Tag: love
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A Motive For Church Discipline
you are to deliver this man to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord. (1 Corinthians 5:5) Church discipline is one of the marks of a healthy church. Yet church discipline is sorely lacking in American churches today. There are many reasons for…
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Seeking Love
Whoever covers an offense seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates close friends. (Prov. 17:9) I just love it that I always come away with an incredible gem of truth every time I read in Proverbs. A profound, yet practical, thing that can be applied to my life to make it better. And…
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Obedience of Love
This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. John 15:12 This is my commandment… We are told here plainly that loving others is not optional. That in fact it is a commandment of God. We are told elsewhere in John that if we love God we will keep his…
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Rejoicing In Who God Is
The righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance; he will bathe his feet in the blood of the wicked. (Psalm 58:10) This is not a popular sentiment. It strikes us as wrong somehow. Yet here it is, in scripture. The context of the entire psalm makes clear this is God’s vengeance against the wicked.…
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Great Is Thy Faithfulness
The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is thy faithfulness. “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in him.” (Lamentations 3:22-24) You may recognize these lines from one of the hymns or worship songs that have…
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Sight and Joy
I have set the Lord always before me; (Psalm 16:8) Psalm 16 is a prophetic psalm, speaking of Jesus’ future death and resurrection. Here in verse 8, this phrase caught my attention. What does it mean to “set the Lord always before” you? What did David mean? How did Christ fulfill this? What does it mean…
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growing love
And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.…
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stir up one another
And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near. (Hebrews 10:24-25) The “let us” in this verse is the third in a series…