Author: E.Smith
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Free Love
“… freely ye have received, freely give.” Matt 10:8 The term “free love” has a lot of meanings in our world. Today free love can refer to the sexual revolution and experimentation of the 1960s and 70s, or to the earlier 19th century social movement focused on freeing romance, marriage, sexuality, and birth control from…
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This Love, Pt 2
“Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.” 1 John 4:11 RSV The love of the Godhead for each other is full, complete, selfless, empowering, and freeing all at once. They would do anything for each other to support their growth In the marriage relationship Christians are to illustrate the…
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This Love
“In this is love, not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the expiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.” 1 John 4:10-11 RSV Have you ever wondered what selfless love means or what it looks like?…
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All the Fullness
“For in him dwells all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.” Colossians 2:9 This verse is amazing to me. It’s a mystery of the highest kind. In Christ’s human body dwells all the fullness of God. All the love, the wisdom, and the power of the Father, the Word, and the Spirit, are at…
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Selfless and Unified
There is no fear in love. But perfect love casts out fear because fear has torment. 1 John 4:18 What is love? Desire does what feels good for self in the moment, while love does what is best for another. Beyond that, selfless love does what’s best for another at any cost to the self.…
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Face the fear
…Perfect love casts out fear, because fear has torment… 1 John 4:18 My heart is recovering. God had to break my heart in order to call out my fear. Then I had to look at it until I could see it from God’s perspective: tragic and painful, but small. There is no fear bigger than…
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No Fear
“There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has torment. He who fears is not made perfect in love.” I John 4:18 I have lived in this verse for many years. I’ve tried to love others perfectly but I was afraid of choices they could make that might hurt…
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What love!
“See what love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God…” 1 John 3:1 NIV I’ve recently developed a new favorite experience: listening to God tell me how much He loves someone. It’s like watching a baby light up when he sees a new toy, or a child discover…
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Selfless Love
“Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” John 15:13 Selfless love is rare if not impossible, but it is no longer a mystery to me. I know where it comes from. You cannot love selflessly unless you know you are loved selflessly. Human beings are…
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Loved, Healed, Transformed
You are chosen.You are treasured, cherished.You are wanted, desired, needed.You are sought for, chased down, found.You are bought, ransomed.You are secured, defended.Loved. Now?You are amazing.You are awake, alive!You are charged, energized, electrified,You are mended, un-bended, un-ended.You are rested, repaired, restored, relieved.You have purpose. Life has meaning.You are happy, whole.Healed. AlreadyYou are changing.You are different. Not…
