Lara Love's Blog, page 29

This Is Not Your Business!

I was daydreaming as I so often do when the Holy Spirit of God saw fit to interrupt my thoughts.

“This is not your business,” He spoke to my heart. “Please stay out of it.”

I had been thinking about an unbelievably challenging situation involving a number of people and how I felt some improvement could be brought about. All I would have to do is get in touch with one or two of the people and share my thoughts. The situation had a great bearing on my life, and I figured I had the right to get inv...

Warning About Blessings

Blessings, blessings, blessings. Who doesn’t love blessings? I sure love blessings, don’t you? Isn’t it wonderful when we receive blessing after blessing from God? But this message isn’t about blessings. It is a warning about blessings!

If we are honest with ourselves, sometimes we end up loving God’s blessings more than we love God Himself. Sometimes we end up worshiping and glorifying our blessings instead of worshiping and glorifying God. Sometimes we seek blessings from God more than we seek...

Quit Fighting God!

Countless people pray for God’s will for their lives. We should. But praying for God’s will is not enough. Once we are clear God has revealed to us what His will is, we need to do it. But sadly sometimes we fight God because we are not happy with His plans for us. We rebel against Him because we believe His will is too hard, unfair, uncomfortable, too risky, will make us feel insecure, goes against our own wishes, ways, and wants, is too challenging, will take too much of our time, will make us ...

Don’t Run Away From It

Don’t run away from it! Run away from it? From wherever God has called you to go. From wherever He has called you to be. From whomever He has called you to be with. From whatever He has called you to do. Do not run away from God’s will for you. Most of all, do not run away from the Lord Jesus Christ Himself.

No matter how hard it is, no matter how challenging, no matter the cost you have to pay, no matter what you have to forsake, no matter what you have to turn away from, no matter what dreams ...

Feeling Jealous?

Feeling jealous? Jealous can feel pretty yucky and be really ugly, but this is not all! Jealousy is sin against God that needs to be gotten rid of!

Imagine how much it must grieve God’s heart when instead of being thankful for His love and goodness and endless blessings we are envious of others and what they have. And oh how it must hurt His heart when we are so consumed with ourselves and our feelings of bitterness, self-pity, discontentment, and jealousy that we are unable to truly love Him wi...

When God Gets in the Way of Your Plans

You have plans. Really big plans. Really good plans. In your estimate anyway. You have worked hard to get everything in order. You have opened up your calendar. You have created your agenda. You know exactly how you want things to unfold. You have orchestrated everything not to mention everyone in order that everything goes according to your plans. Then something unthinkable happens. Something unexpected. Something you never in a million years imagined.

God gets in the way of your plans. Apparen...

Not Yet

Sometimes God makes clear He wants us to do something in obedience to Him – but not yet. I have had a tendency over the years when I have clarity about God’s will for me to go rushing forward as though He wants me to do something right away. But sometimes God simply lets us know His will for us in the future so we will do whatever we need to do to get ready for when that time comes.

Obedience is not just about doing God’s will. It is about doing God’s will in His time. If you are feeling like yo...

Focused On What Someone Is Doing Wrong?

“She needs better _____ ,” I thought concerning someone I had reached out to about a certain matter.

Immediately the Holy Spirit of God broken into my thoughts.

“And you need more patience,” the Lord told me.

Then He compelled me to write this message.

We can be so quick to criticize, judge, condemn, and look down upon others related to how we feel they fall short. Meanwhile we should be seeking forgiveness for and making changes regarding our own shortfalls and then be best able to love and hel...

Fussy Dog Testimony

“Why are you making such a fuss Miss Gracie?” I asked special needs ministry dog Grace who lay in her crate right by my hotel room desk in our latest location on the road for Jesus.

Granted she was not overly pleased I had just given her a bath. Now she had to stay in her crate while she dried off. I confess I was whining more about her whimpering than she was whimpering. I don’t like whining or whimpering.

The Holy Spirit moved quickly on my heart to show me something. Gracie was upset she was ...

Paralyzed Woman Helps the World

Joni Eareckson Tada could have given up when she became paralyzed at 18 years old due to a diving accident. Now in her 70s, a totally devoted follower of the Lord Jesus Christ, she has decades behind her of being used by God to help people literally all over the world. Not only does she help the world know about and follow Jesus, but she through her organization helps people worldwide have wheelchairs that otherwise would not be able have them.

If you have seen her sing and speak in person or on...