Lara Love's Blog, page 23

Your Secret Sin

Some sin everybody seems to know about. Seems the whole world can see it. Especially those closest to us. Ugh. Who wants to have our sin seen? Sin is sin, and lots and lots of sin in this world is visible to any and all. But sometimes we have sin in our lives that is unseen. Secret sin. We hold onto it for dear life in the dark in an all-out effort for nobody to see.

We go to any lengths to make sure nobody finds out. All the while the guilt and shame eat away at us to no end. We work exceedingl...

Would Jesus Do That

I was thinking about taking a big action concerning someone who had hurt me terribly for decades that I felt would bring me much relief and satisfaction and greatly improve my well-being and future.

Then Jesus interrupted my thoughts.

“Would I ever do that?” I heard the Spirit of Christ speak to my heart.

Would the Lord Jesus Christ make decisions based on self? No.

Jesus in His time on this earth humbled Himself.

Jesus prayed to the Father in heaven.

Jesus submitted to God the Father.

Jesus obe...

Pretending Not to Hear God?

“Don’t pretend not to hear me,” the Holy Spirit of God spoke to my heart. “You heard me.”

My confession. I very clearly heard God tell me to do something. But I did not want to do it. So I acted like I didn’t hear Him. And on I went with my day. Well, for about less than a minute. Because over the years I have learned better.

Obedience to the Lord Jesus Christ is obedience. There is no getting around it. You either obey Jesus. Or you do not. And pretending not to hear God so you can do your will...

I Failed Today But –

End of a long day. Had to do stuff I don’t at all like doing. Not time to do my usual ministry work I so very much love. Disappointed. Discouraged. A little bit down. Why? Not so much because I didn’t enjoy the day much. But because I failed. My focus was not on the Lord Jesus Christ much of the time. My attitude was not good. I was exhausted but did not rest. I could go on. Simple truth. I do not believe I was in the will of God as He desired. If I had rested. If I had trusted in Him. If I had ...

When Your Knees Stop Bending

Some of us as we grow older have trouble with our knees. Some have difficulty stooping down. And lowering ourselves to the ground. Some find it impossible to get down on our hands and knees. Or down on the ground on our faces. This, friend, is a vital message on prayer.

There is something beautiful, and very biblical, when we get down on our knees and pray to God almighty. Or when we lie down prostrate on the ground before the Lord and pray our hearts out. These positions demonstrate humility, s...

My Humongous Love Prayer

Some of my prayers are big, some are really big, and some are just plain humongous. My prayers also can be really impulsive. Spontaneous. Like I surprise even myself throughout the day and night with what pours out of me in the way of prayer. Take for example my humungous LOVE prayer.

“Help me show your love to the world,” I prayed to God almighty.

I so hope this message will help lots of other people to pray a prayer like this one – and to aspire day in and day out to show this world the love o...

Why Turtles Don’t Fly

I love to play a little game with my special needs ministry dogs paralyzed Miss Mercy and Grace whereby we have mother—doggy-daughters conversations. I, of course, have to do all the talking. So I speak for myself. And for them. Imagining what they might say. Enjoying it to the utmost in the midst of an otherwise very intense life in ministry on the road for Jesus.

“Mommy, how come turtles don’t fly?” Grace asked as I walked her in the still dark early morning.

“Because God didn’t create them to...

I Am Falling More in Love

I have been a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ for a long time and in recent years a totally devoted Jesus follower. I have loved God for a long time. But now I find myself falling in love with Jesus like never before. I am wonderfully, magnificently, astoundingly, astonishingly, amazingly, ever increasingly in love with Jesus.

I have an ever-deepening, ever-stronger intimate relationship with the Lord, the most beautiful, lovely, fulfilling, exhilarating, passionate love relationship I have ev...

Stick With It!

When the Holy Spirit of God spoke to my heart, “stick with it” as I tried yet again to finish something I had begun that God had called me to do, I knew I needed to do two things.

First, I needed to persevere until I fulfilled what God had called me to do.

Second, I needed to do so abiding, trusting in, resting in, putting my hope in, looking to, and praying to the Lord.

I could have quit in a heartbeat because what God was leading me to do was challenging, but I knew I needed to stick with it i...

My Red Pepper Testimony

Sometimes I land in places, and with people, and in circumstances, and in situations and realize God did NOT send me there. I may have thought I had good reason to go there, but deep in my heart I realize I was not meant to be there. Herein lies an important lesson when it comes to obedience to the Lord Jesus Christ.

Once we know we are not where God wants us to be, whether in terms of location, in circumstances, at a job, in a relationship, at a church, with a group of people, whatever, whereve...