15
Feb '17
God Is Love
15
Feb '17
by Ronnie Hewitt
Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. This is how God showed His love among us: He sent His One and only Son into the world that we might live through Him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. (1John 4:7-11)
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07
Feb '17
Lack of Faith
07
Feb '17
by Wisdom Hunter Devotional
1/28/2017
And he did not do many miracles there because of their lack of faith. (Matthew 13:58)
Jesus blesses faith. There is no doubt about it; faith matters. There is a direct correlation between our faith in God and His responsiveness. He, of course, can do anything, and He is willing to do big things on your behalf. But, He is looking for faith. He is searching for men and women with big vision, because big vision reflects a big God. We serve a large Lord who deserves a giant vision fueled by great faith. Sometimes, we mope around as if God has lost control and Christianity is hurling into irrelevance. Granted, the church has become sterile in some sectors of the world, but where faith is alive the church is on fire. Christ will not contain His blessings where He discovers followers who live by faith. God blesses belief.
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30
Jan '17
Fiery Heart
30
Jan '17
Wisdom Hunter Devotional 1/22/2017
“But if I say, ‘I will not mention Him or speak any more in His name,’ His word is in my heart like a fire, a fire shut up in my bones. I am weary of holding it in; indeed, I cannot.”
—Jeremiah 20:9
The word of God flows through the human heart like fiery-hot lava out of an erupting volcano. Nothing can hold back the effects of God’s word. It penetrates the hardest of hearts and disturbs its apathy. It ignites a tender and teachable heart with confidence and gratitude. The heart cannot contain the Word of God any more than a mother can hold back her joy after the birth of her baby. There is an engagement with endurance and excitement that happens when Scripture seeps into your soul, as it cuts into your very being (Hebrews 4:12). You cannot remain unchanged by the living Word of God, for it arrests your thinking. Scripture engages you with eternity; its eternal truths demand a response.
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