For the Love of God-Don Carson (December 30)
- Details
- Hits: 5578


From Athanasius’ On the Incarnation of the Word of God (2.8). If you’re looking for a profitable spiritual exercise this Christmas, try reading through this and stopping to praise God for the truth described in each sentence here:
But now He entered the world in a new way, stooping to our level in His love and Self-revealing to us. He saw the reasonable race, the race of men that, like Himself, expressed the Father's Mind, wasting out of existence, and death reigning over all in corruption.
Read more: This He Did Out of Sheer Love By Michael McKinley
As we enter a new year, it is so easy to set goals and make plans according to what we think is best. But as I enter 2013 my heart's desire is that we each know what is in God's heart in 2013. Who does God want to be for each of us in 2013? What part of His character does He want to reveal to us in both the joyful and painful circumstances of our lives? This devotional is an invitation to ask God, "What are You saying to me for the new year? What are You doing in my life? Give me a verse or a prayer for the year. Who do You want to be for me now in this season of my life?"
And now remain these three: faith, hope, and love.
But the greatest of these is love
Listen with your spirit to Romans 8:38-39. "For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord."
We experience a great sense of the wonder, boldness, and overwhelming awe of God through our relationship with the Holy…
Read More
In Freedom of Simplicity Foster gently encourages us to see that our identity, our sense of comfort and security must…
Read More
Wright confronts the perspective that this world doesn’t matter, and that we live only to be in heaven. He shows…
Read More
It is doubtful if, in 1972, those attending one of Jim Cymbala's worship services in a run-down Brooklyn church imagined…
Read More
Bob Dylan in the song Watered-Down Love describes the treacheries of watering down the love that God has for us.…
Read More
Bruce Cockburn’s song Dialogue With The Devil powerfully describes the ease of slipping away from the presence of God and…
Read More
Academy Award nominated film from 1973 about the spiritual awakening of St. Francis of Assisi. The style of the film…
Read More
Amazing Grace is a historical drama about William Wilberforce who was elected to British Parliament at the age of 21…
Read More
“falling in love with God,” as Boa’s subtitle for the facet explains. In this approach we attempt to enter into…
Read More
Our God is not out of breath, because he hath blown one tempest, and swallowed a Navy: Our God hath…
Read More
Chris Tomlin We fall down and lay our crowns At the feet of Jesus The greatness of Your Mercy and…
Read More
Read More
Praise is adoration of God for who He is, His person, His character, His names. It is loving God because…
Read More
What does it mean to be a Christian?
Read More
What does it mean to be a disciple, to follow the disciplines necessary to serve Jesus with our whole heart?
Read More
And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation. Mark 16:15
Read More