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  1. Sue J Love

    In Evil Times

    Recalling Your Tears 2 Timothy 1:3-5 NIV I thank God, whom I serve, as my ancestors did, with a clear conscience, as night and day I constantly remember you in my prayers. Recalling your tears, I long to see you, so that I may be filled with joy. I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first...
  2. Sue J Love

    We All Have Stuff

    He Comforts Us 2 Corinthians 1:3-7 NIV Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God. For just as we...
  3. Sue J Love

    Steadfast is Your Love

    Jesus said that if we follow him, that we will be hated as he was hated, and that they will treat us the same way as they treated him. We are taught in scripture that we can expect to be persecuted, too, for righteousness’ sake, and that we are blessed when people revile us and say all manner of...
  4. Sue J Love

    Manipulation of Minds

    Wicked Lips Proverbs 17:4, 11, 20 ESV 4 An evildoer listens to wicked lips, and a liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue. 11 An evil man seeks only rebellion, and a cruel messenger will be sent against him. 20 A man of crooked heart does not discover good, and one with a...
  5. Sue J Love

    Too Many Secrets

    So many lies. So many secrets. So many things hidden, covered and disguised in order to fool, to deceive, to manipulate. So much fakery and hypocrisy. So many pertinent facts and details willfully withheld, and purposefully omitted, in order to deceive naïve and unsuspecting minds and/or to...
  6. Sue J Love

    Furnace of Affliction

    Why do we go through trials and tribulations? What purpose do they serve? What should our response be to them when we are going through them? Should we try to escape them, to run away from them? Sometimes, if we can, the Lord may lead us to do that, such as he counseled his disciples that if...
  7. Sue J Love

    Worthy of the Gospel

    Do you believe in the sovereignty of God? Do you believe our God and Lord Jesus Christ is far above all rule and authority, power and dominion? And, that Jesus Christ is before all things, and in him all things hold together, and that in everything he has the supremacy? Do you accept that He is...
  8. Sue J Love

    These Things

    The Lord Jesus led me to read John 16 (Select vv. ESV). “I have said all these things to you to keep you from falling away.” What are “these things” Jesus said to them to keep them from falling away? Well, first off, He spoke “these things” during the Passover Feast with his disciples. Jesus...
  9. Sue J Love

    God is Weary

    This morning I feel very tired. My eyes are heavy, and I am fighting off going back to sleep. I am tired partially because I probably did not get an adequate amount of sleep, but I am also tired emotionally over certain situations going on in my life which seem to have no end to them in sight...
  10. Sue J Love

    Truth and Lies

    Not everyone tells the truth. Not everyone can be trusted. There are many people who tell lies habitually, i.e. it is their practice. Many times they believe their own lies, too, and even if they do hear the truth, and even if they do acknowledge the truth some of the time, “when the rubber...
  11. Sue J Love

    What's the Plan?

    Just because Jesus set us free from bondage to sin does not mean we will never be tempted to sin again. We will! Even Jesus was tempted of Satan, yet he never gave in to any temptation. He was without sin. But, not us. So, what do we do when we are tempted? Better yet, what do we do to avoid...
  12. Sue J Love

    Outside the Box

    Has God ever called you to do something, or to a ministry, which was “outside the box”? To something unconventional by human standards? To something that didn’t fit in with the norms of institutional religion? And, you knew, that by accepting this call on your life, that you were going to face...
  13. Sue J Love

    His Goodness to Us

    The Lord Jesus led me to read John 17 (vv. 1-19 ESV). Jesus Christ, the Son of God, when he walked this earth, was fully God yet fully man. He suffered just like we suffer, and he was tempted in like manner as we are also tempted, yet without sin. Although, when on the earth, he healed the sick...
  14. Sue J Love

    Wounded and Weary

    I read 2 Corinthians 1 (Select vv. NIV) All of us, at times, will experience troubles, heartaches, or disappointments, or we will face rejection, criticism, or mistreatment from others. We will meet people in this world who will like us, and then there will also be people in our lives who won’t...
  15. Sue J Love

    That I May Learn

    Tuesday, November 7, 2017, 4:44 a.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song “I’ll Walk with God.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read Psalm 119:65-72 (NASB). Teach Me (vv. 65-66) You have dealt well with Your servant, O Lord, according to Your word. Teach me good discernment and...
  16. Sue J Love

    For Christ

    Thursday, September 14, 2017, 4:59 a.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song “Oh, To Be Like Thee, Blessed Redeemer.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read Philippians 1 (Select vv. ESV). Gospel Advanced (vv. 12-14) I want you to know, brothers, that what has happened to me has really...
  17. Sue J Love

    His Own Purpose

    Monday, September 4, 2017, 3:44 a.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song “Jesus, Name I Love.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read 2 Timothy 1:8-14 (NASB). Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord or of me His prisoner, but join with me in suffering for the gospel...
  18. Sue J Love

    Keep the Faith

    Monday, August 28, 2017, 4:11 a.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song “Jesus, I Am Resting, Resting.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read 2 Timothy 4:1-18 (NIV). Preach the Word (vv. 1-5) In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view...
  19. Sue J Love

    Faithful Servants

    Monday, July 31, 2017, 12:31 a.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song “Courageous.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read various scriptures (in the ESV) on the subject of being faithful to God. Found Faithful (1 Co. 4:1-2) This is how one should regard us, as servants of Christ and...
  20. Sue J Love

    Fear Them Not

    Wednesday, July 19, 2017, 3:33 a.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song “He Touched My Mouth.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read Matthew 10:16-39 (ESV). Sheep Among Wolves (vv. 16-23) “Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent...
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