Jesus Christ stretched out His arms of love on the cross so that everyone may come within His saving embrace. So we pray that He would clothe us with His Spirit that we may reach forth our hands in love and bring others to know and love Him. Source: A …
In today’s meditation, we hear from Johann Arndt on “Two Kinds of Human Love.” Here Pastor Arndt contrasts the clean, pure love given by God over against the false, tarnished love of self-serving. Source: Devotions and Prayers of Johann Arndt, selected and translated by John Joseph Stoudt, pages 42-43 (Meditation …
Johann Gerhard has contrasted our love for God with our love for other things—created things and even ourselves. In this fifth and final part of his Meditation IX, “Loving God Alone,” Pastor Gerhard leads us to ponder God’s love for us, which then leads to our love for God. And …
Johann Gerhard has contrasted loving God over against loving created things (Part 1). He has reminded us that created things cannot love …
We live, move, and have our being only in the true God. So we pray that He would guide and govern us …
Today we continue with Johann Gerhard’s Meditation IX, “Loving God Alone.” In this installment, Gerhard leads us to ponder how God’s love …
God has brought us safely to a new day. We pray that He will preserve us from all sin and adversity. Source: …
Almighty God has made all the peoples of the earth to serve Him in freedom and peace. So we pray that He …
In his Meditation IX, “Loving God Alone,” Johann Gerhard contrasts loving God with loving created things (Listen to part 1 here.). In …
Before His passion, our Lord Jesus prayed that His disciples might be one, just as He and the Father are one. So …
