Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends (John 15:13, KJV) No word in human history has captivated humanity as the four-lettered word “love.” And that is for a reason. We are created for relationships, with God and with each other. Love is at the core Read More
God's love
He Who Touches you Touches the Apple of His Eye
For thus said the LORD of hosts, after his glory sent me to the nations who plundered you, for he who touches you touches the apple of his eye (Zech. 2:8 ESV) The idiom “ apple of the eye” is used in the scriptures to refer to something that is precious. For example, the Lord Read More
He Groaned in the Spirit
When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled (Jn. 11:33 KJV) The verse above gives us a description of the emotional response of Jesus when He came to Bethany where Lazarus His friend had just died. The scripture says when Read More
The Prodigal Son: the main message
And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him (Lk. 15:20 KJV) There is indeed a lot that could and has been said about the parable of the prodigal son. Read More
God commendeth his love toward us
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us (Rom. 5:8 KJV) Love, by it’s very nature, has to be demonstrated in some way. The same is true about faith. If we say we have faith and do not have any works that corroborate our faith, Read More
God’s love heals the brokenness in our hearts
For God so loved the world… (Jn. 3:16 KJV) The two words”loved” and “the world” might appear to have been mistakenly placed next to each other. It is almost as though light was brought close to darkness. Yet the scripture above tells us that “God so loved the world”. Just in case you were not Read More
He knows and calls you by your name
Jesus said to her, “Mary!” She turned and said to Him in Hebrew, “Rabboni!” (which means, Teacher). (Jn. 20:16 NAS) The verse above gives us an interesting narration of what happened early resurrection morning. When the body of Jesus was not found in the tomb, Mary stayed back, weeping outside the tomb. Jesus came behind Read More
Rest in the love of God for you today
But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. (Rom. 5:8 NAS) The love of God is the healing balm for our troubled souls on this earth. It is sad that we sometimes think of the love of God more as a doctrine that should Read More