- Follow FOR THE LOVE OF GOD on WordPress.com
Category Titles
- 'Nuff Said!
- Anecdotal Stories
- Bible Insights
- Classic Devotionals
- Classic Poetry
- Daily Devotional
- Essential Insights on Faith
- Expository Teaching
- Faith From The Beginning
- Food For Thought
- Great Sermons From The Past
- Holiday Inspiration
- Inspirational Quotes
- Life In Focus
- Pastor's Desk
- Poetic Praise
- Praise The Lord
- Prayer and Praise
- Prophetic Words
- Ramblings and/or Info
- Reflecting With God
- Spiritual Nuggets
- Vintage Messages
-
Recent Posts
Archives
Tag Archives: God
Father, Forgive Me
Posted on Facebook by Sister in Christ, Arlene Ames O’Leary
Posted in Prayer and Praise
Tagged Bible Teaching, Choices, Christ Jesus, Faith, Faithfulness, Father Forgive, Forgiveness, God, God's Love, Grace, Heavenly Father, Inspiration, Jesus, Lord, Love, Praise, Prayer, Repentance, Spiritual Intimacy, Strength, Truth
Leave a comment
Confused By The Confusion?
I think I have made it clear in my writings in the past that I won’t debate Scripture. Usually one or both parties have their mind made up and won’t be open anyway to an alternative idea, whether or not … Continue reading
Posted in Pastor's Desk
Tagged 1 John, 1 Peter, Agape, Agape Love, Apostle John, Apostle Paul, Bible, Bible Teaching, Choices, Christ Jesus, Christian, Christianity, Faithfulness, Forgiveness, Galatians, God, God's Love, Heavenly Father, Hope, Inspiration, James, Jesus, Light, Love, Mark, Matthew, Mercy, Pastor, Proverbs, Psalms, Romans, Scripture, Scriptures, Spiritual Warfare, Spiritual Warrior, Strength, Teaching, Truth, Warriors, Word of God
3 Comments
I Don’t Just Tell You . . .
This is a personal poem from Mike to his beloved, YET, it is a perfect example of how God, our Heavenly Father, is to His Bride, the Church of Christ Jesus! I don’t just tell you that I love you, … Continue reading
Posted in Poetic Praise
Tagged Bible Teaching, Body of Christ, Choices, Christ Jesus, Communication, Encouragement, God, God's Love, Heavenly Father, Holy Bible, I Love You, Inspiration, Jesus, Lord, Love, Love in Action, Love in Word, Mike Armijo, Poetic Praise, Poetry, Praise, Relationship, Relationships, Teaching, Truth, Word of God
Leave a comment
I John 2:18-19
1 John 2:18-19, “Little children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come, by which we know that it is the last hour. They went out from … Continue reading
Posted in Expository Teaching
Tagged 1 John, Apostasy, Bible, Bible Teaching, Choices, Christ Jesus, Christian, Christianity, Church, Encouragement, Expository Teaching, Faith, Faithfulness, False Prophets, God, God's Love, Holy Scripture, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Jesus, Lord, Love, Lust, Mockers, Scoffers, Scripture, Scriptures, Spirituality, Teaching, Truth, Word of God
Leave a comment
Confess To God
I have been following this Sister in Christ’s poetry on Facebook for quite a while now and as so many of you know, I love inspirational poetry though I have no talent to write it myself. I was able to … Continue reading
Posted in Poetic Praise
Tagged Bible Teaching, Blessings, Choices, Christianity, Confession, God, Grace, Holy Name, Hope, Inspiration, Joy, Love of God, Poetic Praise, Poetry, Praise, Repentance, Teaching, Truth, Wendy L. Macdonald, Word of God
1 Comment
Taking Jesus Seriously?
John 3:16-18 “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the … Continue reading
Posted in 'Nuff Said!
Tagged Bible, Bible Teaching, Choices, Christ Jesus, Encouragement, Faithfulness, God, God's Love, Grace, Holy Bible, Holy Scripture, Holy Word, Hope, Inspiration, Jesus, John, Lord, Love, Redemption, Salvation, Saved, Scripture, Scriptures, Teaching, Truth, Word of God, World
1 Comment
Happy & Joyous Father’s Day
I have been told often, believe it or not, that I spiritualize too much or over spiritualize everything. My reply has always been the same. I politely answer the person telling me this (and sometimes it has been Pastors), “that … Continue reading
Posted in Pastor's Desk
Tagged 1 Corinthians, 1 John, 1 Peter, Bible, Deuteronomy, Encouragement, Ephesians, Father, Father God, Father's Day, God, God the Father, God's Love, Happy, Happy & Joyous, Heavenly Father, Holy Bible, Holy Scripture, Holy Spirit, Holy Word, Inspiration, Isaiah, Jesus, John, Joyous, Lord, Love, Malachi, Relationship, Romans, Scripture, Scriptures, Spiritual, Truth, Word of God
4 Comments
Prayer For Peace & Calm
2 Timothy 1:7, “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.” *This was inspired by my young niece Paden Rose from her Facebook Post. (I did a … Continue reading
Posted in Prayer and Praise
Tagged 1 Timothy, Bible, Calmness, Communion, Encouragement, Faithfulness, God, God's Love, Holy Bible, Holy Scripture, Holy Word, Hope, Inspiration, Jesus, Lord, Peace, Prayer, Spirituality, Strength, Truth, Word of God
1 Comment
Simply, Faith
Every so often, I still find myself having to explain faith to someone and especially when that someone has made faith so much more complicated than it needs to be. Let’s set a foundation for the simplicity of faith first. … Continue reading
Posted in Pastor's Desk
Tagged 1 Corinthians, Bible, Bible Teaching, Christ Jesus, Christianity, Daniel, Encouragement, Faith, Faithfulness, God, God's Love, Heavenly Father, Hebrews, Holy Bible, Holy Scripture, Holy Spirit, Holy Word, Inspiration, Jesus, Lord, Luke, Matthew, Relationship, Romans, Scripture, Scriptures, Spiritual, Spiritual Intimacy, Spirituality, Teaching, Truth, Word of God
Leave a comment
Woe To Them!
Isaiah 5:20, Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! 21 Woe to those who are wise in their own … Continue reading
Posted in 'Nuff Said!
Tagged Bible, Bible Teaching, Choices, Encouragement, Faith, Faithfulness, God, God's Love, Holy Bible, Holy Scripture, Holy Spirit, Holy Word, Isaiah, Religion, Scripture, Scriptures, Spiritual, Spirituality, Teaching, Truth, Word of God
1 Comment
Giving Thanks Continually!
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18, “Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” Ephesians 5:20, “. . . giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in … Continue reading
Posted in 'Nuff Said!
Tagged 1 Thessalonians, Bible, Bible Teaching, Choices, Encouragement, Ephesians, Faithfulness, Giving Thanks, God, God's Love, Holy Bible, Holy Scripture, Holy Word, Lord, Love, Scripture, Scriptures, Spiritual, Spirituality, Teaching, Truth, Word of God
1 Comment
But What About Grace?
About 3 weeks ago, I wrote an article entitled “Christians: WAKE UP!!” It was a pretty direct and pretty firm expose on the present-day “brick and mortar” church condition, most notably in the United States. I followed it with “But … Continue reading
Posted in Pastor's Desk
Tagged 1 John, Bible, Bible Teaching, Choices, Christ Jesus, Christian, Christianity, Church, Encouragement, Faith, Faithfulness, God, God's Love, Grace, Heavenly Father, Holy Bible, Holy Scripture, Holy Spirit, Holy Word, Jesus, Law, Lord, Matthew 7, Mercy, Romans, Scripture, Scriptures, Spiritual, Spirituality, Teaching, Truth, Word of God
Leave a comment
Weapons of Our Warfare
2 Corinthians 10:4-6, For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity … Continue reading
Posted in 'Nuff Said!
Tagged 2 Corinthians, Bible, Bible Teaching, Christianity, Church, Encouragement, Enemies, Ephesians, Faithfulness, God, Holy Bible, Holy Scripture, Holy Word, Inspiration, Lion of Judah, Lord, Principalities, Scriptures, Spirituality, Strength, Teaching, Truth, Warriors, Word of God
Leave a comment
But What About Hope?
Galatians 5:13, For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. 14-15, For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: … Continue reading
Posted in Pastor's Desk
Tagged 1 Corinthians, 1 John, 1 Peter, 2 Corinthians, 2 Peter, Acts, Bible, Bible Teaching, Christ Jesus, Christian, Christianity, Christians: WAKE UP!, Church, Faith, Faithfulness, Future Hope, Galatians, God, God's Love, Grace, Heavenly Father, Hebrews, Heirs To The Kingdom, Holiness, Holy, Holy Bible, Holy Scripture, Holy Spirit, Holy Word, Hope, Jesus, Job, John, Kingdom, Leviticus, Lord, Love, Nothing Is Impossible With God, Proverbs, Psalms, Religion, Romans, Scripture, Scriptures, Spiritual, Spirituality, Teaching, Truth, Word of God
1 Comment
Christians: WAKE UP!!
*DISCLAIMER: I know this is exceedingly long, but it is what the Holy Spirit has been speaking to me for these last several months while He told me to wait, watch, listen and pray. I was going to break it … Continue reading
Posted in Pastor's Desk
Tagged "Asleep In The Light", Bible, Bible Teaching, Christ Jesus, Christianity, Church, Faith, Faithfulness, God, God's Love, Grace, Heavenly Father, Holy Bible, Holy Scripture, Holy Spirit, Holy Word, Hope, Inspiration, Jesus, Keith Green, Lord, Love, Ministry, Prayer, Prophecy, Prophecy Fulfilled, Prophet, Relationship, Religion, Scripture, Scriptures, Spiritual Intimacy, Spirituality, Teaching, Truth, Word of God
4 Comments
Living In The Valleys
Psalm 23:4, “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; For You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.” The other day I was talking with a … Continue reading
Posted in Pastor's Desk
Tagged Bible, Bible Teaching, Christ Jesus, Discipline, Encouragement, Faith, Faithfulness, Fear, God, God's Love, Great Shepherd, Heavenly Father, Holy Bible, Holy Scripture, Holy Spirit, Holy Word, Inspiration, Jesus, Leading, Lord, Love, Mountain-Top, No Evil, Protection, Psalms, Rod and Staff, Scripture, Scriptures, Shadow of Death, Sheep, Strength, Teaching, Thou Are With Me, Truth, Valleys, Word of God
Leave a comment
I John 2:16-17
1 John 2:16-17, “For all that is in the world–the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life–is not of the Father but is of the world. And the world is passing away, and … Continue reading
Posted in Expository Teaching
Tagged 2 Corinthians, Abiding, Adam and Eve, Bible, Bible Teaching, Choices, Christ Jesus, Christian, Christianity, Communion, D.L. Moody, Devil, Dwight L. Moody, Encouragement, Ephesians, Faith, Faithfulness, God, God's Love, Grace, Heavenly Father, Holy Bible, Holy Scripture, Holy Spirit, Holy Word, Hope, Inspiration, James, Jesus, Job, Lord, Love, Philippians, Revelation, Scripture, Scriptures, Self-Centeredness, Selfishness, Spiritual, Spirituality, Strength, Teaching, Truth, Word of God
Leave a comment
Repentance Removes Obstacles
Psalm 51 For the choir director: A psalm of David, regarding the time Nathan the prophet came to him after David had committed adultery with Bathsheba. 1 Have mercy on me, O God, because of your unfailing love. Because of … Continue reading
Posted in Food For Thought
Tagged Bathsheba, Bible, Bible Teaching, David, Faithfulness, God, God's Love, Grace, Heavenly Father, Holy Bible, Holy Scripture, Holy Word, Hope, Iniquity, Inspiration, King David, Lord, Love, Nathan, Obstacles, Psalm 51, Psalms, Repentance, Repentance Removes Obstacles, Scripture, Scriptures, Sin, Spiritual Intimacy, Strength, Teaching, Truth, Word of God
Leave a comment
Life Happens!
Hebrews: 11:1, “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” 11:6, “But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that … Continue reading
Posted in Pastor's Desk
Tagged 2 Corinthians, Bible, Bible Teaching, Choices, Christ Jesus, Christian, Christianity, Communion, Encouragement, Exodus, Faith, False Doctrine, False Teachers, False Teaching, God, God's Love, Grace, Heavenly Father, Hebrews, Holy Bible, Holy Scripture, Holy Spirit, Holy Word, James, Jesus, Life, Life Happens!, Lord, Love, Mark, Proverbs, Psalms, Romans, Scripture, Scriptures, Spiritual, Teaching, Truth, Word of God
Leave a comment

