Tag Archive | Love

Dwell in The Love of God

Sep23

But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting anxiously for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.
Jude 1:20-21 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jud.1.20-21.NASB1995

Contend earnestly for the faith. Fight the good fight of faith; take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, 
having been firmly rooted and now being built up in Him and established in your faith. Just as you were instructed, encourage one another and build up one another, overflowing with gratitude. With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints while anxiously looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus.
Jude 1:3/1 Timothy 6:12/Colossians 2:7/1 Thessalonians 5:11/Ephesians 6:18/Titus 2:13 NASB1995 

🌹so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time for salvation without reference to sin, to those who eagerly await Him.
Hebrews 9:28 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/heb.9.28.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Love Covers . . .

Sep10

My brethren, if any among you strays from the truth and one turns him back, let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.
James 5:19-20 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jas.5.19-20.NASB1995

Brethren, even if anyone is caught in any trespass, you who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; each one looking to yourself, so that you too will not be tempted.
Galatians 6:1 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/gal.6.1.NASB1995

“If your brother sins , go and show him his fault in private; if he listens to you, you have won your brother.
Matthew 18:15 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/mat.18.15.NASB1995

Above all, keep fervent in your love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins.
1 Peter 4:8 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/1pe.4.8.NASB1995

🌹Hatred stirs up strife, But love covers all transgressions.
Proverbs 10:12 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/pro.10.12.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

P.S. Thank you to all who have taken this journey with me through the book of James. I barely touched the surface of the deepness of this book. I learned a lot and hope you did too.
Sincerely, Sharon

Eternity: Devastation or Bliss?

Aug26

Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you. . . . .

Behold, the pay of the laborers who mowed your fields, and which has been withheld by you, cries out against you; and the outcry of those who did the harvesting has reached the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth (Hosts).
You have lived luxuriously on the earth and led a life of wanton pleasure; you have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter. You have condemned and put to death the righteous man; he does not resist you.
James 5:1, 4-6 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jas.5.1-6.NASB1995

The world is full of self-seekers; seeking their own pleasures and desires. People who want and will not let anyone stand in their way until they get it. Seeking the wealth and pleasures of this world. But in the end the consequences are eternal devastation.
The Christian life is not a life without struggles, challenges, nor ridicule – disdain, mockery, scorn, sarcasm, taunting – from the world we live in. But we have a God we can run to who understands. Who gives strength for the day, peace in the turmoil, contentment, joy, His eternal love and protection and eternal bliss.

🌹Which eternity are you seeking?

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Only One Lawgiver and Judge

Aug19

Do not speak against one another, brethren. He who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law; but if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge of it. 
There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the One who is able to save and to destroy; but who are you who judge your neighbor?
James 4:11-12 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jas.4.11-12.NASB1995

How easily it comes to us to point the finger, speak against, and judge a person for their words and/or actions without knowing the why of it. We all have been on both sides in this. We say or do something we regret and have been judged for it.

“Do not judge so that you will not be judged.
Matthew 7:1 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/mat.7.1.NASB1995

Do not complain, brethren, against one another, so that you yourselves may not be judged; behold, the Judge is standing right at the door.
James 5:9 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jas.5.9.NASB1995

For the Lord is our judge, The Lord is our lawgiver, The Lord is our king; He will save us—
Isaiah 33:22 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/isa.33.22.NASB1995

But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves.
James 1:22 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jas.1.22.NASB1995

If, however, you are fulfilling the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.
James 2:8 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jas.2.8.NASB1995

🌹If God is our Judge and the Judge of all His Creation, who are we to judge anyone? Especially a brother or sister. We are to love one another in obedience to the royal law.

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Drawn by Lovingkindness

Aug15

Testimony:

🙏God, You make me so happy!🙌

Have you ever had a day when God pours out His everlasting kindness on you from a pitcher of everlasting love?

I took a walk. 87° degrees with a feel like of 91°.

But God . . .

Communicated His lovingkindness,

In a comfortable breeze.

Shade from trees on a portion of my walk.

And on the last portion of my walk with the full sun blaring down on me, God gave a cloud to cover the sun until I made it back home.

The God of all creation used His creation to pour out His love on me, His creation.

Small and insignificant we are not, who belong to God. He loves you with an everlasting love.

🌹The Lord appeared to him from afar, saying, “I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore I have drawn you with lovingkindness.
Jeremiah 31:3 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jer.31.3.NASB1995

Amen.

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Showing Mercy

Jul1

If, however, you are fulfilling the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.
But if you show partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.
For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all. For He who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not commit murder.” Now if you do not commit adultery, but do commit murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.
James 2:8-11 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jas.2.8-11.NASB1995

No matter the sin, big or small, sin is a transgression of the Lord’s law.

If we do not love our neighbor – anyone who is not us – we sin.

If we show favoritism to some; looking down on others, we sin.

Abiding by all the laws yet neglecting one, we are transgressors, sinners, of the entire law.

for you once were not a people, but now you are the people of God; you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
1 Peter 2:10 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/1pe.2.10.NASB1995

🌹So speak and so act as those who are to be judged by the law of liberty. For judgment will be merciless to one who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment.
James 2:12-13 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jas.2.12-13.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Testimony* of God’s Abounding Love

May6

Do you ever recognize the abounding love of God in the little things?

Those little things are so huge to me that I stand in awe that God loves and cares that much for me.

This morning I was running late to work. What can take me anywhere from 15-20 minutes to drive – and usually it’s closer to the 20 – took 13 minutes.

Let me set up the reason why I know God showed His love to me today. I have two stop signs, one on a busy thoroughfare and ten stop lights, one I call the longest light in history if red, on my journey to work.

The first stop light on the busy thoroughfare had no cross traffic. Out of the ten stoplights I had to stop at three of them and the real blessing is “the longest light in history” was green. Woohoo.

I pulled into the parking lot with two minutes to spare. (And no, there was no speeding or illegal driving in the making of this testimony)

God has our days perfectly planned out and when we love Him with all our heart we see reasons to thank Him and praise Him!!!

🙌 Look for ways that God blesses you today. Thank Him and praise Him!!

🌹The Lord is compassionate and gracious, Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness.
Psalms 103:8 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.103.8.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

* written July 1, 2023

Full Disclosure

Apr23

Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our abode with him. He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine, but the Father’s who sent Me.
John 14:23-24 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.14.23-24.NASB1995

Is God abiding in you? Are you keeping, following, practicing His word?
“If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.
John 14:15 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.14.15.NASB1995

And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning, that you should walk in it.
2 John 1:6 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/2jn.1.6.NASB1995

🌹He who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me; and he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will disclose Myself to him.”
John 14:21 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.14.21.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

6. Journey to The Cross 🙏 Jesus Prayed for You, Future Believer

Apr8

“O righteous Father, although the world has not known You, yet I have known You; and these have known that You sent Me; and I have made Your name known to them, and will make it known, so that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them.”
John 17:25-26 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.17.25-26.NASB1995

Jesus prayed to the Father for His disciples to be filled with the love of the Father; for Himself to be in them. Then Jesus prayed for all who will believe the gospel that has been passed down for generations.

“I do not ask on behalf of these alone, but for those also who believe in Me through their word; that they may all be one; even as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.
John 17:20-21 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.17.20-21.NASB1995

🌹I am no longer in the world; and yet they themselves are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, keep them in Your name, the name which You have given Me, that they may be one even as We are.
John 17:11 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.17.11.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

3. Journey to The Cross – Jesus Sanctifies

Apr3

For their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth.
John 17:19 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.17.19.NASB1995

Sanctified by Jesus’ great love . . .

Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends.
John 15:13 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.15.13.NASB1995

Made clean by the Word . . .

You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.
John 15:3 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.15.3.NASB1995

which has come to you, just as in all the world also it is constantly bearing fruit and increasing, even as it has been doing in you also since the day you heard of it and understood the grace of God in truth;
Colossians 1:6 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/col.1.6.NASB1995

🌹We know love by this, that He laid down His life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
1 John 3:16 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/1jn.3.16.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org