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what I’m meditating on today

Michael

“Hear, O Israel: The Lord 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.” Deuteronomy 6:4-5 “And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments. Whoever says ‘I know him’ but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him, but whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may know that we are in him: whoever says he abides … Continue reading what I’m meditating on today

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something to meditate on

Michael

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love. We love, because He first loved us. If someone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for the one who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen. And this commandment we have from Him, that the one who loves God should love his brother also. Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God; and whoever loves … Continue reading something to meditate on

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Mirror of Love

Michael

Love is patient. Love is kind. Love God. Love people…ALL people. Love selflessly. Love sacrificially. Love unconditionally. ~ What about this one – love genuinely?? ~ I feel my own heart convicted on this matter, hence the post on a blog that is titled beholding HIS glory. ~ I have always been fascinated with mirrors. God truly gave man a gift in creating such unique objects. In the end, these amusing devices make for a great illustration. Paul tells the church at Ephesus to be imitators of God. (Eph. 5:1) God IS Love! (1 Jn. 4:8, 16) He loved us … Continue reading Mirror of Love