Operating as the Biblical Body of Christ

It appears to me as though most of what are called “churches” here in the USA today are not the biblical body of Christ, operating as the biblical body of Christ, according to the teachings of the Scriptures. But rather they are institutions of human origin, partnered with the ungodly, which are being marketed to the people of the world in order to “draw in large numbers of people into their gatherings.” So they alter (dilute) the message of the gospel to make it more attractive and acceptable to the ungodly and to human flesh, so as to grow their numbers. But all of this God forbids.

See[Matthew 21:12-13; John 2:13-17; Acts 5:27-32; 1 Corinthians 1:10-13; 1 Corinthians 3:1-9; 2 Corinthians 6:14-18; Philippians 3:18-19; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22; Revelation 13:5-8; Revelation 18:1-5] 

For, what is the church? It is the “ekklésia,” which is the people of God who are called out from the world and to God and into his eternal kingdom. We are all who are belonging to the Lord by biblical faith in Jesus Christ, a faith which comes from God, and not from human flesh, and which results in us dying with Christ to sin and being raised with Christ to walk in newness of life in him, no longer to live as slaves to sin but as servants of God in walks of obedience to his commands in holy living. We are his chosen people. All who do not believe in Jesus Christ are antichrist. They are not God’s people. So, we should pray for them to surrender their lives to Jesus Christ today.

[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 2:1-6,22; 1 John 3:4-10; Acts 26:18] 

What should the church, the body of Christ, look like, biblically speaking? How are we supposed to operate, according to the Scriptures? As led by God, we who are of genuine biblical faith in Jesus Christ are to be of one mind and purpose, the mind and purpose of our Lord, as expressed in the Scriptures, and not according to the thinking of human flesh. We are all to operate in the Spiritual gifts and ministries assigned to us by God, not by human flesh, and for the encouragement and spiritual growth of the whole body of Christ. And we do this by speaking the truth in love to one another.

As led by the Spirit, we warn against “wolves in sheep’s clothing” who are out to deceive the church and the people of the world via their cunning, craftiness, and deceitful schemes. And we work together to help the body of Christ to grow to maturity in Christ. We teach and admonish one another in all wisdom, and we exhort one another daily so that none of us may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. And we meet together to stir up one another to love and good works, encouraging (exhorting) one another in our walks of faith in obedience to our Lord, as each body part does its work.

[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]

The Lord’s Anointed  

Based off Isaiah 61

An Original Work / December 16, 2011

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

The Spirit of the Sov’reign Lord on me;

Anointed to preach the Good News;

Sent me to bind up the brokenhearted;

Proclaim freedom for the captives.

He sent me to preach release for pris’ners

Who are walking in sin’s darkness;

Proclaim God’s grace to all men who’ll listen;

And tell them about God’s judgments;

Comfort all who mourn;

Give crowns of beauty;

Oil of gladness and thanksgiving. 

They will be called oaks of God’s righteousness,

A planting of our Savior, God,

For the display of our Lord’s splendor, and

They will rebuild God’s holy church.

God will renew them, and will restore them,

And you’ll be called priests of the Lord.

You will be ministers of our God, and

You will rejoice in salvation.

The Lord loves justice;

He is faithful to 

Reward those who are seeking Him.

I delight greatly in the Lord;

My soul rejoices in my Savior, God.

He has clothed me with His salvation,

And in a robe of His righteousness.

He has given me priestly garments to wear, 

As the bride of Jesus Christ.

As the garden of our Lord and Savior, 

He causes us to grow in Him.

He makes righteousness, 

Praise, and thanksgiving

Spring up before all the nations. 

https://vimeo.com/114836524

Operating as the Biblical Body of Christ

An Original Work / March 4, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

I Cannot Stop Speaking About Jesus Christ

Twenty-one years ago, in 2004, my husband Rick and I were training to be church planters with the Christian and Missionary Alliance (The Alliance), the church denomination I grew up under. Rick was going for his ordination, and I was going for my consecration. So there was a district prayer conference (September 13-16, 2004) for the official workers under The Alliance in our district which we both planned to attend. But Rick hurt his back and he could not go, so he encouraged me to go alone to represent our tiny congregation.

At the conference the Lord immediately began speaking to me about many things, via the various people who spoke, as they shared what the Lord was teaching them through his word. So, I took detailed notes so that I would remember what all he taught me. This is a summary of what I learned:

• Preach the Word of God, not the teachings of man

• Listen to God, hear what he is saying, and then obey him

• Tell the people what God tells you to tell them and leave the results in his hands

• What you are going to do, do it NOW

• You were appointed by God as a herald and a teacher of true faith

• God has given you a clear sense of his purpose for you and an urgency…

• Fan into flame the gift(s) of God within you

• Give your ministry over to God – it is not yours; it is his

• God may have something else for you to do that you have not even thought of

• Write down what God shows you and then wait on him to bring it about

• Don’t ask God “why,” just trust him – stand firm, press on

• What you are going through is much bigger than you can imagine

• NOW is your time! – For such a time as this I was placed upon the earth…

• Be a tree climber and get a closer look at the Supremacy of Jesus Christ

• The Church is in crisis – the crisis of Supremacy 

• It is indistinguishable between the lives of evangelical Christians and the world

• We need to get back to the basics – we need to put our focus on Jesus and the cross of Christ instead of on the teachings of man

I was also asked to speak, representing our tiny congregation of college age adults, to whom my husband and I had ministered out of our home for 7.5 years. So, as the Holy Spirit led, I spoke, and I shared, not only about our ministry, but about what the other speakers had talked about, and how I was being encouraged by them. And based upon what some of them were teaching, the Lord had me encourage them all to “let their daughters prophesy” (Acts 2:14-18), in the sense of them sharing the Word of God.

This was well received by some of the pastors and official workers of the C&MA in our district, who agreed with what I shared, but it was not well received by the people who were in charge. So I was called to a meeting and I was told that I was not hearing from God, and so basically they shushed me on no biblical grounds. If I was to continue in my pursuit of becoming an official worker under the C&MA, I would have to stop speaking as led by the Spirit, and I would have to conform to the ways of the church denomination.

“But Peter and John answered and said to them, ‘Whether it is right in the sight of God to give heed to you rather than to God, you be the judge; for we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.’” (Acts 4:19-20 NASB1995)

All that was taught at that conference was meant by God for me to hear and to apply to my life. God had a purpose in it all, and he has made that purpose very clear to me. And it was then the Lord began to call me to this present ministry of writing down what he teaches me from his word each day and of placing it on the internet so that the internet could “run with it” (the name of my blog). I would never have imagined then the journey that God has taken me on these past almost twenty-one years. All glory to God!

So, Rick and I did not continue to pursue becoming church planters with the C&MA after that. Rick had his own reasons, and God did indeed have something else for me to do that I would never have considered. For he sent me to the internet to be a missionary to people in many nations all over the world through the writings that he gives to me each day. And eventually these became daily devotionals. And added on to that was songs he gave me to write, and then poetry, and then he has had me record video devotions, and lastly he added on Christian memes. And this is my full-time job.

The point here, though, is if I had listened to these denominational heads, instead of listening to the Lord, I would not be here doing what God has called me to do each day in writing down what he teaches me from my times with him each day in his word. And I would not be in the will of God doing what he had prepared for me to do even before I was formed in the womb of my mother. So, I had to walk away from that ministry so that I could serve the Lord in the ministry to which he called me 21 years ago.

[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]

I Surrender All  

Hymn lyrics by Judson W. Van De Venter, 1896

Music by Winfield S. Weeden, 1896

… Lo, we have left all, and have followed Thee. (Mark 10:28)

All to Jesus I surrender,

All to Him I freely give;

I will ever love and trust Him,

In His presence daily live.

All to Jesus I surrender,

Humbly at His feet I bow;

Worldly pleasures all forsaken,

Take me, Jesus, take me now.

All to Jesus I surrender,

Make me, Savior, wholly Thine;

Let me feel the Holy Spirit,

Truly know that Thou art mine.

All to Jesus I surrender,

Lord, I give myself to Thee;

Fill me with Thy love and power,

Let Thy blessing fall on me.

All to Jesus I surrender,

Now I feel the sacred flame;

Oh, the joy of full salvation!

Glory, glory, to His Name!

I surrender all,

I surrender all;

All to Thee, my blessed Savior,

I surrender all.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2BnL_zI7uw 

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I Cannot Stop Speaking About Jesus Christ

An Original Work / September 8, 2025

Reposted March 3, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

They Surround Me

Tuesday, November 1, 2016, 8:09 p.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song “Gift of God.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read Psalm 118 (Select vv. NASB).

I Will Not Fear (vv. 5-9)

From my distress I called upon the Lord;

The Lord answered me and set me in a large place.

The Lord is for me; I will not fear;

What can man do to me?

The Lord is for me among those who help me;

Therefore I will look with satisfaction on those who hate me.

It is better to take refuge in the Lord

Than to trust in man.

It is better to take refuge in the Lord

Than to trust in princes.

I live in the United States of America. For the past twelve years, the Lord has been opening my eyes to see what is going on in our nation, in the church in our nation, and in the world. Certainly I don’t understand it all, but I have learned much that I did not previously know or understand. 

Over these years, the Lord has been showing me (teaching me) much about the US government’s involvement in international affairs. What he has been showing me, I believe, is that the USA was created for the purpose to bring about the rule of the beast of Revelation. I have often seen us, as a nation, as the harlot, Mystery Babylon, which rides the beast. Our constitution is paper and ink, but our leaders are not bound by it. They answer to a shadow government comprised of a small group of the elite, wealthy and powerful of the world. And they are the ones truly calling the shots for what goes on in the USA and in the world. They are the “All-Seeing Eye” on our $1 bill.

Our electoral process is just pure theatre. The candidates are actors on a stage playing a part which is fully scripted by these elite. Our presidents are selected, not elected. There is no right or left politically. Both sides answer to the same people. Our votes don’t count. The elections are rigged. It doesn’t matter who sits in the White House, for the end result is still the same. The New World Order beast rules, and it is consuming our nation. Our media is also owned and operated by this same group of elitists, so they just say what they are told to say. So much of the news is also pure theatre, and for the benefit of confusing, distracting and entertaining the masses. 

This New World Order Beast has slowly been consuming the nations of the world one by one, taking down their national and sovereign governments, persecuting Christians, and bringing these nations and their people by force into unity with a one-world government and one-world religion. 

The Lord led me to read the news stories about these take-downs in Afghanistan, Tunisia, Egypt, Gaza Strip, West Bank, Turkey, Iraq, Libya, Pakistan, Yemen, Greece, Syria and Ukraine. I know there are others, too. The stories all had a very similar Modus Operandi. First, the N.W.O. Beast creates the chaos, trouble, uprising, disaster, mass murders, and racial, political or religious tensions, etc., and then they go in as “saviors” with a preconceived plan for “rescuing” these nations. Then they form transitional (New World Order) governments, and they threaten all nations, via the UN and the US government, with “dire consequences” if they do not cooperate with the “international community,” alias New World Order Beast.

Now, they are working that same Modus Operandi here in America, too. Our fake elections and fake global warming are all part of the game plan, as well. Everything is orchestrated. It is all prearranged. The outcome is already decided. No one who sits in the White House, if that even continues to exist, is going to change the plan. This beast is fully entrenched, i.e. embedded, i.e. firmly set in place within our nation and within many other nations in the world, and there is no going back to “normal.” 

Yet we are not to be afraid of what is going to happen or of what men might do to us, for the Lord is our helper, and he will give us all we need to withstand what is coming and to be victorious over our enemy Satan. We are also not to put our trust in human beings, i.e. in “princes” who are going to betray us, and who will turn their backs on us and will hand us over to the beast to be persecuted and even killed for our faith in Jesus Christ. 

The persecution in America has already begun. Listen to Obama’s and the pope’s speeches. They are pushing for a one-world government and for a one-world religion where the people of the world will join hands together and sing “Kumbaya.” The picture here is of a warm, cozy community without conflict sitting around a campfire, singing together in perfect harmony, regardless of religion or lifestyle. 

They want us to do away with all which divides us as the people of the world. Sovereign nations divide as does the gospel of Jesus Christ. We are divided “saved” and “unsaved.” So, they feel the gospel and its messengers must go, or be reformed, so the world can all live together in perfect harmony. We are already being tagged as hateful, bigoted, intolerant and as religious extremists, which is to be associated with terrorists. 

The Lord, my Strength (vv. 10-14)

All nations surrounded me;

In the name of the Lord I will surely cut them off.

They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me;

In the name of the Lord I will surely cut them off.

They surrounded me like bees;

They were extinguished as a fire of thorns;

In the name of the Lord I will surely cut them off.

You pushed me violently so that I was falling,

But the Lord helped me.

The Lord is my strength and song,

And He has become my salvation.

Yet, our battle is truly a spiritual battle, not a physical one, even though we have physical enemies, for sure. Our weapons we fight with are also not human weapons of war, but they are spiritual weapons which God has given us to fight off Satan’s evil attacks against us (See: Eph. 6:10-20). Also, our circumstances are not what should define us or what should determine our destiny. How we respond to our life situations is what defines us, and is what will determine the ultimate outcome for us. 

Yes, the nations of the world are surrounding us, i.e. they are entrenched (embedded) in our individual nations and in our governments, and in our institutional churches, and they are not going away until Jesus sends them away from us, or until he takes us away from them. And, yes, we are coming into a time of severe persecution against Christians in the USA, as has been happening in much of the rest of the world already. And, our nations are being conquered by this N.W.O. beast, and the world is being forced into unity with this beast or to pay the consequences. 

Yet, as believers in Jesus Christ, we are not to compromise. We are not to yield to this beast. We, as the people of this world, are not to take its mark on our lives just to save our own skin, for we would only be saving it for this life, not for the next. The way in which we conquer, and the way in which we are victorious over this embedded enemy, which is at large in our nations, is to put our hope and trust in Jesus Christ as Lord and as Savior of our lives, to stand firm in our faith, and to keep telling people about Jesus and his gospel of salvation from sin, even if it costs us our reputations or our lives. If we try to save our lives for this world, we will lose them for eternity. But, if we willingly lay down our lives for Jesus’ sake, and for the sake of the gospel of our salvation, we have the hope of eternal life with God.

Gates of Righteousness (vv. 19-24)

Open to me the gates of righteousness;

I shall enter through them, I shall give thanks to the Lord.

This is the gate of the Lord;

The righteous will enter through it.

I shall give thanks to You, for You have answered me,

And You have become my salvation.

The stone which the builders rejected

Has become the chief corner stone.

This is the Lord’s doing;

It is marvelous in our eyes.

This is the day which the Lord has made;

Let us rejoice and be glad in it.

Jesus Christ, the Son of God, was with God in the beginning, and he is God. He is also our creator. He came to earth, took on human form, suffered as we suffer, and was tempted in like manner as we are also tempted, yet without sin. Although he was sinless, yet he became sin for us so that we might become the righteousness of God (See: 2 Co. 5:21). He died on a cross for us so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness (1 Pet. 2:24). He died that we might no longer live for ourselves, but for him who gave his life up for us (2 Co. 5:15). Jesus Christ “gave Himself for us to redeem us from every lawless deed, and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds” (Tit. 2:14).

The way we come to know him is we “lay aside the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit, and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth” (Eph. 4:22-24). We can’t do this in our own human flesh, though. This is the working of the Spirit of God in our lives in giving us new lives in Christ Jesus, by God’s grace, through faith in Jesus. Yet we must cooperate with God’s work of grace in our lives. We are not puppets on a string. When we truly trust in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior of our lives, we are crucified with Christ in death to sin, and we are resurrected with Christ to newness of life.

Our faith in Jesus Christ is our only hope and salvation in these troubled times which we now face in this world. So, if you have not yet put your hope in him, I pray you will do so today. If you have trusted in him, but you have strayed from your pure devotion to him, I pray that you will repent of your sins, and be restored to him today. We don’t know what tomorrow will bring.

Gift of God

An Original Work / October 25, 2016

Based off Various Scriptures 

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Jesus Christ, Son of God,

Died for us on a cross;

Conquered death, sin, and hell,

So, with Him, we would dwell.

For, by His grace, we are saved.

He set us free from all sin.

Thanks be to God for His Gift.

Through faith in Him, we’re forgiven.

Holy Spirit of God,

Given to us who believe,

Gives us new life in Christ;

Made to be just like Him.

We died with Christ to our sin.

New lives in Him we begin,

Walking with Christ day by day.

We read His Word, and we pray.

Jesus, He is our Lord.

Follow Him where He leads.

Tell the world of His grace.

We’ll see Christ face to face.

Soon He is coming again.

We’ll be forever with Him.

He’ll wipe our tears all away.

Oh, what a wonderful day!

https://vimeo.com/188931779 

They Surround Me

An Original Work / November 1, 2016

Reposted March 3, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

And That's a Fact

They say they’re this,

They say they’re that,

But lies they tell,

And that’s a fact.

Manipulate

The people, too,

And twist the truth,

‘tis nothing new.

Control’s their thing,

What they desire,

The hypocrites,

Truth not require.

Embellish truth,

Or simplify,

But truth be told

They do deny.

For they are devils

In disguise,

Who masquerade,

Walk in their pride.

Their goal now is

To folks deceive,

In hopes the lies

They now believe.

So, watch for them.

Do not be fooled.

Don’t see the hook

Which you then pull.

But discipline

Yourself to pray

For wisdom to

Spot who betrays.

An Original Work / March 3, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

State of The Union

Quote from President Donald Trump’s State of the Union Address on February 5, 2019:

“My Administration has acted decisively to confront the world's leading state sponsor of terror: the radical regime in Iran.

“To ensure this corrupt dictatorship never acquires nuclear weapons, I withdrew the United States from the disastrous Iran nuclear deal. And last fall, we put in place the toughest sanctions ever imposed on a country.”

Quote from President Obama’s Cairo Speech on June 4, 2009:

“This issue has been a source of tension between the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran. For many years, Iran has defined itself in part by its opposition to my country, and there is in fact a tumultuous history between us. In the middle of the Cold War, the United States played a role in the overthrow of a democratically elected Iranian government. Since the Islamic Revolution, Iran has played a role in acts of hostagetaking and violence against U.S. troops and civilians. This history is well known. Rather than remain trapped in the past, I’ve made it clear to Iran’s leaders and people that my country is prepared to move forward. The question now is not what Iran is against, but rather what future it wants to build.”

Quote from “They Rise Up,” Friday, April 21, 2017:

“What we, especially as Americans, need to understand, and we all need to pray about this, is that Revelation 13 is being fulfilled right now, in our time, and that America is the harlot (Babylon) which rides the beast, but is hated by the beast, and he will destroy her when he is finished using her. We are not the good guys and humanitarians going around the world rescuing people, well our government is not. We are the terrorists of the world who are going around the world killing at will, murdering innocents, terrorizing people, taking over sovereign nations, pillaging, raping, stealing and destroying property and human lives. Our news media is owned by this New World Order and so they report only what they want the people to believe. We finance, equip and train terrorists. N. Korea, Iran and Syria are not the ones we need to fear, although we should not fear anyone but God. The US government, under the authority of this N.W.O. beast, is doing all this stuff and then blaming it all on others.” (Author, Sue J Love, Christsfreeservant)

Full document: https://runwithit.blog/2017/04/21/they-rise-up/

Also check out this short article, “Time Teaches Nothing”:

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1DqJxz39bG/

Author, Edward Curtin

The article speaks truth. His last sentence may seem terribly harsh and may offend some or all Christians, but he points out the absolute truth about the hypocrisy of the USA and their leaders who profess faith in Jesus Christ but who go around the world killing whoever they want, conquering nation after nation, stripping them of their natural resources, and lying about what they are really doing, and all for the rule of the beast, i.e. the New World Order.

So, Christians, please do not disregard what I have shared with you as a “conspiracy theory.” Instead, please take all this to the Lord in prayer. Seek God in this. Ask him to open your eyes to the truth of what is going on in the USA and in their actions that they habitually take in nations all throughout the world. Ask him to show you where you are blinded to the truth of what is going on, and to open your eyes to the truth before it is too late. 

And please, if you have not already, listen to the following song, not for entertainment purposes, and not to hear a great singer, for it is neither. But pay attention to the words and to the images and to what they represent, for they tell the story of the evil actions of our government and their allies, all of which are leading to the rule of the beast and this New World Order. And let God open your minds to the truth of who the US government truly is.

For Our Nation  

An Original Work / September 11, 2012

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Recording Via Gerry Peters, music producer and arranger

Bombs are bursting. Night is falling.

Jesus Christ is gently calling

You to follow Him in all ways.

Trust Him with your life today.

Make Him your Lord and your Savior.

Turn from your sin. Follow Jesus.

He will forgive you of your sin;

Cleanse your heart, made new within.

Men betraying: Our trust fraying.

On our knees to God we’re praying,

Seeking God to give us answers

That are only found in Him.

God is sovereign over all things.

Nothing from His mind escaping.

He has all things under His command,

And will work all for good.

Jesus Christ is gently calling

You to follow Him in all ways.

Men deceiving: We’re believing

In our Lord, and interceding

For our nation and its people

To obey their God today.

He is our hope for our future.

For our wounds He offers suture.

He is all we need for this life.

Trust Him with your life today.

https://vimeo.com/379406352

“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,” declares the Lord. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways And My thoughts than your thoughts.” (Isaiah 55:8-9 NASB1995)

State of The Union

An Original Work / March 3, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Husbands, Love Your Wives

About a month ago I joined Substack, an internet site which is presently open for people to write and to express their beliefs, thoughts, and opinions on various subjects. One of the writers, a man, is presently encouraging men in how they should treat their wives. And that has inspired me to write, from a woman’s perspective, and from a biblical perspective, what that should look like if men who are married truly love their wives as they ought. So I am going to quote some selected passages of Scripture on this subject.

I am reading in Ephesians 5 in the NASB1995 Bible translation.

“Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children; and walk in love, just as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma.” (vv. 1,2)

“But immorality or any impurity or greed must not even be named among you… For this you know with certainty, that no immoral or impure person or covetous man, who is an idolater, has an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.” (vv. 3,5)

“Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her… So husbands ought also to love their own wives as their own bodies… nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church… For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and shall be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” (vv. 25,28,29,31)

Presently, we live in a day and age when sexual immorality has not only skyrocketed, but it is being normalized and accepted and even catered to within the gatherings of probably the vast majority of what are called “churches” here in the USA. And this involves not just men, but women, children, and pastors of church congregations who are engaged in sexual immorality, specifically in addiction to pornography. Predominantly it is men who do this, and men are the ones who are to lead their wives spiritually.

So, because this is being normalized in our society and within many of the gatherings of “the church,” and not much is being done biblically to bring this to a halt (see 1 Corinthians 5:1-13), this is so widespread that it is destroying marriages and family relationships and the minds and hearts of young children, all of whom (or most of whom) have free access to the internet via smartphones, often which are not being regulated or monitored, or are being monitored only slightly, with work arounds for smart minds.

So, for husbands to love their wives as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, the first step has to be the forsaking of all sinful habits via genuine biblical repentance, via confession of sin and the asking for forgiveness, and then surrendering their lives to Jesus Christ to now do his will and to obey his commands and to live holy lives, pleasing to God. Christ must now be Lord of their lives and no longer their sinful flesh, and their wives have to be top priority in their lives, next to God, in unity with her.

For a husband’s role is not to be domineering and to rule harshly over his wife, but he is to lead her by example in what it looks like biblically to be a follower of Jesus Christ. And he is to give his life up for her, to do for her what is for her good, and what is loving, kind, thoughtful, understanding, compassionate, generous, caring, forgiving, honest, and faithful, joined together with her as one flesh, one unit, not to be separated by lies, adultery, abuse, and misuse, but as though they are literally one person. 

So, as a woman who is 76 years old, married to the same man for 53.5 years, a mother of 4 (+4), the grandmother of 14 (+2), and the great-grandmother of 2, and who has been serving the Lord with her life most all of her life (with a short time of moral failure a very long time ago), I am going to give some of my own counsel to married men in how they should treat their wives with honor, value, and respect, being loving, patient, kind, compassionate, and tenderhearted, in unity with her as one flesh.

1. If she wants to talk, listen to her undistracted, paying close attention

2. If she gets something wrong, don’t treat her like she is stupid

3. If she has a suggestion or some counsel to share, listen to her

4. If she all of a sudden wants to go somewhere, take her if you can

5. If she has a job or a ministry, share with her in household chores

6. If she asks how you are doing spiritually, be honest with her

7. If she has some godly counsel for you, accept it gratefully

8. If she begs you to stop cheating and to be faithful, do it lovingly

9. If she feels threatened by competition, don’t mock her, honor her

0. In everything that you do, love her as Christ loved the church

In Harmony  

Based off Romans 12:9-21; 1 Peter 3:8-17

An Original Work / September 2, 2012

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Love each other truly. 

Cling to what is good.

Hate all that is evil. 

Never lack in zeal.

Serve the Lord with fervor. 

Joyful in hope be;

Patient in affliction; 

Praying faithfully.

Honor one another. 

Live in harmony.

Share with all God’s people

Who are found in need.

Do not be conceited.

Sympathetic be.

Love, and show compassion

In humility.

Keep your tongue from evil.

Peaceful you must be.

Honor one another.

Live in harmony.

God sees who are righteous;

Listens to their prayers.

But He’s against evil – 

Is His to avenge.

Do not fear what they fear.

Suffer patiently.

In your hearts, make Christ Lord.

Serve Him faithfully.

Honor one another.

Live in harmony.

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Husbands, Love Your Wives

An Original Work / March 2, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Trials Which Test Our Faith

I am reading in Job, chapter 23, and I will summarize his situation:

 

Job was a righteous and God-fearing man. But God gave Satan permission to test him. And then most all of his servants, and his livestock, and all of his children were put to death. But Job’s response was, “The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away. Blessed be the name of the Lord.” And through all this Job did not sin nor did he blame God. But Satan was not finished with Job. So next he smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot to the crown on his head. Yet in all of this Job did not sin with his lips.

 

At first his friends had compassion on him, and they sat silent with him for seven days and seven nights. But Job was in such pain and suffering that he now wished he had never been born. And then his friends began accusing him falsely that the reason all this calamity had come into his life had to be that he had committed a grievous sin against God. But Job denied that he had sinned against the Lord, and he asked them to show him how he had sinned, if indeed he had sinned against God as they accused him of doing.

 

Although we do not know the exact number of days (I don’t, anyway) that Job suffered, it apparently was not short-lived. And his friends continued to try to prove to him that his suffering had to be a result of sin in his life. And that only served to increase Job’s suffering. And I do know what it is like to suffer emotionally, mentally, and physically, due to many things which I have had to endure over my lifetime. And I do know what it is like to be accused falsely of what I did not do, too. So I empathize with Job in his suffering.

 

And what is the worst of the worst is when we feel as though God is not there, when we can’t hear him speaking to us in our minds and in our hearts, as though he is silent when we need to hear from him the most. And that is where Job was:

 

“Behold, I go forward but He is not there,

And backward, but I cannot perceive Him;

9 When He acts on the left, I cannot behold Him;

He turns on the right, I cannot see Him.

10 “But He knows the way I take;

When He has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

11 “My foot has held fast to His path;

I have kept His way and not turned aside.

12 “I have not departed from the command of His lips;

I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my necessary food.

13 “But He is unique and who can turn Him?

And what His soul desires, that He does.

14 “For He performs what is appointed for me,

And many such decrees are with Him.

15 “Therefore, I would be dismayed at His presence;

When I consider, I am terrified of Him.

16 “It is God who has made my heart faint,

And the Almighty who has dismayed me,

17 But I am not silenced by the darkness,

Nor deep gloom which covers me. (Job 23:8-17 NASB1995)

 

More than once I have been accused of something I did not do, and by some pastors and elders. And I am not claiming that I have led a perfect life. I had my down time. But I am speaking of times when I was walking in obedience to my Lord, as I am now, and when I examined my own heart before the Lord, and in the study of the Scriptures, and I knew without a doubt that the accusations against me were false. And so I spoke in full honesty in my own defense only to be treated with disdain and rejection and disbelief, in return.

 

And during such times as these it can feel as though we have been abandoned by God, when we cannot hear him, and he appears to be silent. And that can be very unsettling. Many times I have prayed, “Lord, let me hear your voice!” And sometimes he remained silent, for it was to test me. And other times I did hear his calm reassurance that I am safe in his hands. And he gave me the courage to speak in my own defense, much like the apostle Paul and Peter and John and others spoke in their own defense.

 

But we must be very careful in times like these, when we are being tested, that we do not lose faith, and that we do not become bitter and angry. There were times in my life when I did respond that way, which was wrong. It was sinful. But I repented, and God forgave me. And he got me back on the right path. So, be careful when you are being tested that you don’t fall. Be careful when you can’t hear God that you don’t deny him and run away from him out of fear. Keep the faith! And keep obeying our Lord until the very end.

 

[Matthew 5:10-12; Matthew 10:16-25,34-39; Matthew 24:9-14; Luke 6:22-23; Luke 12:49-53; Luke 21:12-17; John 15:18-21; Ephesians 6:10-20; Revelation 6:9-11; Revelation 7:9-17; Revelation 11:1-3; Revelation 12:17; Revelation 13:1-18; Revelation 14:1-13]

 

Why So Downcast?

 

Based off Psalm 42

An Original Work / December 21, 2012  

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

 

Why so downcast, O my soul,

And why so disturbed now within me?

Put your hope in Jesus Christ,

For I will praise His name.

He’s my Savior and my God,

So therefore I’ll remember Him through

Storms and tempests sweeping o’er me.

Still I’ll praise His name.

Put your hope in God.

 

By day the Lord sends forth His love.

In the night His song is with me.

I pray to the God of my life.

I will praise His name. I say to God my Rock,

“Why must I be called to suffer this way?”

Foes attack me; Satan sneering.

Still I’ll praise my God.

Put your hope in Him.

 

As a deer pants for the waters,

So my soul pants for You, O God.

My soul thirsts for God who’s living.

When can I meet Him?

My tears have been my food at night,

When men say, “So, where is your God?”

I pour out my soul to my God.

I’ll still praise His name.

Shout with joy to Him.

 

https://vimeo.com/117318376

 

Trials Which Test Our Faith

An Original Work / March 2, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love