Tag: #LoveInAction

What About Them, God??!!

Sacred Journey Devotionals: A Journey To Wholeness1 Comment

Greetings, Precious Family:

May the Peace of the Lord be with you always.

Love your neighbor as you would love yourself. That has been the cornerstone of the Christian faith and many other faiths as well. As Christians, it is about sharing the love and character of God with others.

Why do we share the Love of God? Sometimes, we are the only contacts others will have with Jesus. People may not go to church, and they may have lost faith in God.

A simple smile, a kind gesture, a kind word, can all change a person’s life.

But what if it your kindness isn’t received? What if people are mean and unkind, even when you show kindness?

Why do we have to be accountable for our actions as Christians?

The reason is that Love is an ACTION word.

No matter what love faces, the response will always be More love. Love never fails. Even when it doesn’t feel like it, Love plants a seed in the heart’s of those It meets.

No matter who we meet or see each day, please know that every encounter is a Holy encounter. We are accountable for our love, even when it comes to loving ourselves.

Holy Scriptures

Matthew 5:1-12

New International Version

Introduction to the Sermon on the Mount

5 Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, 2 and he began to teach them.

The Beatitudes

He said:

3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit,
    for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
4 Blessed are those who mourn,
    for they will be comforted.
5 Blessed are the meek,
    for they will inherit the earth.
6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
    for they will be filled.
7 Blessed are the merciful,
    for they will be shown mercy.
8 Blessed are the pure in heart,
    for they will see God.
9 Blessed are the peacemakers,
    for they will be called children of God.
10 Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness,
    for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

11 “Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. 12 Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Worship Song of the Week

Official Performance Video of “Joy In The Morning” by Tauren Wells and Elevation Worship
Music video by Tauren Wells, Elevation Worship performing Joy In The Morning (Performance Video). Sparrow Records; © 2023 Tauren Wells, under exclusive license to Capitol CMG, Inc.

Family, I know showing and sharing love will not always be easy, but what a reward when we get to see Jesus face to face and we are asked, “Did you love others as I instructed and demonstrated for you while I was here on earth?”

What will our answer be??

Your Sister,

Rev. Marcia Davis

Covington, GA

Oh How He Loves…

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Good morning, Family:

I pray this letter finds you well and dwelling in the perfect peace of the Lord.

One thing I have been praying for is that God would help me go deeper in my devotional time and for my time to be more consistent. The reason is that at some point I started squeezing God out of my day.

There was a time in my life that I would wake up singing and giving my highest praises to God. As a result, I stayed in the ever-flowing stream of God’s consciousness. Spiritual knowledge came to me quickly and effortlessly. I have read the Bible cover to cover more times than I can remember.

However, when life began getting more busy and the hours of my day were filled with so much activity, my time with God suffered. I was either too tired or too encumbered to add God back into my day. Lately, I have been so hungry to get back to that place of intimacy.

This morning, I woke up with God on my mind. The script that came to me was John 3:16, which is a very popular scripture. God pushed me to read the entire passage. I had forgotten that the entire passage had a deeper revelation.

Scriptures of Life and Light

John 3:16-21

    New Catholic Bible

    16 “For God so loved the world
    that he gave his only Son,
    so that everyone who believes in him
    may not perish
    but may attain eternal life.
    17 “For God did not send his Son into the world
    to condemn the world
    but in order that the world might be saved through him.
    18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned,
    but whoever does not believe in him
    already stands condemned,
    because he has not believed in the name
    of the only-begotten Son of God.
    19 “And the judgment is this:
    the light has come into the world,
    but people preferred darkness to light
    because their deeds were evil.
    20 Everyone who does evil hates the light
    and avoids coming near the light
    so that his misdeeds may not be exposed.
    21 However, whoever lives by the truth
    comes to the light
    so that it may be clearly seen
    that his deeds have been done
    in God.”

    Songs of Love and Hope

    @anthonyevansofficial – Anthony Evans Entertainment

    Family, John 3 has so much of a message. It is so much deeper than a single verse. John 3’s main message is about love in action and the characteristics of love that has been redeemed by the perfect and pure sacrifice of the cross.

    I love you with the amazing and everlasting love of our Lord and Redeemer Jesus, The Christ.

    Your sister, in Christ,

    Rev. Marcia Davis