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  1. Christsfreeservant

    Dear 15 Year Old Me

    The Date was November 1, 2018, and I was invited by a fellow blogger to participate in one of those “tags” where you were asked questions to answer and then you were to tag other people to do the same. I did not normally participate in “tags,” but I believed that the Lord wanted me to...
  2. Christsfreeservant

    No Tears on Outside

    He’s hurting, he’s crying, No tears on outside. He’s injured, he’s stirring, All now kept inside. He’s failing for words To say all that he feels. He cannot express, Cannot make his appeals. His outside is inside, Trapped now in his skin, Knows not where to turn, And his faith’s wearing thin...
  3. Christsfreeservant

    Even Though I Walk Through a Dark Valley

    One of the saddest days of my childhood is when our family moved from a wonderful neighborhood in Ellet (a subdivision of the City of Akron in Ohio, USA) to South Arlington Street in Akron. In Ellet we had good neighbors and many friends to play with and to do things with. We played all sorts of...
  4. Christsfreeservant

    Patiently Enduring Many Sufferings

    “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. For as we share...
  5. Christsfreeservant

    Why Do You Hate?

    Why do you hate her so much? Why must sin now be your crutch? Why do you go on from day after day Lying and cheating and floundering away? Why must you lie through your teeth? Why must you live low, beneath? Why do you keep on in your masquerades? Why must you live as though life is charades...
  6. Christsfreeservant

    On Father's Day

    Ephesians 6:4 ESV “Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.” In America we have one day a year where we celebrate our Fathers. It is called “Father’s Day.” And for those who had good and not negative experiences with their...
  7. Christsfreeservant

    Learning to Rely on God

    2 Corinthians 1:8-11 ESV “For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the affliction we experienced in Asia. For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself. Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us rely not...
  8. Christsfreeservant

    Wage the Good Warfare

    In the last devotion titled, “But I Received Mercy,” we read this in 1 Timothy 1:12-14 ESV: “I thank him who has given me strength, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he judged me faithful, appointing me to his service, though formerly I was a blasphemer, persecutor, and insolent opponent. But I...
  9. Christsfreeservant

    The School of Hard Knocks

    I’m sharing this here with you from my time of personal devotions with my Lord Jesus Christ, for your encouragement. Sue Love Matthew 10:34-36 ESV “Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to set a man against his...
  10. Christsfreeservant

    Are You Being Abused?

    Video Talk Isaiah 41:10 NIV “So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.” Are you being abused? Are there people in your life who are taking advantage of you, and who are...
  11. Christsfreeservant

    He Delivered Me From Fear

    I’m sharing this here with you from my time of personal devotions with my Lord Jesus Christ, for your encouragement. Sue Love Psalms 34:1-3 ESV “I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul makes its boast in the Lord; let the humble hear and...
  12. Christsfreeservant

    Wake Up From Your Sleep!

    I’m sharing this here with you from my time of personal devotions with my Lord Jesus Christ, for your encouragement. Sue Love Romans 13:8-10 ESV “Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. For the commandments, ‘You shall not commit...
  13. Christsfreeservant

    Following Jesus' Example

    I’m sharing this here with you from my time of personal devotions with my Lord Jesus Christ, for your encouragement. Sue Love Suffering Unjustly 1 Peter 2:18-20 ESV “Servants, be subject to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle but also to the unjust. For this is a...
  14. Christsfreeservant

    Working All Things Together for Good

    I’m sharing this here with you from my time of personal devotions with my Lord Jesus Christ, for your encouragement. Sue Love Hated and Persecuted John 15:18-19 ESV “If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love you as its...
  15. Christsfreeservant

    That I May Share in His Sufferings

    I’m sharing this here with you from my time of personal devotions with my Lord Jesus Christ, for your encouragement. Sue Love Philippians 3:8-11 ESV “Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all...
  16. Heartofsilver

    Marriage and generational curses

    Hello everyone, Please pray for my marriage and generational curses that our family has endured. Before we got married my husband was having an inappropriate or maybe even an online relationship with my former best friend for two years. I knew that they had been talking after he asked if he...
  17. Christsfreeservant

    I Want You to Know

    I’m sharing this here with you from my time of personal devotions with my Lord Jesus Christ, for your encouragement. Sue Love Philippians 1:12-14 ESV “I want you to know, brothers, that what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel, so that it has become known throughout the...
  18. Christsfreeservant

    I Take Comfort, O Lord

    I’m sharing this here with you from my time of personal devotions with my Lord Jesus Christ, for your encouragement. Sue Love Psalm 119:49-50 ESV “Remember your word to your servant, in which you have made me hope. This is my comfort in my affliction, that your promise gives me life.”...
  19. Christsfreeservant

    Mind Games as Tools for Persecution

    I’m sharing this here with you from my time of personal devotions with my Lord Jesus Christ, for your encouragement. Sue Love James 1:2-4 ESV “Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let...
  20. Christsfreeservant

    Hurting and Lonely

    An Original Work / June 10, 2022 Are you hurting, feeling lonely, Feeling sometimes it’s you only, Not sure others feel what you do, Not sure they know what you’ve been through? Do you have those who berate you? Do they mock you, trick you, hate you? Try to make you think you’re crazy, Try...