Lara Love's Blog, page 268
July 6, 2018
Update & Prayer Request from Lara
It’s hard to believe it’s July already, and that I’ve been on the third stop of my life out on the road full-time for the Lord and ministry for over two months already. Stop number one was Loudoun County, VA, for about 11 months. Stop two was New Jersey for three weeks. Now, New York City for over two months.
If the truth be known, I’m still very excited, very humbled, very thankful, and very confident I’m exactly where I’m supposed to be doing what I’m supposed to be doing for the Lord, but...
Are Your Motives Mixed?
“Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each one’s praise will come from God.” 1 Cor. 4:5
“For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.” Hebrews 4:12
I love, love, love to hear from the Lord, but...
No More Secrets
“Fear God and keep His commandments,
For this is man’s all.
For God will bring every work into judgment,
Including every secret thing,
Whether good or evil.” Ecc. 12:13-14
“You have set our iniquities before You,
Our secret sins in the light of Your countenance.” Psalm 90:8
“Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each one’s praise will come from God.” 1 Cor. 4:5
“Ther...
July 5, 2018
Sobbing at the Subway
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also abounds through Christ.” 2 Cor. 1:3-5
One day I walked out onto the streets of New York City, unclear whether I would go to a prayer meeting or not, and just st...
“After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went...
“After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew, Bethesda, having five porches. In these lay a great multitude of sick people, blind, lame, paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the water. For an angel went down at a certain time into the pool and stirred up the water; then whoever stepped in first, after the stirring of the water, was made well of whatever disease he had. Now a certain man...
Another Woman’s Husband
“Therefore, when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John (though Jesus Himself did not baptize, but His disciples), He left Judea and departed again to Galilee. But He needed to go through Samaria.
So He came to a city of Samaria which is called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. Now Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied from His journey, sat thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour....
July 4, 2018
10 Benefits of Being Rejected
“O God, You are my God;
Early will I seek You;
My soul thirsts for You;
My flesh longs for You
In a dry and thirsty land
Where there is no water.
So I have looked for You in the sanctuary,
To see Your power and Your glory.
Because Your lovingkindness is better than life,
My lips shall praise You.
Thus I will bless You while I live;
I will lift up my hands in Your name.
My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness,
And my mouth shall praise You with joyful lips.
When I remember You on...
Goodbye Independence
““Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord,
And whose hope is the Lord.
For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters,
Which spreads out its roots by the river,
And will not fear when heat comes;
But its leaf will be green,
And will not be anxious in the year of drought,
Nor will cease from yielding fruit.” Jeremiah 17:7-8
The July 4 Independence Day holiday, celebrating America’s independence from Britain, isn’t the only independence celebration. Our world glorifies independence, doesn’...
July 3, 2018
The Beautiful Man I Saw
“Oh, worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness!
Tremble before Him, all the earth.” Psalm 96:9
One day I visited a prayer meeting for a little while and saw the most beautiful man I have almost ever seen. He came in a little after the start of the meeting, and he was tall, dark-skinned, and looked from a distance anyway to be very muscular and fit. He was dressed nicely, and though I couldn’t see his face, I knew without a shadow of doubt he was absolutely beautiful. Not because of the way h...
When Your Heart Hurts
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also abounds through Christ.” 2 Cor. 1:3-5
I know all about a hurting heart. My heart has hurt on and off for as long as I can remember. If it’s not been one thing,...
