God’s Consolations and Mercies — Consolation

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all consolation, who consoles us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to console those who are in any affliction with the consolation with which we ourselves are consoled by God.   (2 Cor. …

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Trusting in Jesus’ Love for You

Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.   (John 13:1) Today’s scripture says that Jesus loved his disciples “to the end.” This means that there would never be any end, any lessening, any withdrawing, or any dampening to the love He had for them. Today’s scripture also suggests …

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How Christ Loved the Church

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her…  (Eph. 5:25) Today’s scripture follows one of the most misunderstood and misused lines in the bible: “Wives, be subject to your husbands as you are to the Lord” (v. 22). Since I’m a husband, I’m not going to try …

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The Love of God Through Christ Jesus

No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.  For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, not things present, nor things to come, nor powers, not height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the …

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