Speaking Truth in Love

I like order. I like rules. I like to stick to the rules and I like it when others follow the rules too.  I have a tendency to be a “line drawer”.  I grew up with three sisters. I am the oldest, and naturally the bossy one. As a military family we moved around…ALOT!  Most […]

Lent Devotion Week 2

One of the criminals who were hanged railed at him, saying, “Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us!” But the other rebuked him, saying, “Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? And we indeed justly, for we are receiving the due reward of our deeds; but […]

Walk in Love: Forgiving One Another

Forgiving others when we have been hurt or wronged is hard. No question! So where do we begin? How do we love and forgive when we’ve been wronged? As we continue our study of learning to walk in love, let’s compare 1 Corinthians 13:5b with the mutuality commands (one anothers) found in Ephesians 4. Love..is not […]

Lent Devotion Week 1

When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified Him there, along with the criminals—one on His right, and the other on His left. Jesus said, “Father, forgive them for they know not what they do.” –Luke 23:34 We all want an all-access pass. Our desire is to have the privilege of going […]

A Serving Love

ISeeking my own way and serving my own needs is not hard. But learning to put others first at times can be difficult. When it comes to love, are you self-seeking or serving? We continue our study in 1 Corinthians 13 comparing the attributes of love with the mutuality commands (one anothers) found throughout the Scriptures. Love […]

Prayer Devotionals

How easy it is for us to just gloss over Easter and fail to give proper honor and glory to our Lord and King. Easter is a time for believers to celebrate and remember Jesus’ great sacrifice, His work on the cross, and the abundant mercy and grace afforded to us because of His great […]

The Principle of Praise

Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. —Philippians 4:4 “God is glorified in His people when we offer praise in the midst of problems and pain.” —David H. McKinley “Praise of God is a frequent theme in the Psalms, the Hebrew title of which is Praises. Yet praise is a theme that […]

A Symphony of Love

“Follow your heart!” “Do what makes you happy!” “Look out for number one!” These are all love and happiness messages of the world that seek to inform how we are to live. But how do these messages align with the walk of love we’ve been discussing? We continue our comparison of the love passage in […]