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 us back, but God does (Part 2). And last time Gerhard led us to meditate on God’s love leading us to know Him (Part 3). In today’s part …
Here we continue with Johann Gerhard’s Meditation IX, “Loving God Alone.” In this installment, Gerhard leads us to ponder how God’s love leads us to a saving knowledge of Him and when loving God alone will be perfected. (Listen to Part 1 and Part 2.) Source: Sacred Meditations by Johann …
In his Meditation IX, “Loving God Alone,” Johann Gerhard contrasts loving God with loving created things (Part 1). In today’s installment of …
Johann Gerhard begins his Meditation IX–“Loving God Alone”–by declaring, “May love bind thee fast to the Lord.” Here is part one of …
This week we pray that God’s grace may always go before us and follow after us so that we may live lives …
In our previous meditation, Johann Starck led us in acknowledging the constant goodness of God (Listen here.). In today’s meditation, we pray …
“The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; His mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is …
After pondering how angels were interested in the life of Christ and how they protect us as they protected saints in the …
In Part 2 of “The Guardianship of Angels,” Johann Gerhard draws from the angels in the Bible to comfort us in their …
