Lara Love's Blog, page 281
March 26, 2018
When It’s NOT Time to Go
“Commit your way to the Lord,
Trust also in Him,
And He shall bring it to pass.” Psalm 37:5………….
There is a time to go, and a time not to go, and the time to go is when the Lord says so, and the time NOT to go is when the Lord says no. Not to go. Years ago, my beloved then pastor went to Haiti for his usual almost monthly ministry work there about 2 or 3 days before the major earthquake. He was all over the news in Savannah, GA, because he was in the exact location where the quake hit and wen...
When the Easiest Isn’t the Best
“By faith Moses, when he became of age, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin, esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt; for he looked to the reward.” Hebrews 11:24-26
“Others were tortured, not accepting deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection. Still others had trial of mockings and scourgings, yes, and of chains and impriso...
March 21, 2018
That’s Not What God Said
“My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.” John 10:27……………
Sometimes we’re convinced we’ve heard from God – and we haven’t. We think we know His will – but we don’t. We believe He’s told us something – but He hasn’t. We feel He’s sending us in one direction – but He’s not. We sense He’s leading us to something, or someone – but He’s not. We just know that we know He’s telling us to let something, or someone, go – but He’s not. You get the point. We believe God has said som...
March 20, 2018
How’s Your Love Life?
“I love those who love me,
And those who seek me diligently will find me.”
Proverbs 8:17…..
“But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.” Hebrews 11:6…………
God REWARDS those who DILIGENTLY what? Diligently SEEK Him. Diligently seek WHOM? God! Let’s go deep with this. He has REWARDS for those who DILIGENTLY SEEK HIM. Diligent, according to dictionary.com, is defined as “constant in...
Waiting for an Answer
“Glory in His holy name;
Let the hearts of those rejoice who seek the Lord!
Seek the Lord and His strength;
Seek His face evermore!” 1 Chron. 16:10-11………….
I asked the Lord a question.
“Do you want to hear what I want to tell you, or do you want to hear what you want to hear?” He replied.
His answer sounded indirect. After all, He hadn’t answered my question. Instead, He had wanted to get straight with me what my intention was. His Spirit knows me perfectly. He knows us all perfectly. His que...
March 19, 2018
A Message About Your Mouth
“The lips of the righteous feed many,…” Proverbs 10:21………..
“The mouth of the righteous is a well of life,…” Proverbs 10:11………….
“The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom,…” Proverbs 10:31………….
“Death and life are in the power of the tongue,…” Proverbs 10:31…………
“Use your mouth for my glory,” the Holy Spirit told me one day. Though I have heard preaching about the mouth, and studied in the Bible about the mouth, on and off for years, I have never had a more clear and powerful understand...
Ready to Quit?
“Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.” Phil. 3:12-14…………
“What am I going to do, Lord?” I asked Him as I sat in my favorite little de...
March 16, 2018
The Delicious Fruit of Obedience
“Oh, that they had such a heart in them that they would fear Me and always keep all My commandments, that it might be well with them and with their children forever!” Deut. 5:29…………
“You shall walk in all the ways which the Lord your God has commanded you, that you may live and that it may be well with you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which you shall possess.” Deut. 5:33………
“Therefore hear, O Israel, and be careful to observe it, that it may be well with you, and that you m...
Do Not Try to Fix This
“For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.” Gal. 5:13……………….
“Do not try to fix this, Lara,” the Spirit of God told me one afternoon. “Let me.”
A beautiful, beloved friend of mine was hurting, overwhelmed exhausted, and so very dear to me, not to mention that I love helping people anyway, whether strangers or friends or family.
Immediately I wanted to do something to help. Something. Anything. S...
Is It Time to Go?
“Then the word of the Lord came to him [Elijah], saying, “Get away from here and turn eastward, and hide by the Brook Cherith….So he went and did according to the word of the Lord…” 1 Kings 17:2-5 bold added……..
“Then He said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.” They immediately left their nets and followed Him.” Mt. 4:19-20……………
“If anyone serves Me, let him follow Me; and where I am, there My servant will be also. If anyone serves Me, him My Father will honor.” John 12:...
