you of everything I have said to you. John 14:26
Draw Near: Week 4, Thursday The Sword of the Spirit
Stand your ground
Draw Near: Week 4, Wednesday Cultural and Historical Background
Find a verse that speaks truth into that area of your life and choose to believe what God says, over what Satan says!
Draw Near: Week 4, Tuesday — Open My Eyes
Today’s Scripture – Psalm 119:17-18; Luke 11:28 (SOAP: Psalm 119:17-18) Psalm 119:17-18 Be good to your servant, that I may live and obey your word.18 Open my eyes to see the wonderful truths in your instructions. Luke 11:28 Jesus replied, “But even more blessed are all who hear the word of God and put it into practice.” “In these…
Draw Near: Week 4, Monday — Dealing With Hard Passages
There is a great reward for those who obey them.
Draw Near: Week 3, Friday — Interpretation
We should never ask the question, “What does this passage mean to me?”
Draw Near: Week3 – Wednesday Literary Devices
Through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, the human authors of the Bible were creative and artistic with the words they recorded.
Draw Near: Week 3, Tuedsday Inspired by God
When I think of training my mind often goes back to my days as an athlete; running sprints, lifting weights, pushing the physical limits of the body.
Draw Near: Week 3, Monday – The Law of the LORD is Perfect
As we draw near to God, He promises to draw near to us. His Word is perfect, true, reliable, and fair.
Draw Near: Week2, Thursday Draw Near to God and …
What would “drawing near” look like for you today?
Draw Near: Week 2, Wednesday What Do I See
Today’s Scripture – Psalm 19:4-6; John 1:14-18 (SOAP: John 1:14) John 1:14-18 So the Word became human and made his home among us. He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness. And we have seen his glory, the glory of the Father’s one and only Son. 15 John testified about him when he shouted to the crowds,…
Draw Near: Week 2, Friday Created by Him
God is faithful. He has revealed Himself in creation and in His Word.
Draw Near: Week 2- Tuesday The Invisible Made Visible
Even those who do not yet know Jesus know deep in their hearts that there is a creator.
Draw Near: Week 2 – Monday What’s the Genre?
In the same way we approach varying genres of books or movies differently, the way we read the books of the Bible depends on their genre.
Draw Near: Week 1, Friday SOAP Bible Study Method
“We believe that using this method allows us to glean a greater understanding of Scripture, which allows us to apply it effectively to our lives.” LGG
Draw Near: Week 1, Thursday
“Who we spend time with matters.”
Draw Near: Week 1, Wednesday Why Inductive Bible Study?
The world stands firm and cannot be shaken.
Draw Near: Week 1, Tuesday
Jesus was with God in the beginning
Draw Near: Week 1, Monday Nature Reveals the Character of God
The Lord merely spoke, and the heavens were created.
Shame Breaker, Week4 – Friday God, The Shame Breaker
Fix our gaze on things that cannot be seen …
Shame Breaker, Wk4 – Thursday Out With the Old, In With the New
The old has gone the new is here –
Shame Breaker, Wk4-Wednesday The Shame of Unfaithfulness
Feed my sheep …
Shame Breaker, Week4-Tuesday God Sets Us Free
He purchased our freedom …
Shame Breaker, Week4-Monday The Shame of Exposure
We can trust God will not condemn those who come to Him in Jesus –
Shame Breaker, Week 3 – Friday God has a Purpose
– so that the power of God could be seen
Shame Breaker, Wk3-Wednesday The Shame of Dependence
“Run with endurance the race God has set before us.” We can only do this when we keep our eyes on Jesus – THE EXAMPLE OF OUR FAITH.
Shame Breaker, Week 3-Tuesday Led To Repentance
Everyone, from the rich to the poor, from the great to the powerless … All have sinned
Whatever We Do …
How could a nighttime stroll – which I imagine took place because he was home and couldn’t sleep knowing his men were out at war – end so tragically?
Shame Breaker, Week 3-Monday The Shame of Adultery
” – we can remember and rest in this truth: He does not treat us as our sins deserve.”
Shame Breaker, Week 2-Friday The Shame of Brokenness
So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. –
Shame Breaker, WK2-Thursday Beauty In Brokenness
We serve Jesus, so that the life of Jesus will be evident in our dying bodies.
Shame Breaker, Wk2-Wednesday The Shame of Weakness
My confident hope is that I will in no way be ashamed –
Shame Breaker, Wk2-Tuesday Our Pasts Are Forgiven
Just like ISrael, we were sinful, broken, ruined, but Jesus Christ made us a new creation!
Shame Breaker, Wk2-Monday The Shame of Past Decisions
With unfailing love I have drawn you to myself …
The Shame of Not Being Enough
Because knowing God’s character helps us to TRUST Him
Shame Breaker, Week 1 – Friday The Shame of Not Being Enough
Because knowing God’s character helps us to TRUST Him
Shame Breaker, W1 – Thursday A God Who Redeems Shame
God redeems our disappointments and our shame. LGG Devo
The Stepping Stone
This post is based on the study of Genesis 16:1-2 and Matthew 19:26 as a part of the Love God Greatly Study – Shame Breaker. This post and all other posts, based on their studies, are written prior to reading any devotionals associated with the study. It is my true story, heart and beliefs shared…
On the 11th-Day of Christmas
“But His Word truly satisfies our deepest needs.”
East and West Never Meet
“If we were to search for the sins the Lord has removed from us, we would never find them,”
Shame Breaker, Week 1 Tuesday – God Removes Our Guilt
Today’s Scripture – Psalm 103:12-13 (S.O.A.P. Psalm 103:12-13) He has removed our sins as far from us as the east is from the west.13 The Lord is like a father to his children, tender and compassionate to those who fear him. If you would like to continue following this four-week study and other posts from the Nsideout sign-up below
On the 10th-Day of Christmas January 4, 2021
Scripture – 1 Timothy 6:15; Name of Jesus – King of kings and Lord of lords; Ornament – Crown Jesus may have come as a baby in a manger, but make no mistake – God gave us a King! The King of kings and Lord of lords best describes His power and majesty. He not…
With Sin Comes Shame
The Man and Woman Sin The serpent was the shrewdest of all the wild animals the Lord God had made. One day he asked the woman, “Did God really say you must not eat the fruit from any of the trees in the garden?” 2 “Of course we may eat fruit from the trees in the garden,” the…
The Ninth Day of Christmas January 3, 2021
A good shepherd is willing to leave those that are safe in His care to save just one that is lost without Him.
On the Eighth-Day of Christmas January 2, 2021
“In Jesus’ time, the Jews would sacrifice or kill a lamb as a temporary offering to God for their sins. However, only a perfect and complete sacrifice, without spot or blemish, could forever take away the sin of the world. Only a Lamb of GOd.”
On the 7th-Day of Christmas January 1, 2021
“When we think of Jesus at Christmastime, we remember Him as a gentle, sweet, and weak baby.
Bridge to Shame Breaker, Wk. 2 January 1, 2021
Some trust in chariots some in horses but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.
We Depend on our God
Prayer is an amazing weapon of warfare for the Christian, whether we are on the actual battlefield or on our knees at home – or for that matter in a car or at the sink doing dishes. It has been said in some commentaries that this prayer may have been prompted by David’s battle against…
On the 6th-Day of Christmas December 31, 2020
I see him, but not here and now. I perceive him, but far in the distant future. A star will rise from Jacob; Numbers 24:17
Bridge to Shame Breaker Wk 2 December 31, 2020
The one true God gives me strength: He removes the obstacles in my way –
On the 5th-Day of Christmas December 30, 2020
“Like the Christmas lights that make a tree or a house look pretty at Christmas time, Jesus makes us look beautiful to others by lighting up our lives with His truth and His Spirit.”
Bridge to Shame Breakers, Week 2 Wednesday
It is as if I have been given fertile fields or received a beautiful tract of land.
On the Fourth Day of Christmas December 29, 2020
– her spiritual thirst could only be satisfied by “living water.”
Bridge to Shame Breaker: Tuesday, Week 2
Despite the agony and doom and fear David professed His TRUST in God’s UNFAILING LOVE …
On the Third Day of Christmas December 28, 2020
Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing.
On the Second Day of Christmas December 27, 2020
“The best part of God’s pasture is what happens after this life is over.”
On the First Day of Christmas December 26, 2020
“It was foretold that a virgin mother would bring a very special baby into the world – the Son of God.”
(Isaiah 7:14)
Bridge to Shame Breaker: Friday, Week 1
Today’s Scripture: Psalm 9 and 10 (S.O.A.P. Psalm 9:10) Psalm 9 For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be sung to the tune “Death of the Son.” I will praise you, Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all the marvelous things you have done.2 I will be filled with joy because of you. I…
Bridge to Shame Breaker Thursday, Week 1
Today’s Scripture: Psalm 7-8 (S.O.A.P. Psalm 8:3-4) Psalm 7 A Psalm of David, which he sang to the Lord concerning Cush of the tribe of Benjamin. I come to you for protection, O Lord my God. Save me from my persecutors—rescue me!2 If you don’t, they will maul me like a lion, tearing me to pieces with no one to rescue me.3 O Lord my…
Bridge to Shame Breaker Wednesday – Week 1
The Lord has heard my appeal for mercy; the Lord has accepted my prayer.
Bridge to Shame Breaker, Tuesday – Week 1
To the Lord I cried out, and He answered me from His holy hill.
Bridge to Shame Breaker
They are like trees planted along the riverbank, bearing fruit each season. Their leaves never wither, and they prosper in all they do.
Everlasting Covenant: (4) Friday, The Birth of Jesus
I proclaim good news that brings great joy to All the people.
Everlasting Covenant: (4) Thursday, The Birth of John
“And you, my little son, will be called the prophet of the Most High, because you will prepare the way for the Lord. You will tell his people how to find salvation
through forgiveness of their sins.
Everlasting Covenant: (4) Wednesday, Mary and Elizabeth
And Mary said, “My soul exalts the Lord,”
Everlasting Covenant: (4) Tuesday, The Messiah Announced
So Mary said, “Yes, I am a servant of the Lord; let this happen to me according to your Word.”
Everlasting Covenant: (4) Monday, God’s Messenger Announced
“.. to make ready for the Lord a people prepared for Him.”
Everlasting Covenant: Week 3, Friday – Unity in the New Covenant
“Do this, every time you drink it, in remembrance of me.”
Everlasting Covenant: Week 3, Thursday – Fulfillment in Christ
For Christ died to set them free from the penalty of the sins they had committed under the first covenant.
Everlasting Covenant: Week 3, Wednesday – A. Better. Covenant.
But our adequacy is from God.
Everlasting Covenant: Week 2 Tuesday, The Promised Covenant
“I will be their God and they will be My people.”
Everlasting Covenant: Week 3 Monday, The Weakness of the Law
But now we have been released from the law, because we have died to what controlled us, so that we may serve in the new life of the Spirit and not under the old written code.
Everlasting Covenant: Week 2 David’s Descendants
“I, Jesus, – I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star!” Revelation 22:16
Everlasting Covenant: Week 2 Permanent Kingdom
David’s kingdom will be secure forever.
Everlasting Covenant – Week 2 The Sabbath
The He said to them, “The Sabbath was made for people, not people for the Sabbath.
Everlasting Covenant – Week2 Tuesday – Christ Fulfills the Law
Question of the Day: What is the law’s purpose? Today’s Scritpure: Exodus 24:3-8; Matthew 5:17-20 (S.O.A.P. Matthew 5:17) Teaching about the Law Exodus 24:3-8 New Living Translation Then Moses went down to the people and repeated all the instructions and regulations the Lord had given him. All the people answered with one voice, “We will do everything…
Everlasting Covenant: Monday-2 The Greatest Commandments
I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God who will not tolerate your affection for any other gods.
Thanksgiving 2020
“Joy is a function of gratitude – and gratitude is a function of perspective.” Ann VosKamp
Everlasting Covenant: The Blessing of Christ
In Christ we too have been claimed as God’s own possession –
Everlasting Covenant: The Promised Land
By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place he would later receive as an inheritance, and he went out without understanding where he was going.
Everlasting Covenant
Abraham believed the LORD, and the LORD counted him as righteous because of his faith.
Everlasting Covenant: An Unconditional Covenant
Today’s Scripture: Genesis 9:12-17 (S.O.A.P. Genesis 9:12-13) 12 Then God said, “I am giving you a sign of my covenant with you and with all living creatures, for all generations to come. 13 I have placed my rainbow in the clouds. It is the sign of my covenant with you and with all the earth. 14 When I send clouds…
From the Insideout: Everlasting Covenant – Week 1, Tuesday
God is serious about His promise so He gives His people a visible sign to confirm it.
Everlasting Covenant
Today’s Scripture: Genesis 9:1-11 (S.O.A.P. Genesis 9:11) God Confirms His Covenant Then God blessed Noah and his sons and told them, “Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth. 2 All the animals of the earth, all the birds of the sky, all the small animals that scurry along the ground, and all the fish in the sea…
Bridge to Everlasting Covenant Week 2, Friday
Question of the Day: According to verse 17, the law was given through Moses, but what was given through Jesus Christ? Today’s Scripture: John 1:14-18 (S.O.A.P. John 1:14) So the Word became human[a] and made His home among us. He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness.[b] And we have seen His glory, the glory of the…
Bridge to Everlasting Covenant Week 2, Thursday
Question of the Day: Who does the phrase, “own people,” refer to in verse 11? Today’s Scripture: John 1:6-13 (S.O.A.P. John 1: 10-11) God sent a man, John the Baptist,[a] 7 to tell about the light so that everyone might believe because of his testimony. 8 John himself was not the light; he was simply a witness to tell…
Bridge to Everlasting Covenant Week 2, Wednesday
Question of the Day: Verse 4 says, “In Him was life, and the life was the light of mankind.” Who is “Him” referring to? Today’s Scripture: John 1:1-5 (S.O.A.P. John 1:4-5) Prologue: Christ, the Eternal Word In the beginning the Word already existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God.2 He existed in the beginning…
Malachi 4:2-3 … Leaping for Joy
The Lord of Heaven’s Armies says, “The day of judgment is coming, burning like a furnace. On that day the arrogant and the wicked will be burned up like straw. They will be consumed—roots, branches, and all. 2 “But for you who fear my name, the Sun of Righteousness will rise with healing in his wings. And you will…
Bridge to Everlasting Covenant Week 2, Tuesday
Question of the Day: According to verse 4, why was Christ born of a woman, born under the law? Today’s Scripture: Galatians 4:4-7 (S.O.A.P. Galatians 4:4-5) But when the right time came, God sent his Son, born of a woman, subject to the law. 5 God sent Him to buy freedom for us who were slaves to…
Bridge to Everlasting Covenant Week 2, Monday
Today’s Scripture: Malachi 4:1-3 (S.O.A.P. Malachi 4:2-3) The Coming Day of Judgment The LORD of Heaven’s Armies says, “The day of judgment is coming, burning like a furnace. On that day the arrogant and the wicked will be burned up like straw. They will be consumed—roots, branches, and all. 2 “But for you who fear my name, the…
“For Such a Time As This”
God is our strong refuge; he is truly our helper in times of trouble. 2 For this reason we do not fear when the earth shakes, and the mountains tumble into the depths of the sea, 3 when its waves crash and foam, and the mountains shake before the surging sea. (Selah) 4 The river’s channels bring joy to the city of…
Bridge to Everlasting Covenant Week 1, Thursday
Question of the Day: How can God’s loyal love and faithfulness continually protect us? Scripture for Today: Psalm 40:11-17 (S.O.A.P. Psalm 40:11) Lord, don’t hold back your tender mercies from me. Let your unfailing love and faithfulness always protect me.12 For troubles surround me— too many to count!My sins pile up so high I can’t see my way out.They…
Psalm 40:11-17
O Lord, you do not withhold your compassion from me. May your loyal love and faithfulness continually protect me! 12 For innumerable dangers surround me. My sins overtake meso I am unable to see; they outnumber the hairs of my head so my strength fails me. 13 Please be willing, O Lord, to rescue me! O Lord, hurry and help me! 14 May…
Psalm 40 – The Rescue
I relied completely on the Lord, and he turned toward me and heard my cry for help. 2 He lifted me out of the watery pit, out of the slimy mud. He placed my feet on a rock and gave me secure footing. Psalm 40:1-2 God is good! I know I can completely rely on Him – because…
Bridge to Everlasting Covenant: Week 1, Tuesday
Today’s Encouragement: Let’s give thanks to His holy name for He is elevated high above all gods and He protects the lives of His faithful followers. Today’s Scripture: Psalm 97 (S.O.A.P. Psalm 97:9) The Lord reigns.Let the earth be happy.Let the many coastlands rejoice.2 Dark clouds surround him;equity and justice are the foundation of his throne.[b]3 Fire goes before…
Bridge to Everlasting Covenant Week 1, Wednesday
Question of the Day: In verse 3 the Psalmist says that God gave Him a reason to sing a new song – a song of praise. Has God given you a reason to praise Him? Today’s Scripture: Psalm 40:1-10 (S.O.A.P. Psalm 40:1-2) I relied completely[b] on the Lord,and he turned toward meand heard my cry for help.2 He…
Blessed Encouragement
For the LORD is good. His unfailing love continues forever, and His faithfulness continues to each generation. Psalm 100:5 What blessed encouragement this verse is in these days and times we are living in. I just completed the Love God Greatly study of Hebrews, “Jesus Our Everything“, and I find myself both clinging to and…
Bridge to Everlasting Covenant Week 1, Monday
Today’s Scripture: Psalm 100 (SOAP: Psalm 100:5) A psalm. For giving grateful praise. Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth.2 Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs.3 Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are his[a]; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. 4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him…
A Love God Greatly Reading Plan
I hope you’ll join me Monday for the Bridge! Love God Greatly has made it easier to stay consistent in our daily Bible study habit with a 2-week reading plan and SOAP passages. If you haven’t tried SOAPing the Word yet this is a great way and time to learn. It’s easy and it’s a…
Jesus Our Everything: Week 6, Day 4
Today’s Scripture: Hebrews 13:1-19 (S.O.A.P. Hebrews 13:8) Keep on loving each other as brothers and sisters.[a] 2 Don’t forget to show hospitality to strangers, for some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it! 3 Remember those in prison, as if you were there yourself. Remember also those being mistreated, as if you felt their pain in…
Jesus Our Everything: Week 6, Day 3
Question of the Day: According to Hebrews 12:14 why should we pursue peace and holiness? Today’s Scripture: Hebrews 12:14-29 (S.O.A.P. Hebrews 12:14-15) Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness,[a] for without it no one will see the Lord. 15 See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God, that no one be like a bitter root…
Eyes Fixed on Jesus
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, we must get rid of every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and run with endurance the race set out for us, 2 keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith. For the joy set out…
Jesus Our Everything: Week 6, Day 2
Question of the Day: Today’s passage mentions keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus, what is something we can do or that you do to keep your eyes fixed on Him? According to verse 3 why are we to fix our eyes on Him? Today’s Scripture: Hebrews 12:1-13 (S.O.A.P. Hebrews 12:1-2) Therefore, since we are surrounded…
The Greatness of Your Faithfulness
Father, You are Good! The music of the morning has reminded me of Your great faithfulness – How Your mercies are new every morning and Your compassions never fail. For, as the lyrics boast, “there is no shadow of turning with you”. You do not change – You are the same yesterday, today, and forever!…
Jesus Our Everything: Week 6, Day 1
Today’s Scripture: Hebrews 11:32-40 (S.O.A.P Hebrews 11:39-40) And what more shall I say? For time will fail me if I tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets. 33 Through faith they conquered kingdoms, administered justice,[a] gained what was promised,[b] shut the mouths of lions, 34 quenched raging fire,[c] escaped the edge of the sword, gained strength…
Jesus Our Everything: Week 6
Over the past 5 weeks we have read a lot about Jesus, faith, and endurance. In our everyday lives I bet we’ve all faced times where we called out to Jesus, where we’ve had to lean on our faith and perhaps where we’ve even struggled to endure. In this last week we will continue to…
Vision Check
By faith, when Moses was born, his parents hid him[a] for three months, because they saw the child was beautiful and they were not afraid of the king’s edict. 24 By faith, when he grew up, Moses refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, 25 choosing rather to be ill-treated with the people of God than to enjoy…
Jesus Our Everything: Week 5, Day 5
Question of the Day: According to verses 25 and 26, Moses was able to endure because his eyes were fixed on the reward. What was this reward? Today’s Scripture: Hebrews 11:23-31 (S.O.A.P. Hebrews 11:26-27) By faith, when Moses was born, his parents hid him[a] for three months, because they saw the child was beautiful and they…
Jesus Our Everything: Week 5, Day 4
Question of the Day: How did Abraham obey? What does verse 11 tell us was the secret to his faith? Today’s Scripture: Hebrews 11:8-22 (S.O.A.P. Hebrews 11:8) By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place he would later receive as an inheritance, and he went out without understanding where…
Jesus Our Everything: Week 5, Day 3
Question of the Day: According to Hebrews 11:1, what is Faith? What do you think this means? Today’s Scipture: Hebrews 11:1-7 (S.O.A.P. Hebrews 11:1-2) People Commended for Their Faith Now faith is being sure of what we hope for, being convinced of what we do not see. 2 For by it the people of old[a] received God’s commendation.[b] 3 By…
Jesus Our Everything
Question of the day: What does it mean to shrink back? What does it look like to not shrink back? Today’s Scripture: Hebrews 10:26-39 (S.O.A.P. Hebrews 10:36-39) For if we deliberately keep on sinning after receiving the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins is left for us,[a] 27 but only a certain fearful expectation…
Jesus Our Everything: Week 5, Day 1
Question of the Day: How can we spur one another on to love and good works? Today’s Scripture: Hebrews 10:19-25 (S.O.A.P. Hebrews 10:23-25) Drawing Near to God in Enduring Faith Therefore, brothers and sisters,[a] since we have confidence to enter the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus, 20 by the fresh and living way that He inaugurated for…
Jesus Our Everything: Week 4, Day 5
Question of the Day: According to Romans 5:20, what happened where sin increased? Today’s Scripture: Hebrews 10:1-18; (S.O.A.P. Hebrews 10:1-2; Romans 5:20-21) Concluding Exposition: Old and New Sacrifices Contrasted For the law possesses a shadow of the good things to come but not the reality itself, and is therefore completely unable, by the same sacrifices…
Jesus Our Everything: Week 4, Day 4
Question of the Day: I love Hebrew’s constant reminders that our “Hope is Secure” in Christ! What’s something you love about this study? Today’s Scripture: Hebrews 9:15-28 (S.O.A.P. Hebrews 9:27-28) And so he is the mediator[a] of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the eternal inheritance he has promised,[b] since he died[c] to…
A Perfected System
Old Rules about Worship Now the first covenant, in fact, had regulations for worship and its earthly sanctuary. 2 For a tent was prepared, the outer one, which contained the lampstand, the table, and the presentation of the loaves; this is called the Holy Place. 3 And after the second curtain there was a tent called the holy of holies. 4 It contained the…
Jesus Our Everything: Week 4, Day 3
Question of the Day: According to today’s LGG Devotional, how can Christ cleanse us from sin eternally? Today’s Scripture: Hebrews 9:11-14 (S.O.A.P. Hebrews 9:13-14) Christ’s Service in the Heavenly Sanctuary But now Christ has come[a] as the high priest of the good things to come. He passed through the greater and more perfect tent not made…
Jesus Our Everything: Week 4, Day 2
Question of the Day: According to 1 Corinthians 6:19 and 20, why should we glorify God with our bodies? Today’s Scripture: Hebrews 9:1-10 and 1 Cor. 6:19-20 (S.O.A.P. 9:8-9; 6:19-20) The Arrangement and Ritual of the Earthly Sanctuary Now the first covenant,[a] in fact, had regulations for worship and its earthly sanctuary. 2 For a tent was prepared,…
The Better Covenant
For the law made nothing perfect. On the other hand a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God. 20 And since this was not done without a sworn affirmation—for the others have become priests without a sworn affirmation, 21 but Jesus did so with a sworn affirmation by the one who said to him, “The Lord…
Jesus Our Everything: Week 4, Day 1
Question of the Day: One of our SOAP passages today says that the new covenant isn’t based on the letter but on the Spirit? What’s the difference? Today’s Scripture: Hebrews 8:7-13; 2 Cor. 3:4-6 (S.O.A.P. Heb. 8:7-8; 2 Cor. 3:5-6) For if that first covenant had been faultless, no one would have looked for a…
Jesus Our Everything: Week 3, Day 5
Today’s Scripture: Hebrews 8:1-6: Colossians 1:15-20 (S.O.A.P Hebrews 8:6; Colossians. 1:17-18) The High Priest of a Better Covenant Now the main point of what we are saying is this:[a] We have such a high priest, one who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,[b] 2 a minister in the sanctuary and the…
Jesus Our Everything: Week 3, Day 4
Today’s Scripture: Hebrews 7:11-28 (S.O.A.P. Hebrews 7:25) Jesus and the Priesthood of Melchizedek So if perfection had in fact been possible through the Levitical priesthood—for on that basis[a] the people received the law—what further need would there have been for another priest to arise, said to be in the order of Melchizedek and not in Aaron’s…
A Different High Priest
Without father, without mother, without genealogy, he has neither beginning of days nor end of life but is like the Son of God, and he remains a priest for all time. Hebrews 7:3 (NET) Father, you are good! And in your goodness, You have given me a Great High Priest. – One who is not…
Jesus Our Everything: Week 3, Day 3
Question of the Day: How is Jesus, our High Priest, unique from the Levitical priesthood? (see today’s devotional on the LGG app) Today’s Scripture: Hebrews 7:1-10 (S.O.A.P. Hebrews 7:3) The Nature of Melchizedek’s Priesthood Now this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, met Abraham as he was returning from defeating the kings and blessed…
Jesus Our Everything: Week 3, Day 2
Question of the Day: What or Who is the anchor for our soul? Today’s Scripture: Hebrews 6:13-20 (S.O.A.P. Hebrews 6:19-20) God’s Promises Bring Hope For example, there was God’s promise to Abraham. Since there was no one greater to swear by, God took an oath in his own name, saying: 14 “I will certainly bless you, and…
Jesus Our Everything: Week 3, Day 1
Today’s Scripture: Hebrews 6:4-12 and Galatians 6:9 (S.O.A.P. Hebrews 6:11-12 and Galatians 6:9) For it is impossible in the case of those who have once been enlightened, tasted the heavenly gift, become partakers of the Holy Spirit, 5 tasted the good word of God and the miracles of the coming age, 6 and then have committed apostasy,[a] to renew them…
Jesus Our Everything: Week 3
Hey friends, are you ready for week 3 of our study? Here’s a peek at what we will be reading as well as our prayer focus for the week. Meanwhile, I’m committing each of you and this study to the Lord! I invite you to share some prayer requests and/or praises here today. They can…
The Meditation of My Heart
Father, You are good and in Your goodness You have given me much needed rest and I praise You. The enemy has been quick to target my mind with fiery darts of the past but Your Spirit has been faithful and quick to remind me to – take captive every thought to make it obedient…
A Way To Know You
Father, You are good and in Your goodness You have provided Your Word as a way for us to know You.💜 Your Word allows me to personally know Who You are, to know my sinfulness and need for a Savior; It makes a way for me to not only know The Savior but to trust…
Jesus Our Everything: Week 2, Day 5
Today’s Scripture: Hebrews 5:11-6:3 (S.O.A.P. Hebrews 6:1) The Need to Move on to Maturity On this topic we have much to say[a] and it is difficult to explain, since you have become sluggish[b] in hearing. 12 For though you should in fact be teachers by this time,[c] you need someone to teach you the beginning elements of God’s utterances.[d] You have…
Jesus Our Everything: Week 2, Day 4
Today’s Scripture: Hebrews 5:1-10; Matthew 26:36-46 (S.O.A.P. Hebrews 5:7-8; Matthew 26:39) For every high priest is taken from among the people[a] and appointed[b] to represent them before God,[c] to offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins. 2 He is able to deal compassionately with those who are ignorant and erring, since he also is subject to weakness, 3 and for this reason…
Jesus Our Everything: Week 2, day 3
Question of the Day: Why can we approach the Throne of Grace with confidence? Today’s Scripture: Hebrews 4:14-16 (S.O.A.P. Hebrews 4:15-16) Jesus Our Compassionate High Priest Therefore since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession. 15 For we do not…