An Unconditional Non-Condemning Love (Lent 25, 2024)

Frankly, none of us have experienced unconditional non-condemning love in our lives apart from God.  Even the best parents, spouse of the year, or Hallmark family can’t perform to the level of unconditional love, all the time.  But God can. Loving people is hard work.  We’re a pretty unlovable lot.  Motivated by self-interest and agenda, […]

March 13, 2024 in Articles and Devotionals, Devotionals by

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Healing (Lent 24, 2024)

There is nothing in this world more healing to the soul than being fully known—for all your sins, flaws, mistakes, bad judgments, poor decisions, lifestyle choices, the deepest, darkest secrets that you don’t want anyone to know—and yet amazingly, to be fully loved with infinite, unconditional love because God created you in His Image.  The […]

March 12, 2024 in Articles and Devotionals, Devotionals by

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Justice Meets Mercy (Lent 23, 2024)

It’s such a beautiful thing!  Though we were thoroughly condemnable on account of sin, and God has full power to condemn us, He does not.  Instead, He made a way for the two facets of His own love to be displayed simultaneously without conflict.  Justice meets mercy. For the wages of sin is death, but […]

March 11, 2024 in Articles and Devotionals, Devotionals by

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Sabbath 4, Lent 2024

This year’s Lent Devotional Series “Seeing His Love with New Eyes” resumes tomorrow after today’s Sabbath rest to meditate and worship. Today, reflect on the faithfulness and certainty of God’s love.

March 10, 2024 in Articles and Devotionals, Devotionals by

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Certain Evidence (Lent 22, 2024)

Jesus had no problem acknowledging His Father’s love for Him and us. John 17:22 I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one– 23 I in them and you in me– so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know […]

March 9, 2024 in Articles and Devotionals, Devotionals by

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Supremely Sacrificial Love (Lent 21, 2024)

Jesus states the reason the Father loves Him.  It’s because He lays down His life in obedience to God’s command.  “The reason my Father loves me is that I lay down my life– only to take it up again. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I […]

March 8, 2024 in Articles and Devotionals, Devotionals by

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God’s Covenant of Love (Lent 20, 2024)

Never once, does Jesus say, “If you do this, only then I will love you.”  Nor does God say “If only people will obey me, then will I love them.”  God’s side is unconditional. It was a covenant of love as a one-sided promise from God. But God’s unconditional love comes with a response when […]

March 7, 2024 in Articles and Devotionals, Devotionals by

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The Son Loves the Father (Lent 19, 2024)

Only once to my knowledge does Scripture say Jesus loves the Father.   Don’t you find that odd?  He is recorded as loving His disciples (John 13:1) with a particular one who referred to himself as the disciple Jesus loved (John 13:23). He is recorded as loving Martha, her sister, and Lazarus (John 11:5).  Jesus lets […]

March 6, 2024 in Articles and Devotionals, Devotionals by

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Love Revealed (Lent 18, 2024)

John 17:3“Now this is eternal life: that they know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent. 4 I have brought You glory on earth by finishing the work You gave Me to do. 5 And now, Father, glorify Me in Your presence with the glory I had with You before […]

March 5, 2024 in Articles and Devotionals, Devotionals by

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Exact Representation (Lent 17, 2024)

God is love so immense, eternal, powerful, pure, holy, and infinite that we couldn’t take it in were it to be blasted upon us full strength.  Jesus is God and is love filtered for our understanding.  Jesus is every bit immense, eternal, powerful, pure, holy, and infinite as is God the Father, but His humanity […]

March 4, 2024 in Articles and Devotionals, Devotionals by

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