Today’s post is borrowed and shared from ourdailyverse.com/December 13, 2024
Today, let’s focus on our capacity to love and how it stems from God’s initial love for us. It’s like a small flame lit from an eternal fire. For the full devotional, click the button below.
I remember going to a conference where the speaker spoke on the love between God and His children being a reciprocal love. She used many examples, but the one that still sticks out in my mind was how she would pray or journal, naming all of the ways she had seen God show her his love – and she found herself responding at the end of the prayer – “I love You too.”
Friend, our relationship with God isn’t meant to be one-sided where He lavishes His love on us and we simply say thank you – His desire is for us to love Him in return. Today’s devotion is a beautiful illustration of what happens when we love God with all of our being. Click the devotional button for some wonderful encouragement =
Today, let’s pray for the courage to surrender like Jesus asks us in Mark 8:35. May we find peace and joy in letting go of our striving and embracing the abundant life He offers.
This is a beautiful encouragement from ourdailyverse.com that grabbed my attention and begged to be shared. – Enjoy
In our self-focused culture, the concept of losing one’s life may seem counterintuitive or even alarming. We’re conditioned to prioritize self-preservation, chasing after our own dreams and desires. But Jesus presents a radical paradigm shift, inviting us to a life of selfless surrender. -Click the devotional button to read the rest …
Originally posted by ourdailyverse.com / Feb 11, 2025
What a beautiful truth to know that we can rely on the love God has for us. It is a gift to know that the God who created us and adopted us as His own – is Himself – LOVE and has invited us to abide in Him … click the devotional button for encouragement and inspiration about the life-changing power of God’s love.
Today’s verse is a powerful reminder of the impact we can make when love guides everything we say and do.
borrowed and shared from ourdailyverse.com (A free daily verse app)/originally posted on 2/9/2025
God’s love for us passes knowledge; it is vast and complete, and yet He urges us to lean into its impossible dimensions and to rest there.
Michele Morin / Living Our Days / August 9, 2018
One of the prayers I learned to pray for women in my life years ago, specifically those who have been/are in my life-groups, is found at the center of this nugget of gold I’m sharing today, borrowed from the archive of Living Our Days. The prayer comes from the pen of the Apostle Paul and is found in chapter three of Ephesians. – I pray it for all who come upon this post and read the words within – that you may understand that God’s love for us not only passes knowledge; but that it is vast and complete. May you learn to lean into its impossible dimensions and find rest there.
My Prayer for You
Ephesians 3:14-19
For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, 15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, 16 that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, 19 and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
The following blog was originally posted on August 9, 2018
Sometimes, I feel like a broken record about the importance of building a relationship with God and staying connected to the body of Christ. I make no apologies though, because – I believe we are to encourage one another daily. I think our relationship with God and other believers is vitally important to our faith- even to the point of repetitive encouragement. Staying connected takes time and effort, and as Mrs. Morin suggests – the risk of love. Enjoy today’s shared treasure 🦋
This treasure caught my attention because the question asked and examined by Michele Morin is similar to the one I often use at the end of my time exploring God’s Word. I frequently use it in the application portion of our journeys: How then should we live? – I don’t know if I just started asking it or if I learned it from my dad or another teacher/preacher. Regardless, I found Morin’s use of the question, as well as her response and application, an excellent example. Hope you enjoy – 🦋
Originally posted on Living Our Days / Aug 27, 2023
Friends, this one may step on your toes; I know it did mine the first time I read it. But isn’t that, at least partly, why we journey through God’s Word – to clarify the areas of our walk of faith that need to be corrected or honed? I’m not saying that every encounter with God and His Word should result in a painful conviction – but I do believe that drawing near to Him is not meant to be a checklist kind of thing but rather a purposeful and heartfelt desire to spend time together. Whether it is seeking to understand Him, to know His ways, or to find comfort, strength, and wisdom in His presence, the chief end is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever, which is certainly upheld throughout the Scriptures, particularly in Ps. 145 and 1 Cor 10:31. Thus, the goal of our time with God should always be to lead us to a closer relationship with Him, motivated by love, which will in turn sharpen the righteous character of Christ in us, and put to death/quench the old sinful nature when it seeks to rear its ugly head – thus rendering disciples that live and love like Jesus. 🦋
Our next study, “Our God Who Pursues: Guiding Us Back to Him,” starts on March 3rd! Stay tuned for more details in the coming days – but for the remainder of February, we will be focusing on Love. Short and sweet treasures from some of my favorite bloggers and teachers/authors I follow. As always, I appreciate your feedback and welcome any questions. – 🦋
The first week of this two-week break between studies is from Michele Morin. I find myself encouraged by her words and her heart for God and her family. If you haven’t followed her from one of my past posts, I encourage you to do so. Today’s post is from five years back, during the season leading up to Easter – but it is fitting for everyday wisdom and living when our goal is to live and love like Jesus.
Me From the Inside Out 