Good morning! God's love is not fragile. Sometimes we make it out to be so fragile that if we make one mistake, He will cast us into hell, or at least strip us of His presence, disqualify us or take away our salvation. That's not what the Bible teaches. His love is so great, that nothing in all of creation can separate us from His love. He sent Jesus to take away our sins before anyone ever turned away from them. for while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. His love is

Good morning! God's love is not just amazing, but it is empowering. Despite trouble, hardship, persecution, famine, nakedness, danger or sword, we are more than conquerors through Christ. The important part is "through Christ who loved us." In ourselves, we will run out of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. In Him, we have all these things and more. We won't seek vengeance against those who oppose or persecute us. We wil

Good morning! God's message hasn't changed. It has always been about Him loving us from the beginning, us loving Him for His goodness and for us to love one another as we have been loved by Him. Jesus didn't invent this, it was there from the start. Too often, people get hung up on the laws of the Old Testament and think it was just a bunch of rules of what to do and not to do. But the spirit behind the law was love. God loved us even in our sinfulness. He gave a us a law to

Good morning! God has always loved us and loved us before we loved Him. We couldn't love Him until we knew Him. He is love and to truly love, you have to have His love living inside of you. That happens when we surrender our lives to Him. When we receive His forgiveness and experience His goodness, His love floods our being and we love Him who first loved us. It is the response of a grateful heart that has received an unjust pardon, in that we deserved death, but received lif

Good morning! One way we prove we love God is by how we obey Him and treat others, especially in the church. I see so much discord going on in the body at large and it is not of God. We can't afford to lose sight of what our greatest witness is, especially in this last hour. People will know we are from God by how we love. If we argue about who is right about every theological topic, yet cannot love one another through debates and disagreements, what do we really have to offe

Good morning! I don't think there is a more popularized and even commercialized verse than this in the Bible. Tim Tebow, a former college and NFL quarterback, wrote "John 3:16" on his eye black (the black paint players put under their eyes to minimize glare from the lights) during the 2009 BCS National Championship Game. This led to 94 million searches on Google for the verse and its meaning shortly after the game. Exactly 3 years later, Tebow played in a playoff game for the

Good morning! The word of God seems to use comparative writing often to show the difference between good and evil, right and wrong, and what love looks like verses what it does not. It is important to take note so we can recognize what is and is not from God. Love does not rejoice in evil, wicked, or sinful things, but does rejoice is truth, righteous, and just things. Love bears all things, meaning it covers them to handle them. It is a reference to how God's love covered ou

Good morning! There are many definitions of what people think love is and what it looks like. But opinions are not truth just because you strongly believe it to be true. God's word is truth and will last forever. What He says about love is truth and the standard we should use to measure love. Love is not mean, hateful, manipulative, coercive, divisive, envious, prideful, rude, selfish, easily offended or evil with its intent or practices. It does not dishonor God, people or i

Good morning! Religion has rituals, rules, doctrines and traditions. They may all be right and true, but they do not replace love. People can have it all right and still miss it because of a lack of love. Everything should done out of love. Out of love for Jesus and for others. What good is it if you can move mountains with your faith but can't help a widow cut her grass? What good is it to have all the musical talent in the world to make a living from it, yet not go sing in

Good morning! It's very easy to point out all that is going on in the church today that is wrong. It's easy to see all the ways people are adopting unbiblical teachings, how leaders are falling into sin and even how they are becoming more of a social justice center than a place for believers to be equipped. But it takes the lens of the Bible and the Holy Spirit to see all the good going on too. There are churches going into revival. Reformation taking place. College campuses

Good morning! There are saying that sound right and moral, but are not aligned with God's ideals and values. It seems right to say love those who love you and hate those who oppose and hate you. But Jesus tells us to be sons and daughters of God, we must love, bless, do good to and pray for those against us. This is a wild idea. It doesn't make sense, but I think that's the point. It doesn't take God to love those who love you and hate those who hate you. But it does take Hi

Good morning! God hates evil. He hates how it hurts people, destroys lives and robs others from joy. If you love God, you should share His hatred for evil. It doesn't mean He hates people, it means He hates the evil things people do, especially to one another. This is why God fights for His people. He is just and evil is unjust. It wrongfully hurts people in many ways. God is just and righteous. He deserves for justice to be done which means punishment for the wicked and defe

Good morning! We have to be in God's word to know what is righteous and holy. Why? Because God is the only One who is righteous and holy by default. Everyone and everything else was cursed because of sin. Jesus paid the price for sin so we can see righteousness and God's mercy. So, if we are to seek righteousness and mercy, we have to seek Him who is righteous and merciful. It only comes from Him. When we seek Him, we will find Him and receive the benefits of being His child.

Good morning! There are so many things going on in the world right now that could make someone question rather there is good in this world. Many problems, conflicts and evil deeds towards humanity can make a person jaded from seeing any goodness. But where you look and the voices you listen to are important. The mainstream media will not show you what is good. They hide it on purpose. They don't show you the miraculous things happening around the world. They won't show you th

Good morning! How often do you tell God you love Him? It can feel weird to say that to someone you can't see like a human, but it's important to say. Expressing love vocally in any relationship is important to keep that relationship healthy. Rather you know it or not, the Lord gives you strength each day. He is the solid rock to keep us stable in turmoil. He is our fortress for protection against the enemy. He is our deliverer to save us from trouble. He is trustworthy and fa

Good morning! I remember when I fell in love with my wife. I was a hardhearted teenager who loved heavy metal music. But I found myself singing sappy love songs thinking about Kelly. Love changes your heart. When I met Jesus, I found myself singing the songs about Him I used to despise and make fun of. His love changed my heart. He rescued me and healed me of all my afflictions. I had a reason to sing about Him. How about you? What's your reason to sing about the Lord and His

Good morning! Faith has an expectation to it by definition. This verse excites me with possibility. It's like God is saying, "You can't even imagine something big enough to comprehend all I have prepared for you who love Me." That excites me! I hope it excites you too, because we will experience that together one day. I remember being a kid and hearing about a certain place that had a mystique about it. Dad and Mom decided to take me there. The whole trip I couldn't hardly st

Good morning! Knowing God's love and seeing what true love looks like through Jesus, we ought to love God truly with all we are. His love is compelling and irresistible. When you truly experience His love, it has an undeniable effect on you. Oftentimes, people want to limit how they love God. They will give them their service (strength) but not their heart. They will give Him their soul, but not their mind. Give their heart but not their soul. It takes all of you to love God

Good morning! Today is known as Valentine's Day and many associate it with romance. Though that isn't exactly what Valentine really was about, he did show God's love in the face of persecution and is believed to have been a martyr for it. God's love changes you and for the better. He could have destroyed Adam and Eve when they sinned, but He chose mercy instead. God sent Jesus to show us true love. He is ready to forgive our sins because Jesus paid the price with His own life

Good morning! Love covers a multitude of sins. When we love people, we learn to be patient with them and be gentle in correction. Sometimes, we can fall into the trap of expecting too much out of others with a standard too high for anyone to keep. Treat people how you want them to treat you. Be humble and don't think of yourself more righteous than someone else. You can fall into a trap of pride and great will be your fall. The enemy loves to exploit failure, but love covers