obedience

  1. By_the_Book

    Choice

    Choice I will make sure to keep this short. I know many of the postings here are so so long that it can be a bit much. Therefore, I would like to try to keep my stuff brief, but meaningful. I just want to make a couple of comments about something that God spoke to me many years ago when I...
  2. Christsfreeservant

    Are We Living as Strangers on Earth?

    1 Peter 1:13-16 ESV “Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, but as he who called you...
  3. Christsfreeservant

    The Sheep of His Hand

    Psalms 95:6-7 ESV “Oh come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker! For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand.” In today’s modern market-driven churches, the word “worship” is often closely associated with...
  4. Christsfreeservant

    Ransomed From Inherited Futile Ways

    1 Peter 1:14-21 ESV “As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, since it is written, ‘You shall be holy, for I am holy.’ And if you call on him as Father who judges impartially...
  5. Christsfreeservant

    Willfully Ignorant of God's Righteousness

    Romans 10:1-3 ESV “Brothers, my heart's desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved. For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. For, being ignorant of the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to...
  6. Christsfreeservant

    Casting Our Cares on Him (Poem)

    Casting all our cares on Him, Jesus Christ, our hearts did win, Now surrender all to Him, All our sins are forgiven. Walking in His daily care, Keeps us from sin’s deadly snare, Follow Him where’er He leads, Daily on His word do feed. Fellowshipping with our Lord, Walking with Him, one accord...
  7. Christsfreeservant

    Walking in the Light

    I’m sharing this here with you from my time of personal devotions with my Lord Jesus Christ, for your encouragement. Sue Love 1 John 1:5-10 ESV “This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say we have fellowship...
  8. By_the_Book

    Freedom or No?

    Whether they realize it or not most people feel that freedom is too demanding and too unpredictable. When God's people were led out of slavery into the wilderness, this was their mindset. They complained continually because they feared uncertainty. It is easier for a person to stay mired in...
  9. Christsfreeservant

    They Chart Their Own Course

    I’m sharing this here with you from my time of personal devotions with my Lord Jesus Christ, for your encouragement. Sue Love Hebrews 4:1-7 ESV Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us fear lest any of you should seem to have failed to reach it. For good news came...
  10. Christsfreeservant

    Only the One Doing God's Will

    I’m sharing this here with you from my time of personal devotions with my Lord Jesus Christ, for your encouragement. Sue Love Romans 6:1-6 ESV “What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it? Do you not know...
  11. Christsfreeservant

    Fodder for the Self-Indulgent

    I’m sharing this here with you from my time of personal devotions with my Lord Jesus Christ, for your encouragement. Sue Love Revelation 3:1-6 ESV “And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: ‘The words of him who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars. “‘I know your works. You...
  12. Christsfreeservant

    Because I Love You

    Psalms 103:17-19 ESV “But the steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him, and his righteousness to children's children, to those who keep his covenant and remember to do his commandments. The Lord has established his throne in the heavens...
  13. Christsfreeservant

    Those Who Tempt Others to Sin

    I’m sharing this here with you from my time of personal devotions with my Lord Jesus Christ, for your encouragement. Sue Love Deuteronomy 13:1-3 ESV “If a prophet or a dreamer of dreams arises among you and gives you a sign or a wonder, and the sign or wonder that he tells you comes to pass...
  14. Christsfreeservant

    With the Testing of Time

    With the testing of time, Not are all on God’s side. Many counterfeits here Who of God unaware. Not like they didn’t know, But refused to Him bow, And they put on a show Which was really quite low. They pretend to be His But His word not their Biz. After flesh they do go, And the world they...
  15. Christsfreeservant

    Teaching the Fear of the Lord

    I’m sharing this here with you from my time of personal devotions with my Lord Jesus Christ, for your encouragement. Sue Love Psalms 34:11-14 ESV “Come, O children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord. What man is there who desires life and loves many days, that he may...
  16. Christsfreeservant

    Do Not Forget the Lord

    I’m sharing this here with you from my time of personal devotions with my Lord Jesus Christ, for your encouragement. Sue Love Deuteronomy 6:10-12 ESV “And when the Lord your God brings you into the land that he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give you—with great...
  17. Christsfreeservant

    Not Silent Day or Night

    I’m sharing this here with you from my time of personal devotions with my Lord Jesus Christ, for your encouragement. Sue Love Isaiah 62:1-3 NIV “For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, for Jerusalem’s sake I will not remain quiet, till her vindication shines out like the dawn, her...
  18. Christsfreeservant

    Obedience to God is Key

    I’m sharing this here with you from my time of personal devotions with my Lord Jesus Christ, for your encouragement. Sue Love Summary of the book of 1 John We read in 1 John 1 that if we claim to be in fellowship (partnership, relationship) with God (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit), via genuine...
  19. Christsfreeservant

    Sincerity of Faith

    Sincerity of faith, what does that look like? – Believing in Jesus, doing what He says. Looking in your mirror, what do you look like? Walking with Jesus Christ? Or spiritually dead? From your sins repented? Or still live in sin? Walking in obedience? Saying “No!” to sin? Walking the narrow...
  20. Christsfreeservant

    What Ought You To Be?

    I’m sharing this here with you from my time of personal devotions with my Lord Jesus Christ, for your encouragement. Sue Love 2 Peter 3:10-16 ESV “But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and...