This is how we know that we belong to the truth and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence: If our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything. Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God... 1 …
THE ANTIPHONAL SONG (God’s love received, reciprocated, and reflected) part 5
[This is the 5th of 6 pieces. If you'd prefer to see the paper in one piece...] Agape reflected: I stumbled into the wrong room. It turned out to be the place where the school choir was practicing. They invited me to sing with them and I said, “Are you kidding? I don’t sing and …
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THE ANTIPHONAL SONG (God’s love received, reciprocated, and reflected) part 4
The justifiably jealous lover… “I am a jealous God…” Exodus 20:5 “The Spirit he caused to live in us envies intensely…” James 4:5 The Lord is a “jealous lover.” Don’t you find it odd that jealousy is an iniquity for us but a quality for God? It’s because he knows that what’s best for us …
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THE ANTIPHONAL SONG (God’s love received, reciprocated, and reflected) part 3
Agape reciprocated God’s love has always been mutually enjoyed – it looks for a resting place and yearns for reciprocation. His love is only “complete” when those he’s reaching out to reach back. Let’s review what John said about the Singer’s song sung to us and sung by us back to him. “If anyone obeys …
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