Lara Love's Blog, page 72

But God I Want Answers!

I was down on my knees begging God to speak to me. Newly arrived in Jacksonville Beach, Florida where God had led me to set up a ministry base, I sought Him about one particular aspect of my ministry.

His answer was simple, practical, direct, not what I was hoping to hear, clearly what I needed to hear, and perhaps what you yourself need to hear.

“Be patient,” His Holy Spirit spoke gently to my heart.

Lovingly, tenderly, fatherly, and He is the perfect almighty Father, He said all He would say o...

God Warned Me

I was walking down the beach under a somewhat cloudy sky on a muggy late August day on a surprisingly and frustratingly sleepy and sluggish day not long after my arrival in Jacksonville Beach where God had led me to set up a ministry base after over 5 years on the road full-time for Him and ministry when I knew clear as day the Holy Spirit was talking to me.

I knew without a shadow of doubt He was telling me to turn around and go back not go any further on my walk. Unlike in all the years I live...

I Don’t Feel Like Doing That

It dawned on me I spend an awful lot of time thinking about what I like – and particularly what I don’t like. I like this, I think to myself. I love that, I think to myself. I really, really, really love that. I hate that. I hate this. I can’t stand this. Thoughts, feelings, thoughts, feelings. All with one common denominator. Self. Truth is this world teaches us to live according to our thoughts and feelings, our wishes, ways, and wants. So I am quite certain I am not alone in this. And truth i...

God Hates This

Please don’t just read the Bible to read the Bible. Please don’t study it just to study it. Please don’t listen to preaching to just listen to preaching. Please don’t read devotionals like mine or any others just to read devotionals. God gave us the Bible to live by. I think of it like a treasure chest with endless treasures, and included in the countless blessings in God’s Word is God’s heart on matters. Like regarding what He commands us to do in loving, pleasing, honoring, serving, adoring, p...

Someone Lied to Me

When I found out someone lied to me to get what the person wanted regarding a business transaction, I was caught totally off guard. The person had seemed so nice. So kind. So honest. But the person wasn’t honest. And when I spoke to the person after the discovery, the person essentially turned everything around and blamed me. Then said something else that turned out to probably not be true.

Lying isn’t very nice, and it isn’t very kind, and it hurts people, sometimes terribly. But most of all, l...

The Doctor Who Hurt Me

Not long after being violently assaulted in New York City by someone I intended to help and being miraculously protected from serious injury by God, I contacted my specialist doctor to make sure I was physically okay. He refused to see me and sent me elsewhere where I had a terrible experience. I ended up seeing my original specialist doctor.

When he walked into the exam room, he flew into a rage and coldly, angrily, judgmentally, condemningly essentially accused me of causing the assault and sc...

Why Won’t Anyone Comfort Me?

I was broken beyond human hope and repair for decades, and on top of my seemingly relentless extreme struggles I was hurt, bitter, angry, and heartbroken when I felt people would not give me the love and comfort I so desperately desired. In retrospect I see the problem – and by God’s grace have found the answer.

I was exceedingly self-centered, unfathomably needy, and made the grave error of putting my trust, hope, and expectation in human beings to give me the perfect love and comfort I craved....

The Real Reason to Repent

For a really long time I wanted to stop sinning in certain areas of my life so I would feel better! Simply put, I didn’t like the consequences of certain sin and how I felt and what happened in my life as a result. My “repentance” was for the most part all about me though perhaps I felt a twinge or two of remorse.

Friend, this isn’t real repentance. Not the kind to which God calls us anyway! I wanted to give up some stuff in my life and make some changes so I WOULD FEEL BETTER! So I COULD BE HAP...

Lara’s VERY BIG NEWS

Please note this is a big longer than usual as this is a VERY BIG UPDATE & I poured out my heart in sharing it with you! Thank you for reading this & for praying & helping as you are led!

INTRODUCTION / BACKGROUND / CALLING

I am a 100% Jewish totally devoted follower of the Lord Jesus Christ who once believed God did not exist with a background of decades of brokenness beyond human hope and repair whose life calling is to help people become and remain totally devoted followers of the Lord.

ON T...

When God Corrects You

Call me crazy, but I love being corrected by God. In full disclosure, I used to hate it. But times have changed. God has changed me. And given me a deep wonderful understanding of His correction.

God may bring His correction by His Holy Spirit in speaking to your heart, by using Bible verses to show you where you have been and done wrong, by sending His followers to you to help lead you to repentance, by using anyone even those who don’t believe in God to show you repentance is needed with accom...