Morgan is on her way home to Memphis. There were at least 4 more instances with this crazy person and she felt safer just coming home. Not sure what this person is doing but it's bad enough to freak Morgan out and that takes a lot since she grew up in Memphis:)
Ginny - can't wait to hear your story from last night! And yay for free burritos!
Lesson: I can't out love God and I can only love because of what he has done in me.
God wants me to: Obey him. When he gives me an idea or prompts me to do something out of love I can't question it I've got to do it!
Faith into action: Keep my heart open to the Holy Spirit's nudging even when I think it might be difficult or get in the way of my schedule. If I just trust God he will work out all the details!
Y'all have a great weekend and I can't wait to talk to ya next week!
Showing posts with label I John week 9. Show all posts
Showing posts with label I John week 9. Show all posts
Friday, November 18, 2011
Thursday, November 17, 2011
I John 4:17-21: Karlyn
S - By this love is perfected with us, so that we may have confidence in the day of judgement: because as He is, so also are we in this world. There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love. We love because he first loved us. If someone says "I love God", and hates his brother, he is a liar: for the one who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen. And this commandment we have from him, that the one who loves God should love his brother also.
O - very convicting passage from fear to loving others! When God is in us there is no room for fear only His love. The reason we can love our brothers and sisters who drive us crazy is because God loves us and we don't always make the best choices. So if God loves us we have to love our brothers and sisters!
A - I've never thought of myself as a fearful person until I read Angie Smith's new book on fear! VERY good and eye opening. I realized that there are some things I've fearfully held on to instead of letting God's love work through me in those situations. Our church is full of people who fear. It's very alarming because I've never really been around this many people who are so fearful of everything. In January our ladies group is going to read Angie's book and I'm praying that God works in all of us to get closer to throwing out fear and putting on love.
P - Lord I'm so greatful that in you there is no fear. And we can give you all our fears and you will replace it with peace. God reveal to me today where I'm holding onto fears so that I can get rid of it and serve you bettter.
O - very convicting passage from fear to loving others! When God is in us there is no room for fear only His love. The reason we can love our brothers and sisters who drive us crazy is because God loves us and we don't always make the best choices. So if God loves us we have to love our brothers and sisters!
A - I've never thought of myself as a fearful person until I read Angie Smith's new book on fear! VERY good and eye opening. I realized that there are some things I've fearfully held on to instead of letting God's love work through me in those situations. Our church is full of people who fear. It's very alarming because I've never really been around this many people who are so fearful of everything. In January our ladies group is going to read Angie's book and I'm praying that God works in all of us to get closer to throwing out fear and putting on love.
P - Lord I'm so greatful that in you there is no fear. And we can give you all our fears and you will replace it with peace. God reveal to me today where I'm holding onto fears so that I can get rid of it and serve you bettter.
I John 4:13-16: Karlyn
S - By this we know that we abide in him and He in us because he has given us of His Spirit. We have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the world. Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. We have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love and the one who abides in love abides in God and God abides in him.
O - Does anyone feel like John is repeating himself!!! I guess they has just as hard of heads as we do today and needed to be told over and over. God can only abide in us when there is confession of sin. And then love will abide in us.
A - I'm so glad we are going through I John. I've had a lot of questions from Sawyer lately regarding salvation and it's good to be able to take him to the Bible and give him info instead of this is just coming from mom. I'm even more grateful that the Holy Spirit can take the words I use with him and help them make sense to a 4 year old!
P - Lord thank you that we don't go by the law anymore and I can base my eternity on Jesus and his forgiveness of my sins. Thank you that I only had to repent of them once and he took care of all of them. Help me to confess daily where I fall short so that your love can abide in me and others can see it! Give us clear words to share with Sawyer when he has questions.
O - Does anyone feel like John is repeating himself!!! I guess they has just as hard of heads as we do today and needed to be told over and over. God can only abide in us when there is confession of sin. And then love will abide in us.
A - I'm so glad we are going through I John. I've had a lot of questions from Sawyer lately regarding salvation and it's good to be able to take him to the Bible and give him info instead of this is just coming from mom. I'm even more grateful that the Holy Spirit can take the words I use with him and help them make sense to a 4 year old!
P - Lord thank you that we don't go by the law anymore and I can base my eternity on Jesus and his forgiveness of my sins. Thank you that I only had to repent of them once and he took care of all of them. Help me to confess daily where I fall short so that your love can abide in me and others can see it! Give us clear words to share with Sawyer when he has questions.
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
I John 4:11-12: Karlyn
S - Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has seen God at any time; if we love one another, God abides in us, and his love is perfected in us.
O - God is in us = we have his love = and it takes daily prep for it to be perfected and for us to become good at loving others.
A - I get very frustrated with my selfishness a lot. I want so badly to be really show unconditional heart felt Christ love to others and I get in the way of myself ALL the time. I've got to remember that I can't love well unless I'm loving and spending QUALITY time with Christ. He has to be the one abiding in me not Karlyn.
P - Lord there are so many people around me that need to see and experience your love. Help me to get out of the way and to let you truly abide in me so that I can share your love. Thank you for all the patience and second chances you give.
O - God is in us = we have his love = and it takes daily prep for it to be perfected and for us to become good at loving others.
A - I get very frustrated with my selfishness a lot. I want so badly to be really show unconditional heart felt Christ love to others and I get in the way of myself ALL the time. I've got to remember that I can't love well unless I'm loving and spending QUALITY time with Christ. He has to be the one abiding in me not Karlyn.
P - Lord there are so many people around me that need to see and experience your love. Help me to get out of the way and to let you truly abide in me so that I can share your love. Thank you for all the patience and second chances you give.
Monday, November 14, 2011
I John 4:7-10: Karlyn
Congrats Ginny on your 1/2 marathon #2! Huge accomplishment!
S - Beloved let us love one another for love is from God and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. The one who does not love does not know God, for God is love. By this the love of God was manifested in us, that God has sent his only begotten son into the world so that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his son to be the propitiation for our sins.
O - It is impossible to love without Christ. Love started with Him and if we don't know him and the forgiveness of our sins through him we can never know real true love.
A - as a kid we learned a lot of "Bible verse songs" which now people call praise choruses!!! This passage was one of my favorite songs.
Because Christ gave himself for me I can love. My relationships should be filled with his love and I should share it and live it with everyone around me. It may be the only way for some people to see and experience Christ.
P - Lord sometimes it is really hard to love. Thank you for demonstrating and giving us an example of what love is and not the love this world offers. Show me how to get better at loving others daily.
S - Beloved let us love one another for love is from God and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. The one who does not love does not know God, for God is love. By this the love of God was manifested in us, that God has sent his only begotten son into the world so that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his son to be the propitiation for our sins.
O - It is impossible to love without Christ. Love started with Him and if we don't know him and the forgiveness of our sins through him we can never know real true love.
A - as a kid we learned a lot of "Bible verse songs" which now people call praise choruses!!! This passage was one of my favorite songs.
Because Christ gave himself for me I can love. My relationships should be filled with his love and I should share it and live it with everyone around me. It may be the only way for some people to see and experience Christ.
P - Lord sometimes it is really hard to love. Thank you for demonstrating and giving us an example of what love is and not the love this world offers. Show me how to get better at loving others daily.
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