Lara Love's Blog, page 309

Quit Serving God Because Others Aren’t?

   “And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, To keep the commandments of the LORD, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good?” Deuteronomy 10:12-13

   “But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. For it is written, As...

Satan Harassing You? 4 Keys to Victory

   “…Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.” James 4:8-10

   “Humble yourselves t...

Follow the Father!

   “Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.” Mt. 16:24

   “Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.” Ephesians 5:1-2

    “Follow the Father! Follow the Father! Follow the Father!” I found myself saying emphatically, vehemently, passionately one time to a dea...

Afraid of More Bad News?

“Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments. His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed. Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness endureth for ever. Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous. A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion. Surely he shall not be moved f...

The Pastor, Water Glass, & Love Abounding

The Pastor, Water Glass, & Love Abounding

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

One of my greatest lessons in love came years ago when my beloved pastor who is now with the Lord while teaching Bible study week after week used to start clearing his throat because he needed water. Though someone usually set his special glass of water on the pulpit before he started, sometimes nobody remembered. I used to quietly get up while he pr...

Dangerous, Desperate LOVE

   “But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.” James 1:14-15

   “For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 8:38-39 NKJV / /...

This is the Way

   “A man’s heart plans his way, But the Lord directs his steps.” Proverbs 16:9 NKJV

   “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” John 14:6

   “Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.” Matthew 16:24-25

    When the Lord Jesus Christ calls...

Do You Need to STOP?

“And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?” Luke 6:46

      The purpose of a STOP sign on the road is obvious, isn’t it? STOP, right? This might come as news to some, but it shouldn’t. A STOP sign means one thing. STOP. Not keep going. Not speed up. Not slow down, make sure traffic isn’t coming from the left or right at the intersection while continuing to move forward. It means STOP.

“That’s a STOP sign you just ran through,” my former husband told me once. “You didn...

Help Wanted

“Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.” Matthew 22:37-40

    A senior lady in low-income senior housing awoke on her bed in the thick of depression to find a great disarray of stuff needing to be  organized. She was a self-professed collec...

The Widow Man Nobody Loved

“Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.” James 1:27

    An elderly widow man wrote me a letter some years ago with a donation after learning of my ministry work. His letter was brief, but included something which for him proved to be life-changing. He asked me to pray for him. I ended up speaking to him by phone and being given the great privilege of helping to point h...