Turn From Evil and Do Good

“The one who desires life, to love and see good days,

Must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.

He must turn away from evil and do good;

He must seek peace and pursue it.

For the eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous,

And His ears attend to their prayer,

But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”

(1 Peter 3:10-12 NASB1995)

You can’t fake it! Either it is real, or it isn’t. Love for God or love for spouse or love for others is not in words only. Saying, “I love you,” is not love if it is not followed up with action which demonstrates what love truly is. And it is not love if it is accompanied by deception, manipulation, conniving, and trickery to try to get other people to do what you want them to do to gratify the sinful cravings of your own flesh. So don’t say it if you don’t mean it. And don’t say it if you are faking it and you are not really living it, in truth.

The love that God desires is shown through our actions, not in words only. For to love God is to obey him and his commandments (New Covenant). And to love God and other humans must be based in what is morally pure, godly, upright, honest, and faithful to God and to spouse and to words spoken. For if lying, cheating, stealing, and/or committing adultery, etc., is what you do, in practice, don’t call it love. And don’t try to fake it. God knows, and your spouse may know, too, when you are faking it to cover for your evil deeds.

Don’t act like you love God if how you live and what you practice speaks the opposite of love. Don’t try to put on a performance to make others think you are godly and a genuine follower of Christ if you know that you are living in deliberate and habitual sin against God and/or against your spouse (if you are married) and that you are lying about it to cover up the truth. And don’t act like habitual and deliberate sin against God is the norm for everyone who professes faith in Jesus Christ, as though God just overlooks habitual sin.

For God’s grace, which is bringing us salvation, is training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives. So we are no longer to permit sin to reign in our mortal bodies to make us obey its desires. For if sin is what we obey, it results in death. But if obedience to God is what we obey, it results in sanctification, and its end is eternal life with God. For not everyone who calls Jesus “Lord” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one doing the will of God in heaven.

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Acts 26:18] 

The Battle for Truth

Based off Malachi 1-4

An Original Work / May 18, 2013 

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Truth is marching, truth is marching.

I love you. Honor me.

Tell the truth. You’ll be free.

Sing My praise all your days.

I will give all you need.

Truth is marching, truth is marching.

Turn from sin; cleansed within.

Stand in awe of My Name.

Teach what’s true. Walk in peace.

Follow Christ, in His ways.

Truth is marching, truth is marching.

Show to God faithfulness.

Do not be adult’rous. 

Do not shed shallow tears.

Do not be insincere. 

Truth is marching, truth is marching.

I have sent messengers,

Who have giv’n my address.

They call for repentance,

And they warn of judgment.

Truth is marching, truth is marching.

I, the Lord, do not change,

So return – blessings gain:

Healing comes; joyfulness;

Freedom from your distress.

https://vimeo.com/117023801

Turn From Evil and Do Good

An Original Work / March 10, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Our Identity in Christ

I hear people much of the time using this phrase, “My identity in Christ,” but is that even biblical, and if so, what does it mean? What does it mean to be “in Christ”? And how do they mean it when they use that phrase?

Identity in Christ

Generally speaking, when people talk of their “identity in Christ,” they are usually speaking of some kind of status that they believe they have in Christ through faith in him that is separate from their behaviors. In fact, it is often used as a means of excusing away sinful behaviors by stating that who they are in Christ overrides how they are actually living.

I hear it all the time. In fact, many of them are being taught that if they begin to feel guilty about their sinful lifestyles that they should just claim who they are in Christ to alleviate the guilt. And they will even teach that God can no longer see when they sin when they are “in Christ,” for they say that all he sees is Jesus when he looks at them, and so he delights in them.

But being “in Christ” is not just a status that we wear, and it is not without stipulations, i.e. conditions. We can’t just pray a prayer to receive Christ as Savior and Lord of our lives and now we are “in Christ” for eternity regardless of how we live our lives. There are biblical requirements to be “in Christ,” and for us to remain in Christ, too.

So, we can’t just claim who we are in Christ when it suits our purposes, for that may be indicative of the fact that we are not truly “in Christ.” For, being “in Christ” involves repentance, obedience, and submission to Christ as Lord, not just once, but persistently and continuously until the day we die or until the day that Jesus returns and he takes us home to be with him forever.

For, to be “in Christ” it means we have been crucified with Christ in death to sin and we have been resurrected with Christ to newness of life in him, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness. It means that sin is no longer our master and we are no longer its slave, but now we are becoming slaves of God and to his righteousness.

So, that means that we are to no longer let sin reign in our mortal bodies so that we obey its passions, for sin shall have no more dominion over our lives. For we are slaves of the one we obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness, sanctification, and eternal life with God (Rom 6:1-23).

So, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. For, if any of us are in Christ, the old has passed away and the new has come. Thus we are new creations, not like we were before.

Crucified with Christ

Galatians 2:20: “I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.”

If we have been crucified with Christ we have died with Christ to sin and we have been raised with Christ to walk in newness of life in him. Our new lives are not like our old lives. We are no longer the ones in charge. Our flesh no longer has dominion, for we died with Christ to sin. Now we surrender our lives to Jesus Christ and we yield control of our lives over to him.

We are now God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them. So, by the Spirit we are putting off our old self, which belongs to our former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, and we are being renewed in the spirit of our minds, and we are putting on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.

So, what does it mean to be “in Christ”?

• Crucified with Christ in death to sin (Rom 6:3-7)

• Raised with Christ to walk in newness of life (Rom 6:3-7)

• Dead to sin and alive to God (Rom 6:11)

• Obedience to Christ leading to righteousness (Rom 6:16)

• Set free from law of sin and death (Rom 8:2)

• Walk not according to flesh but according to Spirit (Rom 8:1-17)

• Minds set on God’s Spirit (Rom 8:1-17)

• Debtors not to live according to the flesh (Rom 8:12-13)

• By the Spirit put to death deeds of the flesh (Rom 8:13)

• A new creation: the old gone, the new has come (2 Co 5:17)

• Crucified with Christ; no longer I live, Christ in me (Gal 2:20)

• Faith working through love (Gal 5:6)

• Faithful in Christ Jesus (Eph 1:1)

• In Christ, we might be to the praise of his glory (Eph 1:12)

• We are his workmanship, created for good works (Eph 2:10)

• Truth in Christ – put off old self, put on new self (Eph 4:20-24)

• Not living in sin, not making sin practice (Gal 5:16-21; Eph 5:3-5)

• Suffer for the sake of the name of Jesus (Php 1:29)

• Have same mind and attitude as Jesus (Php 2:5-8)

• Saved by Grace and called to holy calling (Eph 2:8-9; 2 Tim 1:9)

Not Just a Status

“In Christ” is not a status that we wear so that if we feel guilty about sinning against God we can alleviate that guilt by claiming who we are “in Christ.” And God does indeed see when we sin against him, and we are all going to be judged by our deeds (Gal 5:16-21; Gal 6:7-8; Rom 2:6-8). 

“In Christ” cannot be separated from what we do. For, if we sow to please the flesh, from the flesh we will reap destruction. But if we sow to please the Spirit, from the Spirit we will reap eternal life (Gal 6:8). If we walk according to the flesh, we will die in our sins, but if we walk (in conduct, in practice) according to the Spirit, it will result in eternal life with God (Rom 8:3-8).

Who we are is more than just a relationship with Jesus Christ. Who we are is what we do. If we make a practice of lying, we are liars. If adultery is what we practice, we are adulterers. And if righteousness is what we practice, then we are righteous (1 Jn 3:4-10). Now, we can’t be righteous in our own flesh just by doing “good deeds.” We are made righteous in Christ Jesus via faith in him, but that faith must die with him to sin and live to him and to his righteousness. We are “in Christ” by how we live for Him by faith in Him.

Lord, Move Me  

An Original Work / October 16, 2011

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Be my desire, my heart set on fire,

Lord, move me to worship You only, I pray.

Fill with Your Spirit, my heart overflow.

Lord, may I long for You; Your word to know.

Teach me to walk with You, Lord, in Your power,

And may I serve You, Lord, right now in this hour.

Lord, how I want to obey You forever.

Help me to hear You, Lord, so I will not stray.

Teach me to love You; adore You always.

Envelope me, Lord, with Your grace today.

Meet me in my need, and show me Your mercy.

Forgive me for all things, as I humbly pray.

Counsel me, lead me, direct me, and guide me,

So I follow You, Lord, where’er You lead now.

I love to hear You speak Your words to me.

I am so grateful that You set me free.

Wash me, and cleanse me, and make me like You, Lord,

And I will live with You for eternity. 

https://vimeo.com/125966625 

Our Identity in Christ

An Original Work / November 19, 2021

Reposted on March 10, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Love without Hypocrisy

 

Romans 12:9,14,16,17,19 NASB1995

“Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil; cling to what is good.”

“Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse.”

“..Do not be wise in your own estimation. Never pay back evil for evil to anyone..”

“Never take your own revenge, beloved, but leave room for the wrath of God, for it is written, ‘Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,’ says the Lord.”

This word “love” has to do with preferring what God prefers, which is all that is morally pure, upright, godly, honest, faithful, sincere, and obedient to our Lord and to his commands. When we love others with this love we don’t do evil to them, not even to those who do evil to us. We show genuine love and compassion and caring even to the worst of the worst, no matter who they are or what they have done. We do not approve of their evil, and we should speak the gospel truth to them even if they hate and persecute us in return.

But when we love others with this kind of love, it must be genuine love which comes from what is within our hearts which prefers what God prefers, i.e. a love based in moral preference. And we should never be hypocritical in our expressions of love to others by saying, “I love you,” but then turning right around and deliberately and habitually sinning against those we have claimed to love. For that is not love. So don’t claim it if you don’t mean it, and if you don’t live it, but if you do the opposite of what is love, instead.

Now we are to hate evil. We are to detest it. We are not to cling to it as the world does. We are not to be entertained by evil in the sense of being those who are enjoying it and applauding it. We should not be setting our eyes on what is immoral and sensual, enticing us to do likewise. But this is not to say that we can’t watch something where evil is shown for what it is, like in the Scriptures, and where right and wrong are clearly defined, and where good is the ultimate preferred outcome, as long as it is not enticing us to sin.

But we who profess to know Jesus and to love God must be those who obey God and who put sin to death in our lives, by the Spirit, in the power of God, as a matter of life practice. We must be those whose lives are being led by the Spirit of God and not by the flesh, who are following our Lord in obedience to his commands, and whose desire it is to do what pleases our Lord, and to do what his will and his purpose are for our lives. So God is to be our commander in chief, and no one else, and not anything else.

Love Must Be Genuine 

Based off Romans 12:9-21

An Original Work / October 22, 2013

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Love must be genuine.

Hate what’s evil; cling to good.

Love each other with affection.

Show respect for ev’ryone.

Never lack in your zeal.

Serve the Lord with diligence.

Rejoice in steadfast hope.

In affliction, patient be.

Keep on praying; share with others.

Practice hospitality.

Bless those who persecute.

Feel with others sympathy.

Be not filled with conceit.

Daily sit at Jesus’ feet.

Live in harmony with others.

Live at peace with ev’ryone.

Repay not to someone

With the evil he begot.

Do not take your revenge;

Leave it to the wrath of God.

If your enemy is thirsty,

Give to him something to drink.

Do what’s right for mankind.

Evil: overcome with good.

https://vimeo.com/114695549

Video Talk Based off the same Scriptures

https://youtu.be/-ApFkDzQ3J8

Love without Hypocrisy

An Original Work / March 9, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

The Gift of God Within You

“For this reason I remind you to kindle afresh the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands. For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and discipline.” (2 Timothy 1:6-7 NASB1995)

What is the “gift of God” which is in us who believe in Jesus Christ? Well, first of all, by God-persuaded faith in Jesus Christ we are empowered of God to die with Christ to sin and to be raised with him to walk in newness of life in him, no longer to live as slaves to sin, but as servants of God and of his righteousness, in walks of obedience to his commands. So we have been gifted with salvation (deliverance) from our bondage (addiction, slavery) to sin and with the power from the Spirit to live holy lives, pleasing to God.

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Acts 26:18] 

Is there more? Yes! We are also given the Holy Spirit of God to live within us to give us guidance, direction, encouragement, exhortation, caution, help, counsel, instructions in holy living, and the strength to walk the walk that God has for us to walk, and to not yield our lives to the control of the flesh. The Holy Spirit is given to us to teach us all things pertaining to Jesus Christ and to his gospel message. And he gives us help in understanding the Scriptures, and he counsels in how they are to be applied to our daily lives.

[Mark 13:11; Luke 12:11-12; John 14:26; John 15:26; John 16:13; Acts 1:8; Acts 2:17-18; Acts 11:12; Acts 13:2; Acts 20:23; Romans 8:9,14; 1 Corinthians 2:14-16; 1 Corinthians 6:19-20; 1 Corinthians 12:7-18]

The Holy Spirit also assigns to us individually spiritual gifts, which come from God, which are to be used in the power of God for the encouragement and strengthening of the spiritual body of Christ, the church, in our walks of obedience to our Lord and to his commands. And we won’t all have the same gifts, or the same number of gifts, and we won’t all use the same gifts in all the same ways, either. But all of them must be in agreement with the Scriptures in how they are used or they are of the flesh and not of God.

[Acts 2:14-18,42-47; Romans 12:1-8; 1 Corinthians 12:1-31; 1 Corinthians 14:1-5; Galatians 6:1; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:1-16; Ephesians 5:15-21; Ephesians 6:10-20; Philippians 2:1-8; Colossians 3:12-16; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:13; Hebrews 10:23-25; James 5:19-20]

And, as those who believe in Jesus Christ, we are to be putting into daily practice our deliverance from addiction to sin, and the empowerment of God to live holy lives, pleasing to God, in obedience to his commands. And we are to be living the lives which God has for us to live without fear. We are not to fear what other humans think about us or how they might treat us or what they might say about us to other people. And we are not to fear being persecuted for our testimonies for Jesus Christ and for the gospel of Christ.

[Jeremiah 1:4-19; Matthew 10:24-28; Philippians 1:12-14; 2 Timothy 1:6-7; 1 Peter 3:13-17; Revelation 2:9-10; Acts 23:11; 2 Corinthians 5:6-10]

Fit for Service 

 

An Original Work / October 5, 2011

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Holy Spirit, come within us.

Cleanse our hearts, 

and from sin free us.

Make us holy vessels fit 

for service to the King.

Fill us with Your love and power.

Anoint us within this hour

To be living witnesses 

For Jesus Christ, our King.

Our praise to Him bring.

Father God, our heart’s desire,

Come and speak to us in power.

Revive our hearts to obey You;

Live for You always.

May we love and serve You only,

Walking with You; 

Not a phony.

May we always tell the truth,

And show integrity.

Your true servants be.

Jesus, Savior, sanctify us.

Purify our hearts within us;

Be transformed into Your likeness,

Holy unto You.

May we always listen to You

Speaking Your words 

Now within us.

May we heed Your counsel to us;

Follow You today.

Do all that You say. 

https://vimeo.com/113979906

The Gift of God Within You

An Original Work / March 9, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Called with a Holy Calling

“Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord or of me His prisoner, but join with me in suffering for the gospel according to the power of God, who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was granted us in Christ Jesus from all eternity, but now has been revealed by the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel, for which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle and a teacher.” (2 Timothy 1:8-11 NASB1995)

What was Paul doing that caused him to have to suffer for the gospel? He was obeying God in doing what God – Father, Son Jesus Christ, and Holy Spirit – called him to do. He was not disobedient to God’s call on his life.

He was going to the people to whom God was sending him, and he was speaking truth to them, in the name of the Lord. And he was opening their eyes to the truth of the gospel of Christ so that they might turn from darkness (sin, wickedness), i.e. repent of their sins, and turn to the light (righteousness, obedience, Jesus Christ), and away from the dominion of Satan to now living under the Lordship of God/Christ. And all this was necessary for the people to receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who have been sanctified by faith in Jesus Christ (Acts 26:18).

See: [Matthew 7:21-23; Luke 9:23-26; Romans 6:1-23; Titus 2:11-14]

And to be sanctified is the process of being made holy, being progressively transformed by the Lord to His likeness of character. For it is to be separate (unlike, different) from the world, to be set apart for God and for his service, and to be becoming more like Jesus in the power of God. For we are but clay in the hands of the Potter (God) being molded into his likeness, but only as we yield control of our lives over to him, and we cooperate with his work of grace in our lives in letting him transform us to be like Jesus. And this involves us putting sin to death and following our Lord in obedience.

Thus, we are to abstain from sexual immorality, and we are to control our own bodies in holiness and honor, and not in the passion of lust like those who do not know God. For God has not called us for impurity, but in holiness. For we are slaves of the one we obey (in practice, by habit), either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience to God, which leads to righteousness and sanctification and to eternal life with God. For if sin is what we obey, and not obedience to God, we will not inherit eternal life with God regardless of what we have professed with our lips. Take this seriously!

[1 Thessalonians 4:1-8; Romans 6:15-21; Acts 26:18; Hebrews 10:26-31]

Therefore, when this passage of Scripture in 2 Timothy 1:9 says, “..who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace..” this is not teaching a “do nothing” gospel message which says we do nothing but “believe,” and God does all the rest. The gospel message is not “make a profession of faith in Jesus” and “bam!” you’ve got it made, regardless of how you live. Paul was commanded of God to teach genuine biblical repentance (death to sin) and walks of surrender to God in obedience to his commands, or our faith is not real. So "not according to our works" has to do with our own fleshly works.

For Jesus Christ taught that to come to him we must deny self, take up our cross daily (die daily to sin), and follow (obey) him. For if we hold on to living in sin and for self, we will lose our lives for eternity. But if we deny self, die daily to sin, by the Spirit, and we walk in obedience to our Lord and to his commands, in his power, then we have eternal life with God. For not everyone who calls him “Lord” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one DOING (obeying) the will of God (see Luke 9:23-26; Matthew 7:21-23).

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Acts 26:18]

Servant of the Lord 

Based off Romans 1:1-17 

An Original Work / July 26, 2012

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Servant of the Lord;

For the gospel you’re set apart.

Promised through the prophets of old:

Jesus, Son of God.

Through Him, and for His name alone,

We receive His grace

To call people, Him to obey;

Coming from their faith.

Servant of the Lord,

For the gospel you’re set apart.

Promised through the prophets of old:

Jesus, Son of God.

You belong to Christ;

Loved by God, and called to be saints;

Serving God with whole heart and mind;

Preaching Jesus Christ;

Always praying for others’ needs;

Helping hand to lend;

Giving courage to others’ faith,

For the praise of God. 

You belong to Christ;

Loved by God, and called to be saints;

Serving God with whole heart and mind;

Preaching Jesus Christ.

Servant of the Lord;

Of the gospel, I’m not ashamed;

For salvation, power of God

To those who have faith.

In the gospel find righteousness:

Being right with God.

Turn from sin, and trust Jesus Christ.

By faith, live in Him.

Servant of the Lord;

Of the gospel, I’m not ashamed;

For salvation, power of God

To those who have faith.

https://vimeo.com/119511640

Called with a Holy Calling

An Original Work / March 9, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

The Testimony of a Good Conscience

 

Our God of All Comfort

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction so that we will be able to comfort those who are in any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. For just as the sufferings of Christ are ours in abundance, so also our comfort is abundant through Christ. But if we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; or if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which is effective in the patient enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer; and our hope for you is firmly grounded, knowing that as you are sharers of our sufferings, so also you are sharers of our comfort.” (2 Corinthians 1:3-7 NASB1995)

Why must we go through trials and tribulations? For many reasons such as to test our faith to see if it is genuine, and to teach us perseverance, and to grow us to maturity in Christ. It is also to produce in us godly character, that we might share God’s holiness, that it might yield in our lives the peaceful fruit of righteousness, to lead us to repentance if we have strayed from the truth, and to make us rely not on ourselves, but on God, etc. But it is also that we might comfort others in their afflictions as we were comforted.

[Luke 21:13; Romans 5:3-5; 2 Corinthians 1:3-11; 2 Corinthians 4:17; Hebrews 12:3-12; James 1:2-4; 1 Peter 1:6-7; Revelation 3:19]

In comforting others in their afflictions with the comfort with which we ourselves were comforted by God, what kinds of afflictions might we or they be facing? They can be tribulations, persecutions, troubles, heartaches, disappointments, anguish, distress, pressures, burdens, and/or discomfort. They can be anything which might bring us to the place of feeling as though there is no way of escape, or that there is no hope in sight. And, in what ways were we comforted by God and/or by other believers in Jesus Christ? 

Well, the word “comfort” is the same as encouragement, which is also the same as exhortation, and a holy urging, such as in an urgent request or entreaty, counsel, or caution. For this is not just all the “feel good” stuff. For sometimes we may need to hear from someone who will speak the truth in love to us, who will say exactly what we need to hear, even if what they say may not feel good to our emotions, but may be just what we need to hear to keep moving forward, and to not give up hope, and to keep persevering.

And I can tell you one thing for certain. If we are going through anything of the nature of what Paul and the other apostles went through, we don’t need people lying to us just to make us feel good. We also don’t need people accusing us falsely of what we did not do, like Job’s friends did with him. We need people who will speak truth to us, but in love, with kindness and with compassion, but never in compromising truth and righteousness to make us feel good. We need to hear the true promises of God spoken to his beloved.

We need to be assured that if we are the true children of God, who by faith in Jesus Christ were crucified with him in death to sin, and raised with him to walk in newness of life in him, now as slaves to righteousness in walks of obedience to his commands, that God will never leave us or forsake us. We need to be assured that he is with us, and that he is in control, and that he has a plan and a purpose for everything he allows to come into our lives, and if we surrender our all to him, he will work it all out for our good.

But not only was Paul and the other apostles afflicted for the comfort of others, but they experienced the sufferings of Christ in their lives for the salvation of human souls, too. And sometimes God will allow us to go through times of difficulty and suffering to humble us, to make us more compassionate, to give us a greater compassion for spreading the truth of the gospel, and to open doors of ministry we would never have ever imagined if we had not first suffered much to make us ready for service.

For sometimes we need to face hardships, persecutions, and rejections to draw us closer to our Lord, to make us more committed to our Lord and to his service, and to make us stronger spiritually and emotionally; to get us ready for the hardships and persecutions we are bound to face when we speak the truth of God’s word to a people who are preferring the lies, instead. For we will be treated harshly by some who will lie about us and accuse us falsely of wrong we did not commit, and we’ll need to learn grace.

His Song is with Me

Based off Psalm 42

An Original Work / September 9, 2018

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Why downcast? 

Why downcast is 

My soul within me?

Put your hope in God.

For I will yet praise Him,

My Savior and my God.

My soul thirsts for God.

Where can I meet Him?

Why downcast? 

Why downcast is 

My soul within me?

Put your hope in God.

My tears have; 

My tears have been

My food by day and by night.

“Where is God?”

I say to God, my Rock,

“Why have You forgotten me?

For, I’m burdened 

By the enemy.”

My tears have; 

My tears have been

My food by day and by night.

“Where is God?”

Why downcast? 

Why downcast is 

My soul within me?

Put your hope in God.

By day the Lord commands

His lovingkindness and

His song is with me at night,

Praise to Him.

Why downcast? 

Why downcast is 

My soul within me?

Put your hope in God.

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Our God of All Comfort

An Original Work / March 8, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love