Lara Love's Blog, page 18

Stop Doing All the Talking!

The Lord Jesus Christ wants us to believe in Him as Lord and in His death and resurrection and to surrender ourselves to His lordship and to have a personal relationship with Him! And just as a healthy relationship does not involve one person doing all the talking, the same is true when it comes to a relationship with God! Yet I sometimes meet people who think a relationship with Jesus is all and only about praying to God! Oh, not so!

If you are praying, praying, praying to God and not spending ...

When God Tells You to WAIT

When you are clear in your heart God has told you to WAIT regarding something, there is only ONE right thing to do. WAIT! May seem obvious, but I am afraid many of us like to come up with our own definitions of WAIT.

WAIT does not mean rush ahead without God leading the way. It does not mean slowly start moving forward disregarding God and His will for us. It does not mean hurry up ahead then turn back when things don’t go our way and WAIT. And it does not mean we should do whatever we want to d...

How to Have the Fullness of JOY!

When I left a beloved friend a voicemail, never in a million years could I have imagined her response. “You have the fullness of the joy of Jesus in your voice,” she wrote me.

Wow. Unbelievable. Unreal. Unimaginable. My life has been really hard for as long as I can remember and still is. Not to mention I have been on the road for Jesus and ministry for years and my ministry work is exceedingly intense, often heartbreaking, and exhausting. But my friend heard not just joy but the “fullness of jo...

I Told My Dog This!

“You need to learn to do what’s right Mrs. Gracie,” I told my special needs ministry dog Grace out loud once I had brought her and paralyzed ministry dog Miss Mercy in her wheelchair back inside my hotel room from their walk. “You need to stop doing what is wrong.”

Perhaps you wonder what such an incredibly gentle, timid, and quiet dog can do wrong. Not much but she does have her issues which have been a bit time-consuming and stressful over the years.

Never mind my beloved Grace. Herein is the ...

My Hilarious Yogurt Testimony

This testimony  is not merely to make you laugh. It comes with an important message believe it or not.

Now those who know me well know I am exceedingly serious when it comes to the Lord Jesus Christ and that my life and ministry are unbelievably intense. Some might find it hard to imagine in the midst of a very tough life and an exceedingly challenging ministry calling that I have my times of extreme laughter.

Like a little while ago when not for the first time I lost my grip on something for no...

Do Not Leave Until It Is Time

No matter how much you want to leave, no matter how much you feel you should go, no matter how worn out you are from being where you are, no matter how hard your circumstances are where you currently are, no matter how much others think and say you should move on, no matter how much the devil is tempting you to run from where you are, DO NOT LEAVE UNTIL IT IS TIME.

Whether you are tempted to leave a relationship, leave a job, leave a geographical location, leave your current housing, leave a chu...

Concern, Care and Compassion

Ever been on the receiving end of CONCERN, CARE, AND COMPASSION? Feels wonderful, doesn’t it? Talk about love manifested. Real love shows concern. Real love comes with care. Real love expresses compassion. And it is such a blessing to get this from others, isn’t it? But this message is not about receiving CONCERN, CARE, AND COMPASSION. It is about showing the love of the Lord Jesus Christ to others in the form of CONCERN, CARE, AND COMPASSION.

God’s greatest commands are to love Him with all our...

The Truth About GOOD WORKS

Think you can be good enough for and earn your way to and be righteous enough for God’s love, forgiveness, and a relationship with Him on earth and forever in heaven?

Here is THE TRUTH according to the Bible.

None of us is righteous. We all fall short of God. We are all sinners separated from God. We cannot earn God’s love, forgiveness, and eternal life in heaven.

So how can we be saved from God’s wrath at us for our sins and the punishment we deserve of ending up in hell and the lake of fire in...

When God Takes You Through Something

“You needed to go through what you went through to get where you are going,” the Holy Spirit of God spoke to my heart.

Countless times over the years I have desperately NOT wanted to go through something because it was too hard, uncomfortable, unfamiliar, risky, scary, contrary to my dreams and desires, not in line with my fleshly wishes, ways, and wants, etc.

In retrospect, I now see God had a purpose in it all.

Sometimes God takes us through something, through a season, through circumstances, ...

Wild Truck Testimony!

When I peered out my hotel room blinds, I noticed a pickup truck with an unusual looking trailer parked parallel in multiple parking spaces including handicapped ones right in front of my room. I was highly irritated. I was upset. Judgmental. Critical. Prideful.

In over 7 years on the road for the Lord Jesus Christ and ministry with my special needs ministry dogs most of which time I have been in hotels, God has used countless ways to teach me, train me, grow me, refine me, test me, lead me to r...