Lara Love's Blog, page 54

Goodbye Santa Claus!

This may seem like the most obvious thing in the world to you, but I am strongly compelled by God to share this message.

God is not Santa Claus. And for anyone who may be living and acting and praying like God is Santa Claus, it is time to say goodbye to this way of living and praying.

And lest you think there is anything funny about this message, there is not. I could not be more serious about this.

Countless people, myself included for some years, go to God like children in a shopping mall sit...

So Much to Be Thankful for!

“So much to be thankful for!” I exclaimed aloud.

I don’t even recall what I was thinking about in the way of being thankful. I just experienced a wave of feeling thankful to the Lord Jesus Christ.

God has transformed me and opened my eyes. I have had a pretty challenging life, and I was so consumed with myself and my trials and so filled with self-pity and so prone to negativity that I could not see all of God’s endless and bountiful goodness. And most assuredly I spent little to no time being t...

My Mom Was Wrong About This

One day my beloved Mom whom I love beyond measure told me something she believed with all her heart that she was absolutely wrong about. And this was not just a little everyday life kind of issue. This in fact relates to the most important issue in the world. And I am afraid many, many people around the world are wrong about this issue, need to know the truth, need to accept the truth, and need to act on the truth immediately because for each and every one of us one day it will be too late. And ...

What Are Your Children SEEING?

Whether your children are young, or whether you have adult children, if you are a parent, what are your children SEEING?

God calls us to be totally devoted followers of the Lord Jesus Christ, and He calls those who are parents to raise their children as Jesus followers as well. He calls parents to believe in God and to live according to God’s ways as He teaches us in the Bible AND to raise children to do the same.

Here comes a strong message for parents.

Parents are to LIVE ACCORDING TO GOD’s WA...

Don’t Let FEAR Stop You from THIS!

“Do you want to stay?” the Holy Spirit of God asked me concerning something really big I was about to leave behind in obedience to Him.

“Yes,” I said honestly. That was how I felt in those few minutes anyway though my emotions had been all over the place.

“Why?” the Holy Spirit asked me.

God knew the answer of course. But I believe He wanted me to see.

“Because I am scared,” I confessed.

One of the biggest and hardest lessons I have learned about following the Lord Jesus Christ is that obedience...

My Thank You Socks

Maybe you don’t have a pair of Thank You Socks, but I do. Maybe you have never heard of any such thing as Thank You Socks. Neither had I until the following came to pass.

I have a pair of green and white striped socks a friend gave me. I ended up using them to keep warm my beloved paralyzed ministry dog Mr. Simeon’s feet when I would bundle up him and paralyzed dog Miss Mercy with 2 winter coats each and scarves around their heads and walk them in their wheelchairs on the freezing cold streets o...

Mommy, I Want French Fries!

I have a very intense life given my personal story and ongoing struggles, my being devoted 24-7 to the Lord Jesus Christ and ministry, the nature of my ministry work, the state of this world, being on the road for Jesus, and being single on purpose for Him. So call me crazy but I find some lighthearted comic relief by sometimes making up short conversations between me and my special needs ministry dogs during which out loud I speak for myself and for the dogs. Well imagine my surprise when this ...

It is NOT Enough to KNOW God’s Will!

People talk about wanting to know God’s will for their lives to they pray to God to reveal to them His will for their lives. This is good. This is vital. This is necessary. This we should do on an ongoing basis. But this is not all.

We need to seek God and His will for our lives. We also need to spend time listening to the Holy Spirit of God who lives inside His followers who will speak to our hearts His will for us. We should also read the Bible daily and make sure what we believe we hear from ...

Finding Peace in a Crazy Hard World

After a beautiful and precious friend of mine shared that she was looking inside herself for peace as she faced really hard stuff, I knew my response to her is a truth we all need to hear.

With countless people worldwide with their backs turned to God, the world’s woes and sufferings and the pervading darkness and evil appear worse than ever. And with it comes countless people desperately searching for and seeking peace.

But while the world teaches us  the way to find peace is in ourselves and i...

When Nobody Understands Your Pain

You may feel like nobody in the world sees your pain and suffering, or that people see your suffering but just don’t understand the heights and depths of it, or that people see it and know how unfathomably bad you are hurting but are not helping and comforting you and being there for you the way you feel they should.

The truth is people may not see your pain and suffering. The truth is people may see your suffering but just not understand the heights and depths of it. The truth is people may see...