Love each other deeply with all your heart. You were cleansed from your sins when you obeyed the truth, so now you must show sincere love to each other as brothers and sisters. Have you ever sensed God’s love when you thought about the Holy Spirit indwelling your heart?.According to this passage, how can you know God dearly loves you?.When you don’t know what to think of your circumstances, one thing you can say is “For we know how dearly God loves us.” God’s love is something you can hang your hope on!.Notice the phrase “this hope.” What hope?.What are they? If you look at these attributes as building blocks, each one foundational in building the next, what does your chart look like? This passage shows more reasons to rejoice. Let’s continue thinking about rejoicing from the last verse.For we know how dearly God loves us, because he has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love. And this hope will not lead to disappointment. We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance. And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation. Not everyone can sing or feels like singing, but in light of this verse, can you find a private place to sing out to the Lord?.In what does the psalmist rejoice? Do you rejoice when you think of what it takes for God to save us?.In what did the psalmist trust? When you focus on God’s steadfast love, does it help you to trust Him more?.I will sing to the Lord, because he has dealt bountifully with me. What are we supposed to do with our hearts? (Two different commands in the passage.)īut I have trusted in your steadfast love my heart shall rejoice in your salvation.This book is considered one of the minor prophets. Don’t tear your clothing in your grief, but tear your hearts instead.” Return to the Lord your God, for he is merciful and compassionate, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love. Come with fasting, weeping, and mourning.
That is why the Lord says, “Turn to me now, while there is time. In this week’s heart study, let’s see how love provides something we can hang our hope on. It seems the step that leads to a new normal is to purge and purify. Or maybe they’re not waking up and it’s more like sleepwalking. People look like they are waking up from a long sleep. Even today, post-traumatic stress disorder is rampant. My friends with over five feet of water in their homes had to gut it all out and start over or sell it for next to nothing and find another home. My bathtub needed attention because the water reservoir I had saved up grew yuckies (so much for “clean” water!). Thankfully, I only had to clean my moldy freezer and refrigerator. The first week the stores opened after the roads were clear, we all clamored to get the basics. It’s still going on today, over five months later. After Hurricane Harvey, we began the clean-up effort.
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