To Fear or Not to Fear? You Have a Choice…

To Fear or Not to Fear? You Have a Choice…

 “There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.” 1 John 4:18 One of the most common weaknesses of man is fear. We fear our future, we fear failure, we fear loss, we fear pain, we...
Additional Verses!

Additional Verses!

Good morning, everyone! Since the verses of I John 4 are nearing the end, we wanted to give you the references for the ones we’ll be memorizing after we finish in I John (check back later for verse 18’s post, coming all the way from Australia) . . . here...

Do You Truly Understand?

“God loves you”, we hear it said many times. Do you truly understand what it means to be loved by God? That “God loves you unconditionally, just as you are, not as you should be?” Today’s verse is 1 John 4:17, “Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have...

Dwelling {in} Love

 “And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.” 1 John 4:1 “He that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God.” What does it look like to dwell in love? To dwell...

Supernatural!

“All who declare that Jesus is the Son of God have God living in them, and they live in God.” -1 John 4:15 We have talked a lot about love this far… And I’m not about to change the subject. However, I want to take you to a scene in Revelation chapter 4 for a brief...

Stopping Half-Way

“And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.” I John 4:14 If we stop to think about it, the truth that God sent His son into the world to bring us salvation is mind-blowing! When we look at what Scripture...

His Spirit With{in} Us

Imagine that you were saved from hell, but had no relationship with God. Would it be worth it? If you were in Heaven, but God wasn’t there, would that be eternal life? Something I think we tend to forget is our relationship with Christ. That may sound odd, but I...

THAT Love

“No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.” ~ 1 John 4:12 Sometimes you have to look at a familiar thing in an unfamiliar way. It’s funny how our brains can become so used to hearing...

God = Love

“Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.” I John 4:11 Recently, I took a trip down to South Carolina to visit a friend of mine from college. He and his wife have been married about a year-and-a-half now and were recently blessed with the...

“Settled At the Cross”

“In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.” I John 4:10 Our love for God Do you love God? Have you ever thought about why you love God? Is it just because you are a good person that you naturally...

How Did He Show Us His Love?

Imagine walking thru a graveyard. There’s a dirt road thru the middle, and you walk on it. The winter air is cold as you breathe in, and your breath makes clouds in the air. Snow is falling lightly over the path, and the gravestones have a light sprinkling of...

The Impossible Mission

“The one who does not love does not know God, for God is love” (1 John 4:8). Before Jesus left this earth, He gave us a “new” commandment, which I’m sure many of you are familiar with. You might say, “Yep, we’re supposed to love one another.” Hmm… that’s not quite...