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The Love that Makes it Happen

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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  
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.

Ephesians 3:14-19

The following blog was originally posted on August 9, 2018

Big Pizza Love and the Recipe that Makes it Happen

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How Then Should We Live?

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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 – 🦋

When the Question You’re Asking is, “How Do I Respond to this Mess?”

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“What Motivates Your Obedience?”

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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. 🦋

What’s the Temperature of Your Love Relationship with the Lord?
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A Look at True Love …

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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.

What Does Love Look Like?

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Off the Beaten Path

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Our Best Defense Against Spiritual Drought1

Today’s Scripture: Isaiah 58:11

The Lord will guide you continually,
And satisfy your soul in drought,
And strengthen your bones;
You shall be like a watered garden,
And like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.

Isaiah 58:11 NKJV

Have you ever found yourself in a spiritual season of drought – droughts of finding words to pray, droughts of sensing His presence, or droughts of struggling to even pick up God’s Word? I know I have and my heart aches at the remembrance of such times or at the thought of them coming again. However, today’s devotion/blog by Michele Morin, offers great encouragement that even in our seasons of drought God is with us. Even then He is guiding us, strengthening our ‘bones’, as Isaiah wrote, and reviving us with streams of water that flow through the parched landscapes of our lives.

I pray it encourages you as much as it did me 🦋

Staying motivated and excited about reading and studying the Bible is our best defense against the spiritual desert.

Living Our Days / Posted on  by Michele Morin
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How to Stay Motivated and Excited About Reading the Bible
  1. Title and quotes by Michele Morin as published on Living Our Days/July 21,2024 ↩︎