Comments on: here it is. true freedom.

By: l a r a w i l l i a m s

l a r a w i l l i a m s — Tue, 13 Jan 2015 03:33:00 +0000

In reply to Sarah. I know. On paper is always so much easier than lived out. So. much. easier. Only by His grace and in the minute to minute submission. Help us, Lord.

By: l a r a w i l l i a m s

l a r a w i l l i a m s — Tue, 13 Jan 2015 03:29:00 +0000

In reply to Denise. So amazing, Denise. Thank you so much for sharing. You are a blessing.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 09 Jan 2015 16:29:00 +0000

In reply to Denise. Beautiful testimony, Denise!

By: Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 09 Jan 2015 16:21:00 +0000

I’m completely with you on this (or with God on this, I suppose). On paper. But I have no idea what or how to make this real in my day to day. That’s what I’m asking God to help me with in 2015!

By: Denise

Denise — Fri, 09 Jan 2015 15:55:00 +0000

It took me a loooooooong time to finally get this “which comes first the chicken or the egg” teaching from God. I kept trying and trying harder to love like 1 Cor. 13 defines love. That Scripture was a reading at our wedding 52 years ago. God’s message finally became clear to this slow learner that I cannot unconditionally love anyone-only He can do that. I finally grasped that I needed to learn how to receive God’s love from Him first before I would be supplied to give it to others. Why? Because God is the only Source of unconditional (agape) love. Until I let Him patiently unclog my pipes to receive it, I had no other source. Clogged pipes came from teaching that convinced me I wasn’t good enough, worthy enough, valuable enough to be loved by God like that. It took me years to believe God’s words that declared I already was because of my faith in Jesus. As the years pass and I desperately desire for the lost in my family to know my Jesus, the clearer God continues to whisper, “Receive my love and together we can love them well.”