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His Love Endures Forever

February 28, 2023February 28, 2023 krisshetter

¹Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good.
His love endures forever.
²Give thanks to the God of gods.
His love endures forever.
³Give thanks to the Lord of lords:
His love endures forever.

⁴to him who alone does great wonders,
His love endures forever.
⁵who by his understanding made the heavens,
His love endures forever.
⁶who spread out the earth upon the waters,
His love endures forever.
⁷who made the great lights—
His love endures forever.
⁸the sun to govern the day,
His love endures forever.
⁹the moon and stars to govern the night;
His love endures forever.
Psalm 136: 1-9

He is revealed unto us the various names, characters, relations, and offices, which He bears in Scripture, and He holds out to our faith a cure for every wound, a cordial for every discouragement, and sufficient answer to every objection that sin or Satan can suggest against our peace. If we are guilty, He is our Righteousness. If we are sick, He is our Physician. If we are weak, helpless, defenseless, He is the compassionate and faithful Shepherd who has taken charge of us. And He will not allow anything to disappoint our hopes or to separate us from His love.

He knows what we are made of, He remembers that we are but dust, and He has engaged to guide us by His counsel, support us by His power, and at length, to receive us into His glory, that we may be with Him forever. The Works of John Newton, John Newton

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A Covenant of Love

February 27, 2023February 27, 2023 krisshetter

Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments.
Deuteronomy 7:9

“When you find yourself sinking in the quicksand, there is little else you can do but cry to the Lord. Sometimes He allows the “quicksand” experiences to turn you to Him. Wait for God. Acknowledge that He is in control. Give Him the pieces of your broken heart and watch Him work for you. You can depend on His faithfulness.” Prayer, Praise & Promises, Warren Wiersbe

Surrender to His Love

February 26, 2023February 27, 2023 krisshetter

The Lord your God is with you,
    the Mighty Warrior who saves.
He will take great delight in you;
    in his love he will no longer rebuke you,
    but will rejoice over you with singing.”
Zephaniah 3:17

God speaks; “If you want my mercy, then let me gain victory over you; if you want my life, then let me hate and destroy that which is evil in you; if you want my goodness, then let me take your life.” And now it has come to the final struggle. Everything has been surrendered up and only one thing has been left to the person, which he is determined to hold on to: his life. Still God will not call a halt, but storms this last citadel of all. And so the battle rages on for the last thing which he has; the individual defends himself like a mad person. God cannot want this; God is not cruel; God is good and kind. And yet the answer comes back: “If you want my goodness, then give me the last thing that you have, give me your life. Now choose!” Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Transformational Love

February 25, 2023February 25, 2023 krisshetter

Grace to all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love.
Ephesians 6:24

“What you should know about God’s love is that it is absolute – divine, eternal, and sacrificial. His care for you does not waver or change over time. He is not influenced by circumstances or situations. His love for you cannot be diminished. Likewise, whatever we might say about God Himself, we must say about His love – it is wise, powerful, and ever present with us. His love penetrates our deepest wounds and causes us to heal, change and grow. And if we allow His love access, it will overtake us completely – heart, soul, mind, and strength. Are you willing? Have you accepted God’s love? Have you allowed it to reach into every area of your life and transform you? If not, you should. Because absolutely nothing fills the emptiness like or is better than His awesome love.” God’s Purpose for Your Life, Charles F. Stanley

Love Your Enemy

February 24, 2023February 25, 2023 krisshetter

But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
Matthew 5:44

“That your enemies have been created is God’s doing; that they hate you and wish to ruin you is their own doing. What should you say about them in your mind? “Lord be merciful to them, forgive them their sins, put the fear of God in them, change them!” You are loving in them not what they are, but what you would have them to become.” St. Augustine

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Full of Mercy

February 23, 2023February 23, 2023 krisshetter

Do not withhold your mercy from me, Lord; may your love and faithfulness always protect me.
Psalm 40:11

My past life is abundantly full of God’s mercy, and, above all sin, stands the forgiving love of the Crucified. Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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Remaining In His Love

February 22, 2023February 23, 2023 krisshetter

“As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. If you keep my commands,you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love.
John 15:9-10

As His (Jesus’) love for His Father was the source of obedience, and the motivation of His faithfulness to the work that had been committed to Him, so He declares that the love of His followers, imitating His love for them, was to be the source of their obedience. Further, through their obedience, would come all the good that can come to human beings, including their love for one another. Self-sacrificing love is the essence of the Christian life, its incentive being the self-sacrificing love of Christ himself. On the Emotional Life of Our Lord, B.B. Warfield

Master of the Heart

February 21, 2023February 21, 2023 krisshetter

The Lord loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of his unfailing love.
Psalm 33:5

Christ will be master of the heart, and sin must be mortified. If your life is unholy, then your heart is unchanged, and you are an unsaved person. The Savior will sanctify His people, renew them, give them hatred of sin, and a love of holiness. The grace that does not make a man better than others is a worthless counterfeit. Christ saves His people, not IN their sins, but FROM their sins. Without holiness, no man shall see the Lord. Charles Spurgeon

Rooted In Love

February 20, 2023February 21, 2023 krisshetter

And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
Ephesians 3:17-19

“Because God has made us for Himself, our hearts are restless until they rest in Him.” St. Augustine

A Love That Never Ceases

February 19, 2023February 19, 2023 krisshetter

The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
Lamentations 3:22-23

“We may ignore, but we can nowhere evade, the presence of God. The world is crowded with Him. He walks everywhere incognito. And the incognito is not always hard to penetrate. The real labour is to remember, to attend. In fact, to come awake. Still more, to remain awake.” Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer, C. S. Lewis