You Shall Be My People


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An Inductive Study for the Purposes of Sanctification and Discipleship




God's Unfailing Love


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God's Unfailing Love "For God so loved the world, that He gave his one and only son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life." -John 3:16 (NIV) This devotional was born and written from scripture, prayer, and listening to the Holy Spirit. As you read, let the love of God inspire and encourage your heart, spirit, and mind. Since life has many twists and turns, let the words of this devotional bring you peace and comfort. In reading these words and praying these prayers, expect God to deepen your experience and relationship with him. The power of God's love is like no other love, and it can be trusted because it is constant, unmovable, unconditional, and everlasting. As you sit in the presence of the Lord Jesus Christ, let him draw you near, embracing you in "God's unfailing love." In writing this devotional, it allowed me the opportunity to share the love of God with others, and this devotional guide can be used any and all times. I would like to give special thanks and gratitude to my husband for his support and sister, Norma Cook, for her support, editing, and mentoring every step of the way. And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God's Love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow-not even the powers of hell can separate us from God's love. No power in the sky above or in the earth below-indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord. ––Roman 8:38–39 (NIV)







Unfailing Love


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Few women are better at communicating contagious enthusiasm for the truths of Scripture than bestselling author Karol Ladd. Exploring 1 John with her readers, Karol puts her finger on the longing for faithful and fulfilling love that’s deep inside every woman’s heart. Step by step, Karol helps her readers understand what happens when they embrace the truth of God’s love: They can experience His joy, strength, and comfort in daily life. They are transformed, because His love changes the way they see themselves. They begin to think differently about their circumstances and the people in their life. They can express His love to others through their words and actions, shining His light in dark places. As readers see the apostle John’s picture of how God is Light, Love, and Life, they will experience how He gives meaning to their existence, victory over their discouragements, and hope to the world.




Steadfast Love


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"Sometimes He wrings the worship from our hearts." There are times when worship overflows easily and effortlessly from a heart full of gratitude and praise. Yet, there are other times when God seems far and we feel we have nothing left to offer. We are tired, or thirsty, or imprisoned in our own chains through our own devices, or caught in the waves of a tumultuous sea. This is when God shows us His steadfast love. He wraps His eternally powerful, ultimately creative, nail-scarred hands around our hearts and squeezes with appropriate might—yielding an honest plea for Him to save us and deliver us from our circumstances, fears, and self control. And He does. He initiates with His steadfast love, and responds with the same. Walk with Lauren as she shares what she has learned of the steadfast love of the Lord.




Radical


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New York Times bestseller What is Jesus worth to you? It's easy for American Christians to forget how Jesus said his followers would actually live, what their new lifestyle would actually look like. They would, he said, leave behind security, money, convenience, even family for him. They would abandon everything for the gospel. They would take up their crosses daily... But who do you know who lives like that? Do you? In Radical, David Platt challenges you to consider with an open heart how we have manipulated the gospel to fit our cultural preferences. He shows what Jesus actually said about being his disciple--then invites you to believe and obey what you have heard. And he tells the dramatic story of what is happening as a "successful" suburban church decides to get serious about the gospel according to Jesus. Finally, he urges you to join in The Radical Experiment -- a one-year journey in authentic discipleship that will transform how you live in a world that desperately needs the Good News Jesus came to bring.




Her Unfailing Faith...God's Unfailing Love


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She was nineteen years old, just finished her first year of college, and her future was overflowing with possibilities. That's what she thought until that tragic night, the night when her future came to a screeching halt and her car was struck by a drunk driver. Nothing could have prepared her for the turn of events that quickly followed. Excruciating pain, paralysis, emergency surgery, and then the fateful words she had to hear. "I'm sorry, you will never walk again."Kay Loy Avers was now a paraplegic. Despair, anguish, fear, anger. Kay Loy was experiencing all these emotions. These emotions could have overcome her. However, she had an incredible Comforter by her side, and His love was unfailing. Read and experience the miraculous true life story of Kay Loy and see how time and again God showed His extraordinary power. Journey with her and be inspired by her faith in Jesus; be overwhelmed by God's miracles. If you're faith needs strengthened, Kay Loy's story will encourage you that God hears and answers ours prayers. This is the true life story of Kay Loy Avers Smith written through the eyes of her daughter, Kim Smith Davis. "Her Unfailing Faith, God's Unfailing Love", chronicles the physical, spiritual and emotional battles and victories that Kay Loy endured throughout her life beginning with a drunk driver paralyzing her at the age of 19. Kim Smith Davis shares intimate details of Kay Loy's life and how through a tragic accident, Kay Loy's spiritual walk with the Lord became closer as the Lord began to perform one miracle after another and how God's love was unfailing. Although Kay Loy faced paralysis, multiple back surgeries, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Pulmonary Embolism, Crohn's Disease, and much more, her faith never failed. Kay Loy Avers Smith clung to 2 Corinthians 4:16. "Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day."(NIV)




The Unfailing Love of God


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The God Who Loves


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"God is love." It's the most basic definition of God in Scriptures, but so profound that it's often misunderstood. In this probing book, a brilliant Bible expositor brings us into the very heart of God by answering such questions as: If God is love, how could He send anyone to hell? What's the difference between the loving God of the New Testament and the angry God of the Old Testament? If God is love, why did He require His Son to die such a cruel death on the Cross? How can God be both loving and jealous? The author argues against the two polar views of God as a sentimental grandfather whose doting love could not bring him to punishment of the disobedient and God as an angry tyrant who would rule by threats. "Both extremes paint a distorted picture of God and further confuse the issue of understanding God's love," Dr. MacArthur writes. He insists that what God loves is actually defined by what He hates, and that neither His love nor His wrath can be understood in isolation from the other. Although the author is clearly aware of the way great men have grappled with these issues in the history of the Church, his doctrinal presentations arise more from the biblical text than from dogmatic theology. He examines in detail the way John?"the apostle of love"?treats love in his First Epistle, then fleshes out the doctrine of God's love in vivid representations of real people interacting with divine love.