Lara Love's Blog, page 197
August 9, 2019
latest DAILY INSPIRATION
“My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.” John 10:27………
I stood listening to a man rant and rave at me for not giving him money. He went on for ages it seemed about what a terrible Christian I am, how I don’t obey God by following the Bible, how I don’t sacrifice as I should, and on and on………….
“Walk away,” the Lord spoke to my heart.
I did not.
A few minutes went by.
“Walk away,” the Lord told me again.
I would not.
At long last, I obeyed. I walked away. But my obedience...
latest 365 BLESSINGS
Blessings #105-107…….
“Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help,
Whose hope is in the Lord his God,” Psalm 146:5
One day I told a sister in Christ how I tell people I have great joy because of the Lord Jesus Christ but that I am not a happy woman because my life’s circu...
latest THE CROSS DEVOTIONAL
If you’re a committed follower of the Lord Jesus Christ, you can expect rejection, hatred, and even persecution. If you’re a Christ follower who will go to any lengths to help others find and follow Jesus as we are called to do, don’t be surprised if the level of rejection, hatred, and even persecution is greatly magnified. But please find comfort in this:
The Lord in His Word tells us to REJOICE when we suffer for His sake!
The Lord will love, comfort and strengthen us when we bring our hurt...
latest SERVING JESUS IN YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE
WHAT IF NOBODY SEES YOU?……….
“Exalt the Lord our God,
And worship at His footstool—
He is holy.” Psalm 99:5………..
What if nobody sees your service to the Lord? What if nobody appreciates and recognizes your service to Him? What if nobody pats you on the back and gives you praises for how you serve the Lord? What if nobody knows anything about it at all? Would you do it anyway?
In our human nature, do we not desire to be acknowledged, recognized, loved, accepted, validated, patted on the back,...
latest UPDATE & PRAYER REQUEST
If anyone reading this is familiar from the Bible and even from personal experience with spiritual warfare especially when it comes to those involved in full-time ministry work and how exceeding that warfare can be, I would be most thankful for your very big prayers right now! I would also be extremely thankful for prayers concerning the Lord’s provision for me & this little ministry of His special needs doggies included and including in the area of provision for printing and shipping the Gos...
August 8, 2019
latest THE CROSS DEVOTIONAL
WHEN THE HURT DOESN’T STOP HURTING
“For You have been a shelter for me,
A strong tower from the enemy.
I will abide in Your tabernacle forever;
I will trust in the shelter of Your wings. Selah
For You, O God, have heard my vows;
You have given me the heritage of those who fear Your name.” Psalm 61:3-5
Day after day, week after week, month after month, year after year my heart hurts. I’ve had so many challenges in my life including so many losses, but one of them has been with me for a long, l...
latest DAILY INSPIRATION
“Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil;
Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness;
Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!” Isaiah 5:20
No sooner had I called out to the boy and walked away with two of my ministry’s special needs dogg...
latest 365 BLESSINGS
BLESSING 104….
“My soul longs, yes, even faints for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.” Psalm 84:2…….
Everything in this world will one day come to an end, and the world itself will come to its demise. But the Lord shall live and reign forever, and all who turn from our sins, believe in Him as Lord, and truly live for Him according to His ways, are forgiven and given forever life. The greatest blessing, however, isn’t everlasting life. It’s that this eve...
latest SERVING JESUS IN YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE
WHEN THE HELPER IS HURTING ……..
“I will lift up my eyes to the hills—
From whence comes my help?
My help comes from the Lord,
Who made heaven and earth.” Psalm 121:1-2 ……….
“God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble.” Psalm 46:1
““If you love Me, keep My commandments. And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever— the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you kno...
latest UPDATE & PRAYER REQUEST
This world is in loads of trouble right now given how many people’s hearts and lives are turned away from the Lord Jesus Christ. I am holding onto the Lord and the Bible for dear life, and am more committed and passionate than ever to help people to find and forever follow Jesus. Please keep me, this ministry, the ministry’s handicapped streets ministry doggies, and all those worldwide the Lord is reaching through the ministry prayed up. I am so exceedingly thankful to those of you led to pra...