LOVE
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Daily Reading: 1 John 3 In this chapter the apostle John seems intent on proclaiming the message of God’s lavish love towards us. He frames everything else he writes with the great, central truth of the Christian gospel – our belovedness: 1See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be
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Daily Reading: John 3:1-21 Why did Jesus come to earth? That’s the sort of question a preacher might ask the congregation and then be met by stony glares. There are just so many possible answers that everyone knows that the particular answer they shout out is highly unlikely to be exactly the one the preacher
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Daily Reading: Isaiah 63:7-19 This complex prophetic word through Isaiah contains much to ponder, but our focus for today is particularly on what it reveals about what it calls “the steadfast love of the Lord“. Verse 7 explains that what follows is a recounting of the praiseworthy ways God’s steadfast love has been expressed. It’s
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Daily Reading: Psalm 36 Yesterday, Psalm 33 announced the unfailing love of God for all humanity, and how He has fashioned each human being individually, in love. Today Psalm 36 particularly points to the generous love of God which is poured out when someone turns to God in faith and “takes refuge” in Him. 7 How
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For this final week of Advent 2023 our attention shifts to the theme of LOVE – God’s love. Daily Reading: Psalm 33 “The earth is full of His unfailing love!” (v.5) The apostle John proclaimed in 1 John 4:8 that God is love. Here Psalm 33 declares that He has written His character into His
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