Lara Love's Blog, page 257

You a Pleasure Seeker?

“Whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them.
I did not withhold my heart from any pleasure,
For my heart rejoiced in all my labor;
And this was my reward from all my labor.
Then I looked on all the works that my hands had done
And on the labor in which I had toiled;
And indeed all was vanity and grasping for the wind.
There was no profit under the sun.” Ecc. 2:10-11

If you think the life of a Christ follower is boring, and that God’s call to purity means a life of nothing more than dru...

Love from India

“By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”” John 13:35

I was feeling discouraged about me, my relationship with the Lord, my ministry work, life in general, you name it, I was feeling it. I was utterly exhausted, and more than likely the discouragement was borne out of battle fatigue – so many years of so many spiritual and emotional battles. I wish I could say I never get discouraged. Honestly? I get discouraged pretty regularly. Seems to be one of t...

Would You Like a Hug?

“My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.” 1 John 3:18

“Would you like a hug?” I asked her as she sat on the park bench.

No matter I didn’t know the woman. I had met her just minutes before. I didn’t know her name. I knew virtually nothing about her. Other than that I had felt compelled to walk a different route than I had planned. That she seemed to be staring off into space. That she had a funny look on her face. Like she was caught somewhere betwe...

Love Unstoppable

“And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.” 1 John 4:16

“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”” John 13:34-35

“He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.”” John 7:38

“Now hope does not disapp...

His Sin Was Too Big for God

“And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.” John 17:3

“Pride goes before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall.” Proverbs 16:18

““You shall have no other gods before Me.” Exodus 20:3

“And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence.” Colossians 1:18

You’re not God. Of course you already know that. But something drew you here. T...

You’re Not God

“And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.” John 17:3

“Pride goes before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall.” Proverbs 16:18

““You shall have no other gods before Me.” Exodus 20:3

“And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence.” Colossians 1:18

You’re not God. Of course you already know that. But something drew you here. T...

Update & Prayer Request from Lara

“I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase. So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase. Now he who plants and he who waters are one, and each one will receive his own reward according to his own labor.” 1 Cor. 3:6-8

Today is one of the hottest days of the summer, and heat in New York City seems hotter still what with all the tall buildings and zillions of people. I confess I foolishly believed the life of a missionary and its accom...

Sexual Submission

“Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body. Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.” 1 Cor. 6:18-20

If there is anything that stands out above all else when it comes to sex as far as the Bible is concerned, it...

Homeless Man Who Lashed Out at Me

“Blessed are you when men hate you,
And when they exclude you,
And revile you, and cast out your name as evil,
For the Son of Man’s sake.
Rejoice in that day and leap for joy!
For indeed your reward is great in heaven,
For in like manner their fathers did to the prophets.”
Luke 6:22-23

“Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake,
For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake....

Satan Speaking to You?

“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world.” 1 Peter 5:8-9

“Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Draw near to God and He will draw near to you.” James 4:7-8

“And no wonder! For Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light.” 2 Cor. 11:14

“My sheep hear My voice,...