HANANIAH
English has one overworked word for love. We "love" our spouse, pizza, a movie, and God with the same four letters. Greek was wiser — it had several words for different kinds of love. And the one the New Testament reaches for most is the rarest and most radical.The agape...
G. Rivers
On a faith built upon grace, not performanceAt the heart of Christian ethics is not behavior, but relationship with God. Yet we reverse this order so easily. The logic that we must serve more diligently, live more uprightly, and give more sacrificially before we can stand before Him — this...
G. Rivers
There's a moment that tends to arrive quietly — not in crisis, but in the ordinary stillness of a Tuesday afternoon or the end of a long year.You realize: titles don't speak for us. Track records don't warm a room. What people remember about us isn't how right we were,...
Peggi Tustan
“What does not satisfy when we find it, was not the thing we were desiring.” –C.S. LewisWhat makes a life complete? Earn a degree. Get a promotion. Raise a family. Grow a healthy financial portfolio. Travel the world. All these things are good and beneficial. But we can reach these...
Yvonne M Morgan
“For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” -- Isaiah 9:6Please Pray: Heavenly Father, your son, Jesus, is Your greatest gift to us,...
Charlaine Martin
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 NIV I climbed up with my chubby little legs into my mother’s lap. She would help me up...
Sarah Freymuth
… make it your ambition to lead a quiet life: You should mind your own business and work with your hands, just as we told you, so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody. – 1 Thessalonians...
Amy Olrick
"There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love. We love because he first loved us." - 1 John 4:18-19When I was a college student, I spent a semester abroad...
Amy Olrick
"My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry." - James 1:19-20Please Pray:Lord, as I step into this day, slow my heart to match Your pace. When impatience rises, remind me of Your endless grace. When...
Lisa AnnAbba Father,As the new dawning is ready to unfold, Your Word is a lamp unto our feet and a light unto our path, for you delight in our footsteps that you have set upon the path laid before us.As we walk together in the coolness of the day, let Your...
Lisa AnnHer pen is her sword where light leaves its imprint with every letter she writes; creating words and sentences to convey the deepening of her emotions.It is challenging for her to speak her vulnerability, and yet in writing, she knows no bounds, she never hesitates… she is free. Each word...
“Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.”-- 1 Corinthians 13:7 (ESV)Please Pray:Lord Jesus, thank You for reminding me that love isn’t always big gestures and gifts. That love is also about being steady and loyal to the point of demonstrating 1 Corinthians 13:7. Thank...
“Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.”-- 1 Corinthians 13:7 (ESV)I write faith-based romance novels. If you read romance or even watch a romantic movie, then you know they follow a formula. The love interests, often called the hero and heroine, will meet for...
Laura Maser
"Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one's life for his friends." -- John 15:13 (NKJV)Please Pray:Heavenly Father,We honor and glorify Your Holy Name! We praise You and thank You for your amazing true love for us. We thank You that our sins are covered by...
Laura Maser
"Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one's life for his friends." -- John 15:13 (NKJV)During this month and in this season, we often think of romantic love, of Cupid and his arrows aimed at people's hearts, causing them to fall in love. Such a picture...
Beth Patch
“No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined what God has prepared for those who love Him.” – 1 Corinthians 2:9 (NLT)Please Pray:Heavenly Father, I want to thank You from the bottom of my heart for the way You show me Your unending love for...
Beth Patch
No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined what God has prepared for those who love Him.” – 1 Corinthians 2:9 (NLT)My grandmother’s youngest sister, Vinnie Mae, lay awake in her bed. At 87-years-old, her once busy life of leading the choir, running an interior...
Amber Ginter
“We love each other because He loved us first.” – 1 John 4:19 (NLT)Please Pray:God, we are grateful that Your love for us exceeds human frailty. Even if we didn’t receive the love we needed here on earth, remind us that Your love is within and all around us. You...
Amber Ginter
“We love each other because He loved us first.” – 1 John 4:19 (NLT)Before I met my husband, I often wondered what the love of Jesus would look like in a companion. Growing up in a broken home, I was confused about what it meant to love God. I’d heard...
Nicole O'Meara
For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die—but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died...