Life’s Real Journey Blog

“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 mind-blowing...

“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...

“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...

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 white...

“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...

“Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.” 1 John 4:7 This is a packed little verse. All in one sentence we are exhorted to love one another (“Beloved, let us love one another”), told where love...

Congratulations you’ve made it to day six! I’m thrilled to share with you some insights God gave me as I was meditating and studying this verse. Grab a blanket and a cup of joe (personally I prefer hot chocolate with lots of whip cream.) 🙂 And let’s jump into things....

“They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.” 1 John 4:5 Well I must say, this was an interesting verse to write on! 🙂 The best thing I did was to take a look at how it fits into the whole message of 1 John. I highly...

So we are memorizing this chapter about God’s love and for some reason the first 6 verses talk about spirits and antichrists! Hmmm?? Why would that be? Well consider for a moment what love is? It’s a wonderful feeling of appreciation or emotional attachment to someone...

“And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.” – 1 John 4:3 Imagine this scenario: A man in your...