Tag: love

The Kindness Kind of Fruit

February 17, 2016

Among the many fruits listed in Galatian 5:22, kindness is one that often seems to be overlooked. Patience? We’re glad to pray for more of that. Love, joy, faithfulness? Who doesn’t need more of those in their life? But kindness…kind of seems to encompass all these. How would you explain being kind to someone? Being…
Valentine’s and Trash?

February 10, 2016

On our first Valentine’s Day together, my now-husband gave me a box of trash. I’m not kidding. He walked around our college campus and picked up recycled items, newspaper clippings, old discarded pen caps, those cardboard slips you put around coffee cups, etc. He crammed it all in a box he found by a trash…
Love With All Your…

February 8, 2016

“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind” –Luke 10:27 Really, Lord? Because we know our hearts, and they are deceitful above all things. Our souls are constantly warring with the flesh. Strength, to us, is less preferable than…
How Many Guards Do You Need Around Your Heart?

February 5, 2016

The answer: 2. Here’s why: http://myfaithradio.com/2016/need-2-guard-stations-heart/
I Do! But How Did I Do It?

January 6, 2016

Confessions of a Bride on a Budget Guest Posted by the lovely Maggie Miller A newlywed, Maggie has been blessed by the Lord with a wonderful man- and a wedding to fit their story. Though she faced discouragement, she can testify to the Lord’s provision for their wedding and the beginning of their marriage….
The Freedom of Conviction

December 31, 2015

Have you ever felt convicted about something? Conviction is actually all about your standing before the Lord…guilty. But not condemned. Read More Here: LoveRealm
21. BEHOLD: The Unifier

December 21, 2015

Treaties are signed, even temporarily, for Christmas. In families and between countries, the agreement to live in peace for even just a short time is often made for the holidays. People step out of their normal routines, paying more attention to the needy and giving more than any other time of the year. At Christmas,…
20. BEHOLD: The Song

December 20, 2015

Do you hear what I hear? Hark the herald angels sing! Unto us a child is born. In that little town of Bethlehem. On a cold winter’s night that was so deep, it came upon a midnight clear. Oh, Holy night! All is calm, all is bright. On Mary’s lap He is sleeping. Down in…
2. BEHOLD: The Promise Keeper

December 3, 2015

There’s something about December that draws up the dreams in our hearts. Maybe it’s the sappy music and the happy advertising everywhere. The nostalgia of beloved traditions, fine decorations, and lights glowing everywhere stirs up joy -and hope. In this season of dreaming, we’re apt to make promises and ask for them. “Promise you’ll come…
HE is More Than [Fill In the Blank]

November 2, 2015

Photo from: Piaxbay We need to “love the Lord, not just the idea of the Lord” said my dear friend (SkillzUSA). AKA: Don’t reduce God to some idea you have about Him and miss out on His whole person as a result. Our ideas tend to address issues in reactionary ways, focusing on what isn’t…