What Is the Mystery of Jesus and the Church?
Right in the middle of talking about submission, Paul throws in a verse about the mystery of Jesus and the Church. This devotion looks at how we would be if Jesus had not died for our sins and evidence of His great love for us.
How Do We Submit to Each Other?
We are familiar with the wives-submit-to-your-husbands and husbands-love-as-Jesus-loved-you verses. We generally skip over Ephesians 5: 21, though. This devotion looks at what attitude we are to have regarding others.
Do We Have to Understand God to Love Him?
Some people think we have to understand things before we can believe in God. However, we will never fully understand God in this life. This devotion looks at where we have trouble understanding Him and why.
How Is the World's Love Different from Jesus' Love?
The Bible tells us that God is love and we are supposed to love as Christ loved us. However, God’s definition of love is different than the world’s definition. This devotion looks at those differences and explains why Jesus’ loves us more.
How Do We Love God?
Jesus said that the greatest commandment was a variation of Deuteronomy 6: 5. It gives us guidance on how we are to love God. This devotion looks at both the verse in Deuteronomy and Jesus’ response to a question regarding the greatest commandment.
The Fullness of God's Love
Have you ever really thought about the fullness of God’ love? When you add in the riches of His glory and Christ dwelling in our hearts, it is kind of mind-boggling. This devotion looks at all of this under the lens of His immeasurable love.
Praying for Love, Grace, and Hope
Paul was a very caring minister. This is evident by the prayer that is nestled in the middle of II Thessalonians. This devotion looks at II Thessalonians 2: 16-17 to see how God extends to us love, grace, and hope.
What Does Honor in Marriage Mean?
Husbands are charged to honor their wives. But what does honor really mean? This devotion looks at that definition and how it applies to marriage.
How Are Husbands Supposed to Act?
In the last devotion, we discussed the expectation that wives submit to their husbands. It is only fair that we look at the expectations for the husband. This devotion looks at the role of the husband in the relationship that is symbolic of our relationship to God.
How Do Believers Love Others?
Jesus called us to love one another. Specifically, He called us to love our neighbors and our enemies as we do ourselves. This devotion looks at that – because we often don’t love ourselves.
Out of the Good Samaritan's Comfort Zone
Jesus told the Parable of the Good Samaritan to show people that we need to love others, regardless of diversity. For some, this takes them out of their comfort zone. The second devotion in the Called Out of Our Comfort Zones series, this devotion looks at which characters stayed in their comfort zones and who went outside of theirs.
Does God Really Delight in Us?
When we look at God, then look at ourselves, we sometimes question how God can delight in us. But He does. This devotion looks at how that can be.
Does God Love Non-Believers?
When thinking about God’s unconditional love, some may question whether God loves unbelievers. If we do not follow His establishment of commandments, does that mean He doesn’t love us? This devotion, the second in the God’s Unconditional Love series, looks at whether God loves non-believer and whether that is different than how He loves believers.
Is God's Love Unconditional?
How would you answer if someone told you God’s love was not unconditional? Does His establishment of commandments show He does not love us? This devotion, the first in the God’s Unconditional Love series, looks at whether God doesn’t love us because He has established commandments and punishes us for breaking them.
How Can God's Face Shine on Us?
The flip side of our seeing God is God seeing us. We always bring up the issue that God is way far away in heaven. This devotion looks at, if He is so far away, how can God’s face shine on us?
How Did Jesus Reflect God?
Over the last few devotions, we have looked at examples of how God Himself appeared to people. He also sent His Representative to earth. While this isn’t theophany, Jesus is our best example of who God is. This devotion will look at how God revealed Himself through Jesus.
How Can God Be Loving and Vengeful?
Have you ever had someone tell you they have trouble reconciling a loving God with a vengeful God? They think that because God is love, everyone will be forgiven everything in the end regardless of the choices they have made. Today’s devotion explores two of the facets of God’s character — love and vengeance — and what that will mean for eternity.
What's So Special About the Lost Sheep?
Jesus used many examples to drive home His point when He was teaching about the kingdom of God. One such example was a very short story of a shepherd and his sheep. This devotion will look at the Parable of the Lost Sheep.
Peace, Mercy, and Love
God talked to me three times today. I wrote to process what He was telling me. This devotion talks about what He told me about His peace, mercy, and love.
Is God's Love a Reckless Love?
I had a friend tell me that he has issues with the word “reckless” in Cory Asbury’s song, Reckless Love. I know I questioned it at first, but I kind of liked the idea that God would love us so much, He wouldn’t consider the consequences of His actions. But what my friend said got me thinking. This devotion looks at what reckless really means and how it applies to God’s love for us.
Why Can There Be No Fear in Love?
We like to think we know what love is. But do we really, even those of us in a loving relationship? First John 4: 7 says, “love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God” (ESV). If God’s ways are not our ways (Isa. 55: 8) and God’s way is love, can we truly understand it? How can we apply it to ministry? This devotion looks at love as it pertains to ministry.