A message from the series “The Love of God.” God did not spare His own Son, but gave Him up for us all. This is the greatest display of love of all. It is fitting, then, that He calls us to practice laying our own lives down for Him as a daily, living sacrifice. Will I make the offering? Could I make the ultimate sacrifice?

A message from the series “The Love of God.” Jesus warned His followers to be careful not to hold family, friends, or possessions above Him. Our love for Him must make our earthly affections look like hatred by comparison. Will we refuse to put them above Him when they are in conflict with each other?

A message from the series “The Love of God.” God will never turn His love away from us, but we can walk away! We keep ourselves under the canopy of His love through obedience. From start to finish, God has made His message clear: if we are going to be in a relationship with Him, we have to submit to His Word.

A message from the series “The Love of God.” If we are in Christ, the love of God has already been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit. Even so, for many of us, there is a great need to experience that inner outpouring in a baptism of love in which the Holy Spirit makes God’s love real to us and through us.

A message from the series “The Love of God.” People will rarely give up their life for anyone or anything, though for a righteous man, someone might dare to die. But God demonstrates His own love for us in this: that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

A message from the series “Little Foxes.” Jesus said to beware the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. A little leaven leavens the whole lump, and then we have become something we never intended to be. On the other hand, the leaven of the Kingdom also can spread throughout us and redeem our brokenness for God’s glory.