The world is becoming overwhelmed with people preaching the gospel and proclaiming Jesus as their Lord. There are countless establishments being built across the globe to glorify God and to bring Christians into the fold. Yet, instead of the global Christians uniting in thought and heart toward God, there is a great division among them. Why? It's because … Continue reading Who is the Real Jesus?
When Love Hurts Us
Sometimes in life someone we really love and trust will do something so offensive or hurtful to us that it feels as if a brick had been smacked into our head. We didn't see it coming; we can't understand why it happened, but it did. The impact left us with a huge hole in our … Continue reading When Love Hurts Us
Love Isn’t Love Until You Give it Away
“Love isn't love until you give it away”. It's an old saying that's been passed down through the ages, but what does it mean? Love is a commitment of the heart that we have towards someone and this begins with our love for God. In Mark 12:30 we are told to “...love the Lord our … Continue reading Love Isn’t Love Until You Give it Away
Gifts From the Heart
When we first get married, we have a basic idea of how we want to decorate our home. We have a particular theme for our decor such as contemporary or country, and we try hard to turn our home into the picture perfect atmosphere. Unfortunately, life doesn't always adhere to our desires and so we're more likely than not to … Continue reading Gifts From the Heart
Love and Discipline
The concept of disciplining children has become a very controversial issue in today's world. Some are for physical discipline and others are totally against it and use only "time out" methods. Others just leave their children to learn from the world so they'll be stronger and able to live above it. Regardless of the reason, … Continue reading Love and Discipline
A Virtue Called Love
Today I was thinking about the Lord and how wonderful He is and how great His love is towards us. I thought about some of the poems that I have written to Him over the last many years and so I went into my file and was blessed by some of the poems that I read … Continue reading A Virtue Called Love
Jesus Loves Me
We have sung the age-old song, “Jesus Loves Me”, countless times. Yet, how many of us really know and understand in our heart the reality of the words so that we can say without a doubt, Jesus Loves Me? His love for us is endless and totally unconditional. Jesus died on the cross and took away … Continue reading Jesus Loves Me
Finding God in the Little Things
It's very easy to get caught up in thinking that we're just a tiny creation in the magnificent spectrum of God's plan and that He's really only interested in the big picture. But while God holds the balance of all things in His hands as he puts all the pieces together, He's also very interested … Continue reading Finding God in the Little Things
Free Love
There is only one thing in this world that is free and that is given without strings attached. Air is not free because of the pollution it carries that destroys the body; water is not free because it contains impurities, bacteria, chemicals, toxins - all that destroy the body. The only thing that we have that is … Continue reading Free Love
Love Gives us Strength
Love gives us the strength to overcome adversity in our lives because it's the foundation of our being that presents us with a purpose. And when we have a purpose, the love within us becomes an unbeatable force. When children grow up together in families they often remain close friends throughout life because there's a … Continue reading Love Gives us Strength
Love is a Passion Fruit
The Bible says in Galatians 5:22 that love is one of the fruits of the Spirit, and in fact, it's listed as the first fruit, which indicates that it's a priority. It's one of the virtues or the characteristics that make up the wholeness of the Spirit of God; a virtue that we could refer to as … Continue reading Love is a Passion Fruit
What is love?
The Bible is all about love and it tells us that God is the epitome of love. John 3:16 says that He gave His own Son as a sacrifice for us, and although this shows what the essence of love is, it gets lost in the modern world. Even in the Christian realm love has … Continue reading What is love?
Love Your Enemies
Most Christians are familiar with Matthew 5:44 where we're told to love our enemies, but too often we become confused with the connotation of loving a bad person when we're dealing with the world. Our emotions become involved and we begin to pick out other scriptures that seem to clearly say that it's normal to have … Continue reading Love Your Enemies
Love and Forgiveness
Many Christians think that we only need to forgive the people we love and that it's not necessary to forgive the ones who have offended us that are just acquaintances or people we really don't like anyway. Or we think that because we're King's kids we don't have to lower ourselves to forgive the people of world, after … Continue reading Love and Forgiveness
Love or Adultery
One of the greatest tools that the devil is using today to destroy people is deceit, and he is confusing the emotions so that we don't recognize the difference between love and adultery. To fulfill their own lusts, the people of the world have given Hollywood the authority to establish a precedent that the "wannabee … Continue reading Love or Adultery
Love Sinners?
As Christians we often believe that we should love each other, help and support each other, tolerate each other's differences and spend all our time with only Christians. We become a clique unto ourselves - aka denominations - and have no tolerance for anyone outside of our own circle of friends. We forget where we came from and … Continue reading Love Sinners?
Greed and Love Don’t Mix
The lifestyle of Christians has been a hot topic for years. Many believe that "real Christians" should swear a secret oath of poverty and shouldn't own any kind of material possessions so that they can stay pure before God. Others believe that the Lord wants us to prosper and have an abundance of material possessions. … Continue reading Greed and Love Don’t Mix
What is Unconditional Love?
The word "love" is one is that we use to convey a passionate feeling towards someone or something. It's a word that we often use as an expression or a selective emotion but without the heartfelt conviction of true sentiment. It has become a popular word in our vocabulary, but do we really understand what the word … Continue reading What is Unconditional Love?
Why Do We Need to Love God?
Many religious denominations teach us that obedience is the key to a successful Christian life, but obedience is only one of the contributing factors; it's not the main issue. For a healthy Christian life we need to love God. It's not difficult to develop a love for God when we understand who He is and what He … Continue reading Why Do We Need to Love God?
The Beginning of Love
God is love and everything God does is initiated in love and because of love. He created us because He wanted to have a family and He gave us everything to keep us healthy, happy and content. This is the beginning of the Love of God. God walked in the Garden of Eden with Adam … Continue reading The Beginning of Love
Smile, God Loves You! 