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Mk 10,29-30

Shalom!
"Make haste to deliver me, O Lord, suppose you, O Lord, help me! Ps 70:2

"Please, Lord, deliver me from debts and fulfill your word in Mk 10,29-30, that you may give me back a hundredfold everything I have lost through my new life as a Christian in Jesus name Amen.

Can you join me in this prayer in Jesus name with your loud speaking "yes in Jesus name"?

May God bless you with the same blessing in Jesus name Amen.
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Not With Superiority of Speech

“And when I came to you, brethren, I did not come with superiority of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God. For I determined to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified. I was with you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling, and my message and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, so that your faith would not rest on the wisdom of men, but on the power of God.” (1 Corinthians 2:1-5 NASB1995)

Do any of you identify with Paul? I mean, not in every respect, but in how he described himself here? When you read his words, do you feel what he is feeling? I do, in some respects. For public speaking has never been my forte, although the Lord did call me to begin making video talks beginning in 2020 during the Covid crisis and the lockdowns. And I am still making video talks, although not as often as I had been. And I was never the outgoing type, and I am generally soft spoken, and I stumble over my words with lots of “uhs.”

My words, as well, are not spoken to impress anyone with my “gift of speaking.” I am kind, and I am thoughtful, but I speak the truth in love to people the way in which the Lord gives it to me to say, not in the way I would think people might like to hear it. I am a defender of the faith, and I will stand on the truth even if all are against me but God. And I am not a technology wizard, by far, so my presentations will also not be flashy, but plain and simple, as I am in nature. So what you see is what you get.

Am I perfect? No! I don’t always say all the right things in all the right ways, and sometimes I could kick myself because I did a poor job of expressing myself. And if I feel I have offended someone in my own nature, I will definitely apologize and try to make it right. For I have no desire to be an offense unless I am being an offense by sharing the truth of the gospel that many do not want to hear. For many people are going after the “feel good” messages which do not teach faith by death to sin and obedience to God.

Now, we are not all going to be like Paul, nor should we try to be like any other human in every respect. For God uniquely designed all of us, and he made us to look different and to be different and to not be all the same. So we should not try to be like “so and so” in every respect, for then we cease to be who God created us to be. And it is not natural for us to try to be someone else. But if someone is setting a good model before us, which is biblical, then it is good if we emulate that model of a Christian’s life.

And the Scriptures themselves teach us that we are not to be proud and arrogant and boastful people who speak in order to impress others, or who say only what we think will make people like us. We are to be people of God who speak the words of God to the people, in truth, in love, with kindness, but without compromise of truth and righteousness. We are to be bold in sharing the truth of the gospel even if we are hated and rejected and cast aside by the majority of people who find us “weird,” because we’re different.

But this can’t be about us or what people think of us or whether or not we are accepted by the majority. This has to be about Jesus Christ and who he is and what he did in putting our sins to death with him, and in rising from the dead, so that by faith in him we will now die to sin and obey our Lord, in practice, and have deliverance from bondage to sin and the hope of eternal life with God. We have to speak the truth to the people that they need to hear with the hope that they will die to sin and obey God and live for him.

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Acts 26:18]

Speak, Lord

An Original Work / May 8, 2011
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love


Speak, Lord, for Your servant’s list’ning to You.
Let me hear You speak in love and in truth.
Guide me, I pray. Teach me Your way.
Speak, Lord, while I bow before You now.

Speak, Lord, fill me with Your peace and Your joy.
Let Your Holy Spirit’s work now employ.
Strengthen within. Keep me from sin.
Speak, Lord, words that lead to victory.

Speak, Lord, so that I might walk in Your ways.
Let Your love o’er-flow in my heart today.
Be my desire. Set me on fire.
Speak, Lord, comfort me with Your presence.

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Not With Superiority of Speech
An Original Work / February 2, 2026
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

How Abrahamic Circumcision points to Salvation

During Abraham's time, circumcision was performed by knives made of rocks as they did not have steel yet. After a male was circumcised, this left him in extreme pain and he was very sensitive to all his surroundings for a month. Even a small change in temperature would bring pain to the male.

How does this point to Salvation?

After Adam and Eve's fall in the garden in Genesis 3, God cursed humanity, and every human has a heart made of stone. That is the result of our disobedience to God. As Adam represents the whole humanity, he is the head of all of us, we all fell in Adam. And we have a problem. Our hearts are made of stone, incapable of following God, we are enslaved to sin.

We need a surgeon who performs a heart surgery. A surgeon who removes the heart of stone and replaces it a heart of flesh which is capable of loving God and following His commandments.

And as it was with Abrahamic circumcision, this heart surgery also leaves us very sensitive to God.

I remember from my experience when I was saved, I realised the sin within me and how evil I was, thinking God would never forgive a sinner like me. I was mourning over my sinfulness and inability of doing anything about it. I needed a Saviour.

And thus every Christian has a heart that wants to follow God and hates sin. It mourns over sin, it is sensitive to God.
But if your heart does not hate sin, and does not want to obey God, you need a surgeon who gives you a new heart of flesh, capable of following God and loving Him, you need a Saviour.

ICE WARS: Minneapolis Insurgents Set Up Barricades; Block Cars, Run License Plates, Check IDs


Call them militias or whatever you wish, these people want mob rule, they don't care for the laws on the books and are not willing to go through the democratic process in our country to change those laws. In my opinion what drives them is hate for our country, a country they view as being systemically racist and an oppressor of minorities. To me we are the country that conquered slavery, an institution which was present for thousands of years. Also in my opinion America's success is because our country recognized from the beginning that our rights come from God. You can bet these agitators want to pack the Supreme Court and institute other takeover methods as well. While law enforcement is a current focus I expect the targets will be broadened.

Episcopal Bishops Statement

The Melania Movie

I feel like our country has become the biggest joke on the planet. Just when you think things can't get any more bizarre.

And then it beats box office expectations, pulling in $7 million on the opening weekend. That will cover a small portion of the bribe, erm... salary that they paid Melania for this film.

Are Americans really this bored?


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Trump throws extravagant MAGA wedding for his top aide Dan Scavino at Mar-a-Lago

Donald Trump is hosting an extravagant wedding for his aide Dan Scavino at his dazzling Florida estate - with MAGA bigwigs, from Marco Rubio to Elon Musk, in attendance.

The White House deputy chief of staff is marrying Erin Elmore, the director of Art in Embassies at the US Department of State, at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach.

Scavino proposed to Elmore in September 2025, sharing footage of himself dropping down on one knee - as his dashing bride-to-be looked elated and said yes.

On Sunday, the top players in the Republican Partydescended on Mar-a-Lago to celebrate the nuptials - including Musk and Shivon Zilis - a high-level executive at Neuralink who birthed four of his children.

The pair, who have rarely been seen in public together, looked dashing as they arrived at the Florida estate for the nuptials - with Musk wearing a red cravat.

The White House's fierce press secretary Karoline Leavittwas in attendance - accompanied by her husband Nicholas Riccio. The pregnant mom-of-one kept her look simple with a classy black dress, with matching high heels.

The pair recently announced that they are expecting their second child later this year.

Trump's Homeland Security chief Kristi Noem surprisingly walked into the celebration with smiling Stephen Miller, the deputy White House chief of staff for policy.

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prayer

I have asked so many times for prayer for my son Jakeb. He suffers so much with his mental and physical health. We found out that our doctor is retiring due to health issues and this makes it even more of a challenge Please pray that if it is God's will everything will fall into place to get my son healthy. Please pray that the GI doctor will have an earlier opening and please ask Jesus to heal him. Mind and body and to please let me hear him laugh or talk to friends. It shows me that he is at least having a good night. Pray he won't lose more weight, and that there is nothing seriously wrong and the doctors can help him. It hurts to see him suffer so much and when I do get to hear him laugh it's the best feeling in the world. Days like this is so hard on him and on me his mom. Please pray I can hear him laugh soon. Thank you for your constant prayers. They mean so very much. I ask this in the name of Jesus and God bless you. Carmen

Trump goes scorched earth and vows to SUE Epstein estate and nemesis

Donald Trump has threatened to sue Jeffrey Epstein's estate, and his friend-turned-nemesis Michael Wolff, for allegedly 'conspiring' to destroy his political career.


Emails between Wolff, who appeared to be Epstein's unofficial adviser before the 2016 US election, show the two men gunning for Trump's downfall.

In one message, Wolff told the disgraced financier he could be the 'bullet' to end Trump's bid for the White House, and in another, he advised Epstein to 'let (Trump) hang himself' in TV interviews about their relationship.


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I began as the pro-choice CEO of a pro-life nonprofit

When my wife first asked me why I couldn’t call myself pro-life, my answer was simple.

I didn’t believe the pro-life movement offered a valid alternative to abortion.

Abortion was horrific, I said, but it addressed the underlying crises women faced. Poverty. Housing insecurity. Fear. Isolation. Meanwhile, the pro-life movement seemed content to offer diapers and wipes to a problem that demanded far more.

What most people don’t know is that I began as the pro-choice CEO of a pro-life nonprofit.

I loved my wife. I loved her conviction. And over time, my heart changed. Like Oskar Schindler, the gray scales fell away, and the world came into color.

That transformation became irreversible the first time I held a baby we helped save from abortion.

His mother had been scheduled for a later-term abortion. She was living in her car. She didn’t need slogans. She needed housing. Stability. Someone to show up.

We got her into housing. We stood with her. And when her son, Kiahari, was born, we were in the delivery room.

I sobbed.

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Democrat Christian Menefee wins special election for U.S. House seat in Texas

Menefee, the Harris County attorney, prevailed in a runoff against Amanda Edwards, a former Houston City Council member. He will replace the late Rep. Sylvester Turner, a former Houston mayor, who died in March 2025.

The seat representing the heavily Democratic Houston-based district has been vacant for nearly a year.

Texas GOP Gov. Greg Abbott didn't schedule the first round of voting until November.

Abbott had argued that Houston officials needed the six months between Turner's death and the first round of voting to prepare for the special election, but Democrats criticized the long wait as a move designed to give the GOP a slightly bigger cushion in the House for difficult votes.
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Theistic Evolution is Weak Scientism

J. P. Moreland makes the case that theistic-evolution is merely a weak form of scientism.

"Theistic Evolution is a revisionist treatment of the Bible based on the idea that if the Bible is going to be even partly credible, it must be constantly revised to keep up with what contemporary science says. Thus, Theistic Evolution supports scientism, the view that the hard sciences are the only or vastly superior way of knowing reality."
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"I'm not getting into the legality of everything," fed responds. ST. Peter MN police chief drives citizen resident home after she's detained

MPR News has learned that the police chief in the small southern Minnesota city of St. Peter intervened [not clear if any real intervention occurred] Thursday to prevent federal immigration agents from taking a local resident into detention, although the city of St. Peter denied the intervention in a statement Saturday.

The resident, a woman, had been observing and recording video of immigration enforcement actions from her car Thursday afternoon when agents took her into custody.

She shared that video with MPR News. Agents in three vehicles began chasing her and trying to force her to pull over. Eventually they box her in, three agents get out of the car in front of her, with their guns drawn and they try to force her out of her vehicle.

The agents open the door, which unlocked automatically when she put the gearshift in park, they drag her out and force her to the ground.

The woman’s husband eventually arrives and tries to intervene, and he made a separate recording of the interaction on his phone. He tells the agents not to search her car because they don't have a warrant and it would be an illegal search. The agents appear dismissive of his constitutional concerns.

"I'm not getting into the legality of everything," one agent responds tersely.

after his wife was taken into custody, he called his attorney, and soon after, he got a call from St. Peter Chief of Police Matt Grochow, whom he said he has known for years.

The agents took the woman to the St. Peter police station, where she says Chief Grochow approached her, spoke with her, had her get into his squad car, and took her home.

MPR News reached out to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security about the incident. A spokesperson responded by asking for the woman's name, date of birth and “A-number,” or alien number, which DHS uses to track non-citizens who are living in the United States. The woman is a U.S. citizen. To protect the woman from retaliation, MPR News did not provide that information to them.

“The Saint Peter police department did not participate in, coordinate with or intervene in any federal enforcement activity,” the [city's] statement said.

A question that's a little uncomfortable about faith at work

Occasionally, it’s worth asking a question that makes us a little uncomfortable. The kind that forces us to slow down and take an honest look at how we’re truly living. This is one of those questions.

If a client or coworker only observed your life at work — your decisions, your relationships, the way you handle pressure — would there be evidence that you follow Christ … or would that part of your life be invisible? Is it something you’re bold about, or do you keep your faith hidden?

Even as I write this, it’s not lost on me that this can feel like a touchy subject. “I don’t want to be seen as a Bible thumper, you know what I mean?” And, at the same time, “Maybe my Christianity is best kept to Sundays, not the middle of the week?” For much of my life, this is the wrestling match I found myself in, grappling between my calling to share the Gospel as a bold Christian and showing up as someone that my workplace culture would find safe and acceptable.

The result, for many years, was not much evidence of my faith at work. If you had taken me to court, it would have been said I was a good person and a nice guy, but as far as being labeled as a Christian, it would have been challenging to convict me. Today, that has changed, and I wake up every day looking to leave behind just a little more evidence of my faith. Here’s what that looks like, specifically at work.

Evidence in how we show up


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“You guys don’t have a warrant.” “We don’t need one.” Video shows business door shattered after border patrol agents detain two employees

New video obtained by 2News has raised legal questions about federal immigration enforcement after border patrol agents broke through the glass door of a locked auto body shop in West Valley City to detain two employees.

“You guys broke the [doggone] window,” a woman can be heard saying in the video.

“Yes, we did,” an agent responds.

“You guys don’t have a [doggone] warrant.”

“We don’t need one.”

Carlos Trujillo, an immigration attorney not connected to the case, said the circumstances described raise serious Fourth Amendment concerns.

“If they didn’t have a warrant authorized by a judge to enter that specific place, they cannot go in, and they cannot break the door violently the way they did it.”

Trujillo said federal agents can, in limited situations, enter private property without a warrant if there are exigent circumstances, such as an immediate danger to others, the destruction of evidence or the pursuit of a dangerous criminal suspect. [CBP has not responded to a request about what exigent circumstances justified this action.]
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Democrat defeats Trump-endorsed Republican in Texas!

Democrat Taylor Rehmet wins solidly red Texas Senate seat in stunning special election upset


Democrat and machinist union leader Taylor Rehmet won the special election Saturday to represent a solidly red Texas Senate district that President Donald Trump carried by 17 points in 2024, a stunning upset that injected a fresh and urgent sense of a panic into the GOP from the Texas Capitol to the White House heading into November’s midterm elections.

With ballots tallied from all but a handful of voting centers, Rehmet had 57% of the vote, besting the 43% for his GOP opponent, conservative activist Leigh Wambsganss, who vastly outspent Rehmet as Republicans including Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick mounted a furious funding push in a bid to tilt the election in their favor in the final days.

Patrick, the Senate’s powerful presiding officer, had raised alarm bells about the race and urged Republicans to turn out — as did Trump, who posted three separate get-out-the-vote messages on social media in the 48 hours preceding the election. “It’s clear as day that this disastrous Republican agenda is hurting working families in Texas and across the country, which is why voters in red, blue, and purple districts are putting their faith in candidates like Taylor Rehmet,” Ken Martin, chair of the Democratic National Committee, said in a statement. “This overperformance is a warning sign to Republicans across the country.”

‘Melania’ Movie Humiliates Critics and Media Naysayers with Historic Box Office

The legacy media must be devastated. Melania just had a huge box-office opening for a documentary, despite all the efforts to destroy the film before its release.

Deadline reports that Melania will finish the weekend in third place, with an $8 million opening.

Coming in at third is Amazon MGM Studios’ Brett Ratner-directed documentary Melania, which is eyeing $2.85M today (no previews) for an $8M opening in third place — that result would mark the best start for a docu in the last decade (beating Angel Studios’ 2023 doc After Death, which opened to $5M and finaled at $11.5M stateside). I’m hearing sales are gaining, with Florida and Texas quite large, for the First Lady’s big-screen debut.
According to Deadline, "EntTelligence showed Melania presales overindexing in rural areas with populations under 500,000." The outlet noted that while "license fees plus marketing on this pic equals $75M.”

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Do You Possess a Catholic Analogical Imagination?

Do you believe, with Albert Camus, that there is more to admire in human beings than to despise?

Do you find with Erasmus and Francis of Assisi that in spite of all folly, stupidity, illusion, and even sin, reality at its final moment is trustworthy?

Do you find in yourself a belief with Aquinas and Thomas More that reason is to be trusted for finding the order of things; that faith transforms but does not destroy reason?

Is your final image of God one like John's gospel of love, not fear; of Christ as fundamentally a community of hope, not a ghetto of escape and fear?

Does your image of society include a trust that it can be somehow ordered short of radical disjunction?

Does your image of the cosmos itself include a trust that it too is somehow ordered by relationships established by God for all reality; and that reality itself—in spite of all serious,
sometimes overwhelming evidence to the contrary—is finally benign?

Then you possess, I believe, a Catholic analogical imagination.

Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A) (OF)

The Morning Offering

Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A) readings & commentary

Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time readings & commentary

Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A readings & commentary

Sunday Reflections, 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A Readings & commentary

A Scriptural Reflection on the Readings for Sunday, February 1, 2026

4th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Cycle A) Bible study

Picture This! A Homily for the 4th Sunday of the Year

Exegesis of the Word: On the Beatitudes as a Spiritual Portrait

Daily Gospel

Saint Bridget of Ireland

Saints of the Day

Don't Put God To The Test

“You shall not put the Lord your God to the test, as you tested Him at Massah. You should diligently keep the commandments of the Lord your God, and His testimonies and His statutes which He has commanded you. You shall do what is right and good in the sight of the Lord, that it may be well with you and that you may go in and possess the good land which the Lord swore to give your fathers, by driving out all your enemies from before you, as the Lord has spoken.” (Deuteronomy 6:16-19 NASB1995)

This is from the Old Testament, under the Old Covenant, and yet what it teaches us here, in content, is taught us in the New Testament, under the New Covenant God has with his people Israel (Jew and Gentile by biblical faith in Jesus Christ). For we read in 1 Corinthians 10:1-22 that what the Israelites did in the wilderness happened as examples to us, and they were written down for us so that we will not crave evil things as they also craved. For the majority of them made sin their practice, and not obedience to God, and so they were put to death and they did not enter into God’s eternal rest.

So, we are taught in the New Testament not to put our Lord God to the test, as the Israelites (the majority) tested God in the wilderness and did not get to enter into God’s eternal rest because of their disobedience (unbelief). But we are to be those who walk in obedience to our Lord and to his commands in holy living, by the grace of God, in the power of God. And, yes, in the New Testament, under the New Covenant, we who claim to believe in Jesus Christ are taught to do what is righteous and good (holy) in the sight of the Lord if we are to have the hope of salvation from sin and eternal life with God.

For belief in Jesus Christ is not something we do by professions of faith in Jesus Christ only. For just because we may claim to believe in Jesus Christ, it doesn’t necessarily mean that we are of biblical faith in Jesus Christ. For, by faith in the Lord Jesus, if our faith is genuine biblical faith, we are crucified with Christ in death to sin, and raised with Christ to walk in newness of life in him, no longer to live as slaves to sin, but now as servants of God and of his righteousness in walks of obedience to our Lord’s commands. But if sin is still our practice, and not obedience, we do not have eternal life with God.

For, in Jesus’ death on that cross, he who knew no sin became sin for us that he might put our sins to death with him. And this was so that, by faith in him, we can now die with him to sin, in his power, and walk in obedience to his commands, in his strength. Because of what Jesus did for us on that cross we can come out from underneath slavery (addiction) to sin, and we can serve the Lord with our lives, in obedience to his commands. We can now live for the Lord, and for his purposes, in the power of God, and no longer live for the sinful pleasures of the flesh, by the grace of God.

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 3:23; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Romans 12:1-2; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10,19-20; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; 2 Corinthians 5:10,15,21; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 10:19-39; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]

And all the glory belongs to God and not to our human flesh. Amen!

Give God the Glory

Based off Psalm 19
An Original Work / March 10, 2014
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love


All of creation now proclaims:
“Give God the glory; honor His name!”
Each day the stars in heav’n above
Show forth His wisdom; tell of His love.

They do not speak. They have no voice.
Yet, they declare we have a choice:
“Worship the God of heav’n above;
Believe in Jesus; trust in His love.”

God’s word is perfect, just and good,
Refreshing souls who trust in the Lord;
Makes wise the simple; radiant -
Lighting our lives with God’s righteousness.

Joy to the heart His words now speak;
Pure and enduring, now we seek.
They are more precious than our gold;
Sweeter than honey; never grow old.

Keeping the word brings great reward.
By the word Jesus speaks and He warns,
Convicting hearts of all their sin;
Forgiving all who call upon Him.

Praying You keep me, Lord, from sins.
May they not rule my life again.
Then will I walk in all Your ways,
Following Jesus all of my days.

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Don’t Put God To The Test
An Original Work / February 1, 2026
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Marriage of Convience

Would you consider having a marriage of convience for practical, economic, business, or nesting reasons?

In another discussion we had on here a point was made that the Bible doesn't tell us to marry the person we love. It tells us to love the person we marry.

I find that as I age, I am less interested in romance, and just thinking about new relationship energy feels exhausting and annoying to me.

I do still want affection, loyalty, devotion, and comfortable companionship. I want to have similar life goals and have a strong desire for a partner who is involved in the same projects, business, or organization with me.

I can't help but wonder if I were to find a compatible companion could we build a life together as a married couple without being "in love."

Does anyone else consider the same thing?

When We Walk By The Way

The following passage of Scripture is from the Old Testament, and it was taught under the Old Covenant God had with his people Israel (Jews only at that time). But some of this is repeated for us under the New Covenant, and the rest of this passage we can learn from, as well. For, "All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work." (2 Timothy 3:16-17 ESV) Amen!

“Hear, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord is one! You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand and they shall be as frontals on your forehead. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.” (Deuteronomy 6:4-9 NASB1995)

And, Jesus Christ, when he was asked which was the great commandment in the law, said: “’You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the great and foremost commandment. The second is like it, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ On these two commandments depend the whole Law and the Prophets.” (Matthew 22:37-40 NASB1995)

And Jesus continued to teach that if we love him, we will keep (obey) his commandments. We will keep (stick to) his word. For, those who do not keep (obey, adhere to) his words do not love Jesus/God. And he said that if we keep his commandments, we abide in his love. But if we do not obey his commandments, and if sin is what we practice, instead, we will not inherit eternal life with God. We will not be saved from our sins and be on our way to heaven if obedience to God is not our practice, and if sin is our practice.

[Matthew 7:13-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 8:51; John 14:15-24; John 15:10; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; 1 Peter 1:2; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 5:9; James 1:21-25; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-15; 1 John 3:1-24; 1 John 4:19-20; 1 John 5:2-3; 2 John 1:6]

Now, love for God is not in words only, or just in song. Love, which comes from God, for he is love, prefers what God prefers. And he prefers all that is holy, righteous, morally pure, upright, godly, faithful, honest, and obedient to his commands. And this love for God chooses his choices to obey them, too, in his power, wisdom, and strength. For if truly we love God with all our heart, mind, soul, and might (strength), we will be those whose lives are surrendered to the Lord, to doing his will, and to obeying his commands.

And if this is true of us, this should not be a private affair that is kept secret from everyone else. It should be obvious by the words that we speak, and by our attitudes, our actions, our behaviors, and by our life choices. And this is not saying that we will be absolutely perfect in all these areas at all times, but this should be how we live, in practice, by the grace of God. And it should be shown outwardly and not inwardly only, for we are to be our Lord’s witnesses throughout the earth, sharing the gospel with the people.

So, we should be living the truth of the gospel, in practice, by the grace of God, and then we should be teaching others the truth of the gospel. We should be teaching our children and grandchildren what it means to believe in Jesus and to live the life he has for us all to live, as his followers. But we must set the example before them, too. For words only mean nothing if they are not followed up with action, and in truth. But words are important, too. For we should be talking about Jesus with other people, in daily practice.

Now, as far as physical displays of faith go, we must be very careful that our outward displays, in the forms of signs and posts and photos and t-shirts with printed words on them, etc., are what we are living, in practice. I have seen some vehicles with “Christian” bumper stickers or pasted signs on their windshields, and then saw the drivers giving someone “the finger,” which is something bad, not good. And, again, I am not saying we will never fail, but that we should be living what we are professing, in daily practice, by habit.

Walking in The Light

Based off 1 John 1-2
An Original Work / November 16, 2011
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love


When I lift up my voice, and
Sing praise unto God,
I will fellowship with my
Lord and Savior, King.
In Him there is no darkness.
He is in the light of truth.
If we walk in His light,
From sin He purifies.

If we repent of our sins,
He’ll forgive us now,
When we humble ourselves, and
Before Jesus bow.
The man who says, “I know Him,”
But does not obey His truth,
There is no truth in him.
In darkness still he’s found.

Do not love the world of sin,
For it is hell bound.
If you follow the world, you’ll
Not in Christ be found.
The world and its desires
Will not last; they’ll expire.
The one who does God’s will,
Receives eternal life.

See that what you have heard from
Christ remains in you.
Then, you’ll remain in Christ, and
In His Father, too.
This is what He promised us –
His eternal life with God.
So, continue in Him, and
You’ll receive a crown.

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Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

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