Proclaim the Message of Salvation

“Sing to the Lord a new song;

Sing to the Lord, all the earth.

Sing to the Lord, bless His name;

Proclaim good tidings of His salvation from day to day.

Tell of His glory among the nations,

His wonderful deeds among all the peoples.

For great is the Lord and greatly to be praised;

He is to be feared above all gods.

For all the gods of the peoples are idols,

But the Lord made the heavens.

Splendor and majesty are before Him,

Strength and beauty are in His sanctuary.” (Psalm 96:1-6 NASB1995)

As those who are followers of Jesus Christ, we are also to be those who are giving praise to God day to day, but not just with our lips, but with our hearts and with our life practices. And we are also to be those who are proclaiming to the people of the world the good tidings of His salvation, from day to day. But it needs to be the biblical gospel message as taught by Jesus Christ and by his New Testament apostles, taught in the correct biblical context, and not the lies so many are spreading via teachings out of context.

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).

The grace of God, which is bringing us salvation, is training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives while we wait for Jesus’ return. For Christ “gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.” “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.” (See Titus 2:11-14; Ephesians 2:8-10)

For by God-gifted faith in Jesus Christ, which is not of our own doing, we are crucified with Christ in death to sin and raised with Christ to walk in newness of life in him, no longer to live as slaves to sin but as slaves to righteousness in walks of obedience to God’s commands. 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 (see Romans 6:1-23).

And we learn in 1 John 1-3 that if we claim that we have fellowship with God, but yet we walk in darkness (sin), we are liars. If we claim that we know God, but we do not obey his commandments, in practice, we are liars. For it is not the one who claims he is “in Christ” who is “in Christ,” but it is the one who has denied self, died with Christ to sin, and who is now walking in obedience to our Lord and to his commands, in practice, and no longer in sin. They have the hope and the promise of eternal life with God in heaven.

Gospel:[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]

This is the good tidings of His Salvation which we are to be proclaiming from day to day. This is what we are to be telling to the nations, how Jesus Christ gave his life up for us on that cross, and how he put our sins to death with him, and how he was resurrected from the dead and ascended back to heaven so that by God-persuaded and God-gifted faith in him we will now die to sin and walk in fellowship with our Lord in obedience to his commands and in holy living, for the glory and praise of God, in the power of God.

For our God – Father, Son Jesus Christ, and Holy Spirit – is to be feared above all gods. And to fear him is to believe his words, to believe not only his promises, but also his conditions he has for us, to be met by us for us to be of genuine faith in Jesus Christ. And it is to believe what he describes as the punishment for all who continue living in sin and who do not bow the knee to him in submission to his will for our lives. For to fear him is to give him honor, respect, worship, reverence, and our lives surrendered to his will.

We are not to follow after the gods of the peoples and of the nations. And these can be people, possessions, prestige, popularity, money, pride, entertainment, self-pleasure, adulterous eyes, sinful habits, addiction to sexual immorality, the worldly “church” being marketed to the people of the world, our own nations, or other nations, or anything or anyone who takes us away from love and devotion and obedience to our Lord. But we are to worship and obey and live for God, and for him alone, and not for self.

As the Deer 

By Martin J. Nystrom

Based off Psalm 42:1

As the deer panteth for the water

So my soul longeth after You

You alone are my heart's desire

And I long to worship You

You alone are my strength, my shield

To You alone may my spirit yield

You alone are my heart's desire

And I long to worship You

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZv3jzOTE70

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Proclaim the Message of Salvation

An Original Work / August 31, 2025 

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Those Who Test God

“Come, let us worship and bow down,

Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker.

For He is our God,

And we are the people of His pasture and the sheep of His hand.

Today, if you would hear His voice,

Do not harden your hearts, as at Meribah,

As in the day of Massah in the wilderness,

‘When your fathers tested Me,

They tried Me, though they had seen My work.

For forty years I loathed that generation,

And said they are a people who err in their heart,

And they do not know My ways.

Therefore I swore in My anger,

Truly they shall not enter into My rest.’” (Psalm 95:6-11 NASB1995)

“When Your Fathers Tested Me”

I live in the United States of America (USA). And this morning I believe the Lord is paralleling the fathers of these people who tested God in the wilderness with the political fathers (rulers) of my nation, both past and present (perhaps not all of them). For they are a law unto themselves, who do as they choose, regardless of who gets hurt or who has to die in the process, in order for them to accomplish their goals of world domination. 

For, from what I have read, as led by the Holy Spirit, in hundreds of articles on the internet, over the past 21 years, this is my understanding:

Our government has sent our military into other nations, many times on false pretenses, in order to “rape” those other nations of their natural resources and to overtake their governments for political gain, and in preparation for the rule of the beast and the New World Order, which is now upon us, even if not in its full form as of yet. First they create the chaos, and then they come in to “rescue” these other nations from what ails them.

And they are doing the same types of things to the people in my own nation. And I believe we are being taken down, one piece at a time, with the goal to obliterate the USA as an independent nation and to bring us into conformity with the one world government, along with all the other nations of the world. Many of us are seeing parallels between our present form of government and that of the Nazis and Hitler and their political regime during WW2.

Don’t Harden Your Hearts

Many of us are seeing that we are not “the land of the free and the home of the brave” which is talked about in one of our patriotic songs of worship of the USA government. We are definitely not one nation under the one true God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all, which is what we were taught to recite in our pledge (vow) of allegiance (worship) to our government, with hand over heart, in public schools, and in our state “churches” in the USA.

But this not just about the fathers of our nations or our own earthly fathers and what they did or did not do, and how they treated God. This is about us, and how we are treating God with our lives presently. But it is to awaken us to the reality that my nation, and perhaps other nations, are not what they are purported to be, and we should not, as followers of Christ, be giving our worship, loyalty, and devotion to any human institution or to any people.

We are to give our worship, devotion, loyalty, fidelity, and adoration to God – Father, Son Jesus Christ, and Holy Spirit – and to Him alone. Yes, we are to obey the laws of the land, and we are to obey our governing authorities, but only as it does not conflict with the commands of God, and as long as it does not turn into worship of the government or of any other physical nation. For we are to come out from the world and to be separate, different from the world because we are becoming like Christ in thought, character, and deed. 

So many who profess faith in Jesus Christ, though, are not becoming like Christ, because they are not of genuine biblical faith in the Lord Jesus. But Jesus requires that we die with him to sin and that we now walk in obedience to his commands as part of and as evidence of biblical faith which saves us from our sins and which promises us eternal life with God. For if sin is what we practice, and not obeying God, we have not eternal life with God.

So, this is a call to genuine repentance, to leave our lives of sin behind us, and to now walk in the ways of the Lord in righteousness, holiness, honesty, moral purity, and faithfulness to our Lord and to his commands, and to his will and purpose for our lives. For if we harden our hearts, and if we continue in deliberate and habitual sin, and we don’t surrender our lives to the authority of Christ over our lives, heaven will not be our eternal destiny.

Gospel:[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]

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.

http://youtu.be/_XQkomPFz4Y

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Those Who Test God

An Original Work / August 31, 2025 

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

God is In Control

“O come, let us sing for joy to the Lord,

Let us shout joyfully to the rock of our salvation.

Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving,

Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms.

For the Lord is a great God

And a great King above all gods,

In whose hand are the depths of the earth,

The peaks of the mountains are His also.

The sea is His, for it was He who made it,

And His hands formed the dry land.” (Psalm 95:1-5 NASB1995)

As I read this passage of Scripture this morning, what immediately came to mind is what is in our news here daily in the USA. For reading our news each day is like following a big soap opera on television. And by “soap opera” I mean that it is drama, drama, drama, with little real substance. The stories told are meant to stir our emotions and to get us upset or afraid or angry, and they are also intended as distractions from the real stories behind them. And what is really going on is far worse than what is often being portrayed.

We are definitely living in the last days before the return of Christ, and the evidence is all over the place. These are very confusing and troubled times in which we now live. The beast is rising and is taking over nations, and a New World Order is being formed before our eyes. And the gospel message in the USA has largely been altered and diluted to appease human flesh, and the church has largely been turned into marketplaces to be marketed to the people of the world and to entertain them and to blend in with the world.

There is not much of a difference between the church and the world anymore, for so much of what is called “church” has partnered with the world in an unholy union and they are now marketing the church to the world, both of which God forbids that we do. And so God is calling his worldly church to come out of the world, and to come out of these unholy unions so that he will receive them, and they will be his, and so they will not be punished along with the rest of Babylon, the harlot who deceives.

[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 18:1-5] 

And what put all this in my mind this morning was reading that the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods, in whose hand are the depths of the earth, and the mountains and the sea and the dry land are all his, and they are all under his control. In other words, there are no kings on this earth who can do what they do unless God allows it, for a time, and for a purpose. The Bible told us these days would come, and they are now upon us, but to what extent yet or the timing of which only God knows for sure.

But the other part of this is that we are not to be afraid of what is coming, for we were told ahead of time that these days would come, and God is still sovereign over all he created. And if we are his, by genuine biblical faith in Jesus Christ, he will carry us through whatever is about to come upon us, as a people, and as the nations of the world. We should be wholly aware that at any moment our world could come crashing down upon us, for that is what is being planned, and it is what the Bible said would come. But don’t fear!

Instead, we are to sing for joy to the Lord, and we are to shout joyfully to the rock of our salvation. We are to come before His presence with thanksgiving, and we should shout joyfully to Him with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs unto the Lord. And we are to remember that God is God, and he is above all that is called “gods,” and he has all things in his hands, under his control. And no matter what comes our way, or when, if we are followers of Christ, walking in his ways, God will carry us through to the death.

But 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).

Gospel:[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]

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.

http://youtu.be/_XQkomPFz4Y

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God is In Control

An Original Work / August 31, 2025 

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Far More Abundantly

 

Jew and Gentile, One in Christ

“Therefore, remember that formerly you who are Gentiles by birth and called ‘uncircumcised’ by those who call themselves ‘the circumcision’ (which is done in the body by human hands)— remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel and foreigners to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world. But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ.

“For he himself is our peace, who has made the two groups one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, by setting aside in his flesh the law with its commands and regulations. His purpose was to create in himself one new humanity out of the two, thus making peace, and in one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross, by which he put to death their hostility. He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near. For through him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.

“Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God’s people and also members of his household, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord. And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.” (Ephesians 2:11-22 NIV)

Before Jesus Christ died on that cross to put our sins to death with him, God had one people, one nation, and they were the Jews who believed in him. But once Jesus gave his life up for us on that cross so that we, by faith in him, can now die with him to sin and walk in obedience to his commands, he destroyed that barrier that stood between Jew and Gentile, and he made us both one people, one nation, by faith in Christ. All Jews who did not believe in Jesus were cut out of Israel, and all Gentiles who believed in Jesus were grafted into Israel, so Israel now includes Jew and Gentile by faith in Christ.

Therefore, the physical nation of people which is called “Israel” is not biblical Israel. They, as a nation, are not God’s chosen people, for they have rejected (as a nation) Jesus Christ as their Messiah and have gone off to follow after other gods. And all who do not believe in Jesus do not worship the same God that Christians do. For the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob is Father, Son Jesus Christ, and Holy Spirit. Jesus made it clear that those who rejected him also rejected God the Father, for they are one. All who deny Christ are antichrist, denying the Father and the Son (1 John 2:22).

For what does this say? Those who were Gentiles by birth, who were separate from Christ, they were excluded from citizenship in Israel. But by faith in Christ Jesus they were brought near by the blood of Christ and now they were one with Israel, Jew and Gentile no longer separate, but one people by faith in Jesus. God does not have a Jewish chosen nation and a Christian chosen nation, separate from each other. There is only ONE Israel, the Israel of God, which includes Jew and Gentile who are now both one people, one nation, by faith in Christ. So we are Israel who believe in Christ.

And pay close attention to these words here, for it says that those who were Gentiles by birth, and not Jews, were once foreigners and strangers, but by faith in Christ Jesus they became fellow citizens with God’s people (the saints of God), referring to the Jews who believed in Jesus Christ but also to the biblical nation of Israel. God has only one people, one nation, and it is comprised of both Jew and Gentile by faith in Jesus Christ. We are his holy temple, where he dwells. The temple of God is no longer a physical building. And the Jewish nation called “Israel” is not of God, not God’s chosen people.

[Genesis 17:7-9; Genesis 18:19; John 8:18-19,38-47; Romans 2:28-29; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Romans 9:4-8,25-28; Romans 11:1-36; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 3:16,26-29; Galatians 4:22-31; Ephesians 2:11-22; Ephesians 3:6; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-16; Hebrews 8:6-13;1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 2:22; Jude 1:5; Revelation 2:9; Revelation 3:9]  

Broken and Contrite  

An Original Work / May 13, 2012

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

I come before You, Lord, my Savior,

With humble heart and crushed in spirit.

I bow before You, I implore You,

Heal my broken heart, I pray.

Love You, Jesus, Lord, my master,

You are the King of my heart.

Lord, purify my heart within me;

Sanctify me, whole within.

Oh, Lord, I long to obey fully

The words You’ve spoken through Your Spirit.

I pray You give me grace and mercy,

Strength and wisdom to obey.

Father God, my heart’s desire,

Won’t You set my heart on fire?

Lord, cleanse my heart of all that hinders

My walk with You, now I pray.

Oh, Jesus, Savior, full of mercy,

My heart cries out for understanding.

I want to follow You in all ways,

Never straying from Your truth.

Holy Spirit, come in power,

Fill me with Your love today.

Lord, mold and make me; 

Your hands formed me;

Live Your life through me, I pray.

https://vimeo.com/118841304 

Jew and Gentile, One in Christ

An Original Work / August 30, 2025 

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Faith in Christ is Change

“As you know, it was because of an illness that I first preached the gospel to you, and even though my illness was a trial to you, you did not treat me with contempt or scorn. Instead, you welcomed me as if I were an angel of God, as if I were Christ Jesus himself. Where, then, is your blessing of me now? I can testify that, if you could have done so, you would have torn out your eyes and given them to me. Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth?

 

“Those people are zealous to win you over, but for no good. What they want is to alienate you from us, so that you may have zeal for them. It is fine to be zealous, provided the purpose is good, and to be so always, not just when I am with you. My dear children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you, how I wish I could be with you now and change my tone, because I am perplexed about you!” (Galatians 4:13-20 NIV)

 

In context, the Judaizers were trying to convince the Gentile Christians that they needed to be more like Jews and that they had to obey some of the Old Covenant liturgical and ceremonial laws such as circumcision, dietary restrictions and the keeping of the Jewish Sabbath. Particularly Paul was concerned about them being pressured into being circumcised when that was not required of them by God, because they were already circumcised in the Spirit with a spiritual circumcision, which is not of the flesh.

 

But some of the Gentile Christians were being convinced that they had to add some of these Old Covenant liturgical and ceremonial laws on to their salvation, and some of the Jews were also holding on to some of those Old Covenant laws. His main concern was in the area of physical circumcision and them feeling as though they needed to add things on to their faith that God does not require, feeling as though that was going to make them better Christians or enhance their Christianity in some way, which was a lie.

 

And Paul was trying to correct the lies and to teach the people the truth, but it appears that some of them were not listening to him and that they may have been rejecting him in favor of the Judaizers who were teaching them something different. And so he was appealing to them here to follow after the truth that they had first received and to not be swayed to do something different by those who were trying to win them over to a different gospel. For Paul was dedicated to helping them to follow the Lord Jesus Christ.

 

And we have a parallel situation to this today with so many Judaizers and false teachers who are either adding on to the gospel of Christ what is not of God, or who are removing from the gospel what they do not want to accept, and then who are teaching the Scriptures out of context, and are making them say what they do not say if taught in the right context. And so many of them are teaching that all we need to do is make a profession of faith in Jesus Christ and now all our sins are forgiven, and heaven is our eternal destiny, but regardless of how we live in lifestyle and in practice.

 

And these false teachers are very zealous to win people over to their point of view, and not for a good purpose, for they are leading them to continue in their sinful practices and to not obey God and his New Covenant commands. And they will use such passages as Galatians 3-4 out of context to try to say that we do not have to obey God’s commands at all, and that we do not have to die to sin, for they call that “works salvation” or “legalism,” and so they are convincing the masses to accept their false gospel of salvation.

 

But faith in Jesus Christ, which is of God, is not lip service only, but it is about change of heart and mind and behavior, away from living in sin to now following our Lord in walks of obedience to his commands. We do none of this in our own flesh, but only by God-gifted and God-persuaded faith in Jesus Christ, in the power and wisdom of God, and by the Spirit. For by faith in Christ we are to now turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that we may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified (made holy) by faith in Jesus Christ (Acts 26:18).

 

Gospel:[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]

 

As the Deer

 

By Martin J. Nystrom

Based off Psalm 42:1

 

As the deer panteth for the water

So my soul longeth after You

You alone are my heart's desire

And I long to worship You

 

You alone are my strength, my shield

To You alone may my spirit yield

You alone are my heart's desire

And I long to worship You

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZv3jzOTE70

 

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Faith in Christ is Change

An Original Work / August 29, 2025

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

 

Video Talk on the same subject

 

https://youtu.be/M_GlYkrXIgs

 

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Don't Return to The Past

“However at that time, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those which by nature are no gods. But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how is it that you turn back again to the weak and worthless elemental things, to which you desire to be enslaved all over again? You observe days and months and seasons and years. I fear for you, that perhaps I have labored over you in vain.” (Galatians 4:8-11 NASB1995)

Before we believed in Jesus Christ to be Lord and Savior of our lives, we were slaves to sin, destined for hell, without hope. We may have been “religious” people who went through all sorts of religious exercises, but our lives were not surrendered to Christ, we had not died to sin, and we were not walking in obedience to our Lord and to his New Covenant commands. And we may have been rule followers, but still our lives were our own to live as we chose and not surrendered to Christ to do his will for our lives.

For going through the motions of religious practices does not make anyone a Christian saved by God’s grace. Just because you show up at a “church” gathering once a week, you sing the songs, you listen to the sermon, and maybe you do some community service, it does not make you a Christian and a follower of Jesus Christ. And just because you go through the waters of baptism, and take communion, or go through catechism, none of that secures you salvation from sin and eternal life with God apart from faith.

But what is faith? Biblical faith is authored and perfected by Jesus Christ. It is persuaded of God, and it is gifted to us by God. And it is not of our own doing – not of the will nor of the flesh of humans. So we don’t get to define faith. God does! And God persuades us as to his holiness and righteousness, and of our sinfulness, and of our need and God’s requirement that we die with Christ to sin, and that we are raised with Christ to walk in newness of life in him, no longer to live as slaves to sin but as slaves to righteousness.

Now Jesus becomes our Lord (Owner-Master), and he is the one directing our lives and showing us the way we must go. We no longer just go through the motions of religious practice, but our lives are now given over to Jesus Christ to be lived now for his purposes and for his glory, in the power and wisdom of God, and not in our own flesh. Now we belong to Christ to follow his lead and to be the people of God he intends for us to be. And this means death to sin and walks of obedience to his commands in holy living.

But there are people who do come to know the Lord, in truth, but then someone comes along and tells them that they have to adhere to a bunch of the Old Covenant liturgical, ceremonial, circumcision, dietary, and Sabbath laws, as add ons to their faith in Christ. And so they go after these things, thinking it will make them more religious. Or they come across those who are telling them that they don’t have to deny self, die to sin, and follow Jesus in obedience, and so they go back to living in sin in disobedience.

And so the message here is that we are not to go back to how we were living before we believed in Christ, whether it is a focus on legalism and just following a bunch of empty rules which do nothing to change our hearts, and/or it is a return to walking in deliberate and habitual sin against God, in open defiance to God and to his New Covenant commands, thinking that God will not punish us for our sins. For if sin is what we practice, and not obedience to God, we will not inherit eternal life with God.

Gospel:[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]

As the Deer 

By Martin J. Nystrom

Based off Psalm 42:1

As the deer panteth for the water

So my soul longeth after You

You alone are my heart's desire

And I long to worship You

You alone are my strength, my shield

To You alone may my spirit yield

You alone are my heart's desire

And I long to worship You

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZv3jzOTE70

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Don’t Return to The Past

An Original Work / August 29, 2025 

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Heirs According to The Promise

“Even so Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness. Therefore, be sure that it is those who are of faith who are sons of Abraham. The Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, ‘All the nations will be blessed in you.’ So then those who are of faith are blessed with Abraham, the believer.”

“Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. He does not say, ‘And to seeds,’ as referring to many, but rather to one, ‘And to your seed,’ that is, Christ.”

“There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s descendants, heirs according to promise.” (Galatians 3:6-9,16,28-29 NASB1995)

Faith in Jesus Christ

So, what does it mean to be of faith in Jesus Christ? Jesus said it this way:

“If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake, he is the one who will save it. For what is a man profited if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits himself? For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when He comes in His glory, and the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.” (Luke 9:23-26 NASB1995)

And the Apostle Paul stated it this way:

“..and they, having become callous, have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness. But you did not learn Christ in this way, if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught in Him, just as truth is in Jesus, that, in reference to your former manner of life, you 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.” (see Ephesians 4:17-24)

Faith in Jesus Christ, if it is of God, and not of human flesh, will result in us denying self, dying with Christ to sin daily, and us walking in obedience to our Lord and to his commands in holy living, in practice. For if sin is what we practice, and not obedience, we will not inherit eternal life with God.

Gospel:[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]

All One in Christ Jesus

And this is critical that we get this next part. If we are of genuine biblical faith in Jesus Christ, we are sons of Abraham, blessed with Abraham, and we are Abraham’s descendants, heirs according to the promise. Jew and Gentile, by faith in Jesus Christ, are one person, one people, the one and only chosen people of God via faith in Jesus Christ. We are no longer divided, Jew and Gentile, but Jesus made us one people by faith in Jesus Christ.

So, when people call themselves “Messianic Jews,” that is not biblical, for that still separates them from all other Christians who are not of Jewish descent. But by Jesus’ death on that cross, and via his bodily resurrection, not only are we able to now die to sin and live to God in obedience to his commands, but he made us one people by faith in Jesus Christ. So the division is no longer Jew and Gentile, but those who believe in Jesus Christ and those who are not of biblical faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.

So please understand that not all who are descended from Israel belong to Israel, and not all are children of Abraham because they are his offspring. It is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as offspring. And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise. The Jewish nation called “Israel” is not of God, for as a nation they have denied Jesus Christ, which then makes them antichrist, as a nation, but not all Jews.

And Paul taught the Christians that they were not beholding to the Jews to follow after Jewish customs, traditions, and laws, for the Jews who did not believe in Christ were of Hagar, the slave woman, and not of Sarah, the free woman. And the city of Jerusalem, representing the Jewish nation, was still in slavery with her children. And she is not of the free woman, Sarah. But the (spiritual) Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother. In other words, all Jews who do not believe in Christ are not God’s people.

And so the slave woman’s (Hagar’s) son (the Jewish nation, not of faith in Christ), will never share in the inheritance with the free woman’s son, i.e. believers in Christ. And so physical Jerusalem is no longer “the holy city.” The church, the body of Christ, is his holy city. And all Jews who do not believe in Christ will not inherit the promises given to Abraham and to his seed, and they will not have eternal life with God. “Therefore, brothers and sisters, we are not children of the slave woman, but of the free woman.”

[Genesis 17:7-9; Genesis 18:19; John 8:18-19,38-47; Romans 2:28-29; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Romans 9:4-8,25-28; Romans 11:1-36; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 3:16,26-29; Galatians 4:22-31; Ephesians 2:11-22; Ephesians 3:6; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-16; Hebrews 8:6-13;1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 2:22; Jude 1:5; Revelation 2:9; Revelation 3:9]  

So, do not give your support, loyalty, devotion, worship, and adoration to a godless nation who does not believe in the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, because they do not believe in Jesus Christ, the second person of our triune God – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (same God). For all who deny Jesus as the Christ are the antichrist – denying the Father and the Son (1 John 2:22). They are not of God, and they are not God’s chosen people. Only those who believe in Jesus Christ are God’s chosen people, his holy ones.

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.

http://youtu.be/_XQkomPFz4Y

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Heirs According to The Promise

An Original Work / August 29, 2025 

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Have You Clothed Yourselves With Christ?

“But before faith came, we were kept in custody under the law, being shut up to the faith which was later to be revealed. Therefore the Law has become our tutor to lead us to Christ, so that we may be justified by faith. But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor. For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.” (Galatians 3:23-27 NASB1995)

The book of Galatians is one of those books that should be read in whole before reading just small sections of it. Otherwise, it is easy to misinterpret what it is teaching if all we do is to take it in small sections. For, it is not teaching that faith in Jesus Christ is now lawless and that we no longer have to obey God and his commandments. Yes, the people of God are no longer under the liturgical, ceremonial, sacrificial, purification, circumcision, dietary, and Sabbath laws of the Old Covenant, but faith in Christ is not lawless.

Just flip over to chapter 5 and you will read, “Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, disputes, dissensions, factions, envying, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, just as I have forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God… Now those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.” (vv. 19-21,24)

All throughout the teachings of Jesus and of his New Testament apostles we are taught that faith in Jesus Christ, if it is biblical faith, must result in us dying with Christ to sin and us walking (in conduct) in obedience to our Lord and to his New Covenant commandments. For if sin is what we practice, and not righteousness, and not walks of obedience to our Lord, then we do not know God, we are not born of God, we are not in fellowship with Christ, and we will not inherit eternal life with God. So, please take this to heart!

But I must admit that this whole subject of law and grace can be a bit confusing. And this is why reading the Scriptures in their full context is critical to correct biblical interpretation and application. Many lies are being taught today from Scripture passages being taught out of context and made to say what they do not say if taught in the correct biblical context. So, before you draw your own conclusions on what the Scriptures are teaching, please read them in their biblical context so that you follow what is truth.

So, the whole point here is that when Jesus Christ died on that cross to put our sins to death with him, it was so that, by faith in him, we will now die with him to sin and walk with him in obedience to his commands, but not in obedience to the Old Covenant liturgical and ceremonial laws, but to God’s moral laws which Jesus summarized by saying, 

“’You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the great and foremost commandment. The second is like it, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’” (Matthew 22:37-39 NASB1995)

But this is not human love based on human emotions, but this is agape love which entails us doing what God prefers, which is what is righteous, just, morally pure, upright, godly, honest, faithful, and obedient to God. As believers in Christ we are to actively be doing what God prefers, in his power, and under his direction. And sin is no longer to be what we practice. For if sin is what we practice, we will not inherit eternal life with God.

For to be baptized into Christ is not a mere outward ceremony, and it is not a mere ceremony of being dunked under water. Truly we are baptized into Christ through us dying with him to sin and us being raised with him to walk in newness of life in him, no longer to live as slaves to sin, but now as slaves to God and to his righteousness. And this is what our water baptism symbolizes. But if sin is what we obey, and not God, we do not have eternal life with God, regardless of what ceremonies we have gone through.

For to clothe ourselves with Christ means that we, by faith in Jesus Christ, put on Christ and his righteousness, not in the sense of fakery, but in the sense of a change of heart, mind, character, and behavior, in the process of becoming like Christ, in the power of God. It means that our lives are now surrendered to Christ Jesus, to doing his will, and to following him in his footsteps. It means we are no longer living to please our flesh but our lives are now dedicated to living holy lives, pleasing to God, in his power.

Gospel:[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]

Oh, to Be Like Thee, Blessed Redeemer 

Lyrics by Thomas O. Chisholm, 1897

Music by W. J. Kirkpatrick, 1897

Oh, to be like Thee! blessèd Redeemer,

This is my constant longing and prayer;

Gladly I’ll forfeit all of earth’s treasures,

Jesus, Thy perfect likeness to wear.

Oh, to be like Thee! full of compassion,

Loving, forgiving, tender and kind,

Helping the helpless, cheering the fainting,

Seeking the wandering sinner to find.

O to be like Thee! lowly in spirit,

Holy and harmless, patient and brave;

Meekly enduring cruel reproaches,

Willing to suffer others to save.

O to be like Thee! while I am pleading,

Pour out Thy Spirit, fill with Thy love;

Make me a temple meet for Thy dwelling,

Fit me for life and Heaven above.

Oh, to be like Thee! Oh, to be like Thee,

Blessèd Redeemer, pure as Thou art;

Come in Thy sweetness, come in Thy fullness;

Stamp Thine own image deep on my heart.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrYhiK2nQBg 

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Have You Clothed Yourselves With Christ?

An Original Work / August 29, 2025 

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

And They Were Frightened

“So Jesus, perceiving that they were intending to come and take Him by force to make Him king, withdrew again to the mountain by Himself alone.

“Now when evening came, His disciples went down to the sea, and after getting into a boat, they started to cross the sea to Capernaum. It had already become dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them. The sea began to be stirred up because a strong wind was blowing. Then, when they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the sea and drawing near to the boat; and they were frightened. But He said to them, ‘It is I; do not be afraid.’ So they were willing to receive Him into the boat, and immediately the boat was at the land to which they were going.” (John 6:15-21 NASB1995)

I am not going to go into all the history behind this, for I am going to use this more like a parable to be applied spiritually to our lives and to our circumstances today. For I imagine that most of us who believe in Jesus have had these times in our lives that seemed dark to us, or that were dark (difficult, troublesome, depressing, sorrowful, and/or miserable). And we at least felt as though our Lord was not with us, that he had not come to us, or we could not feel his presence and/or we could not hear him in our minds.

He seemed far away to us at times when we needed him most. And we may have even been frightened at the thought of him not being near and/or of the particular dark circumstances which we were up against. Or we may have been frightened by the solution that he provided for us, for we thought it way beyond possible, or over our heads, or beyond our means or gifts or talents. For sometimes he will lead us to do things which we know we cannot do within ourselves, but he shows us the way, in his power and strength.

Let me give you an example, and I will try to make it short. In 1981 my husband and I and our four children were part of a church fellowship. The pastor was speaking on Spiritual gifts, and he was having us fill out a form where we listed what we believed were our spiritual gifts. And the intention appeared to be so he would know where to place us in ministry. A long time passed and I never heard from him, so I called him. And he came to our house. And so I asked him about ministry opportunities for myself.

But then he began falsely accusing me of what was not me, and he and I had never had any kind of a relationship or talks prior to this. And then he asked me if I would say I had been crucified with Christ. I answered, “Yes,” and he said, “I would say you haven’t!” Wow! That just killed my heart! And after that I just withdrew, and I didn’t try anymore. But then I was reading the story of Jonah to my children, and the Lord spoke to me that I was like Jonah in the sense that I was running away from what God had for me.

And the Lord spoke to me that I was to go back to that pastor and to try to talk this through with him. My response to God was, “But Lord, you don’t understand!” Truly I was the one who did not understand, for me to say that, but because of the abuse I had faced as a child, I had believed that man had power over me that God could do nothing about. God was my comforter, but not my rescuer. But I listened to the Lord, and he gave me the courage to speak to the pastor. And to make a long story short, it all worked out for good in the end, and the pastor and I were united in Christian fellowship.

So, no matter what we are up against, God can do in us and through us what we cannot do on our own. And when Jesus comes to us with a solution to our problems, we should not shut him out just because his solution, we believe, is beyond our own abilities. So if God leads us in a particular direction, and it is truly of God, and the direction is not against God, but we fear our own inadequacy, we need to trust the Lord and believe that he can do in us and through us what we cannot do in our flesh. And then we just need to follow his lead. But please be those who obey God’s commands.

Body of Christ, Spiritual Gifts, Spiritual Ministries

[Matthew 5:13-16; Matthew 28:18-20; John 4:31-38; John 13:13-17; John 14:12; Acts 1:8; Acts 2:42-47; Acts 26:18; Romans 10:14-15; 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 5:11-21; 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; 1 Peter 2:9,21; 1 John 2:6]

Why Are You Afraid?  

Based off Various Scriptures

An Original Work / December 5, 2013

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Do not be afraid. 

Your Lord is always by your side.

Serve the Lord in righteousness

Before Him all your days.

Those who hate the light

Will not come to the Lord.

They fear their deeds

Might be noticed.

So, they hate the light,

And they embrace the night.

Do not be afraid,

Although your enemy attacks.

Dare to share your testimony

Of God’s saving grace.

Do not fear their threats,

But honor Christ, your Lord.

Be prepared to give an answer

For the hope you have,

With gentleness; respect.

Why are you afraid?

For all that’s hidden will be shown.

What I tell you, speak in daylight.

Let the truth be known.

Do not be afraid

Of those who’ll take your life.

Fear the Lord with understanding.

Trust Him with your life,

And give not up to strife.

Do not be afraid.

Take courage, it is I, your Lord.

Bow before Me; now adore Me.

Oh, why do you doubt?

Listen to the Lord.

Get up and bear His name!

Run and tell the world He loves them.

Jesus came to save.

Give Him your all today. 

https://vimeo.com/114668071

And They Were Frightened

An Original Work / August 28, 2025 

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Who Will Listen To It?

Therefore many of His disciples, when they heard this said, “This is a difficult statement; who can listen to it?” But Jesus, conscious that His disciples grumbled at this, said to them, “Does this cause you to stumble?” 

As a result of this many of His disciples withdrew and were not walking with Him anymore. So Jesus said to the twelve, “You do not want to go away also, do you?” Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have words of eternal life. We have believed and have come to know that You are the Holy One of God.” Jesus answered them, “Did I Myself not choose you, the twelve, and yet one of you is a devil?” Now He meant Judas the son of Simon Iscariot, for he, one of the twelve, was going to betray Him.” (John 6:60-61,66-71 NASB1995)

In context, Jesus had just miraculously fed a large crowd of about five thousand people with just five barley loaves and two fish, and there were even leftovers after everyone had eaten. The crowd continued to follow Jesus, to seek after him, because he had fed them. So Jesus taught them not to work for food that perishes, but for the food which endures to eternal life. And then he told them that He was the bread of life, and that was the bread they needed eat, and then they would have eternal life with God.

He went on to talk about how they needed to eat of that bread, to eat of his flesh, and to drink of his blood, which means to partake with him in his suffering in death to sin, followed by walks of obedience to his commands. It means to be in fellowship with him, in participation with him in his suffering, and to be raised with him to walk in newness of life in him, no longer to live as slaves to sin, but now as slaves to God and to his righteousness, in the power of God (see the previous writing, “For The Life of The World”). 

But those who were following him, because he had fed them, they found his words to be difficult, and so many who had been following him withdrew from him and were not walking with him anymore. And so Jesus asked his 12 disciples if they wanted to go away, too. Peter replied that Jesus had the words of eternal life, and that he was the Holy One of God. And then Jesus responded by announcing that one of the 12 was going to betray him. And by that, he meant Judas Iscariot, who did betray Jesus to death.

Now this is where many people are today, as well. Many profess to be followers of Christ, but only because of what they believe he has done and will do for them. But they have not denied self and died with him to sin, and they are not now walking in obedience to his commands. For they believe that they don’t have to, that nothing is required of them other than a profession of faith in Jesus Christ, which they believe guarantees them heaven when they die. And so they turn their hearts away from the truth.

For the truth that Jesus taught, more metaphorically in this Scripture, but much more plainly in others, is that to come after him we must deny self, take up our cross daily (die daily to sin) and follow him in obedience to his commands and in accord with his ways he has planned for us to live. For if we hold on to our lives of living in sin, we will lose them for eternity. But if we lose (die to) our old lives of sin, to follow him in obedience, then in him we have the promise and the hope of eternal life (see Luke 9:23-26).

They may not walk away physically, as did this group of followers of Jesus, and they may continue to claim Jesus as their Lord and Savior, and heaven as their eternal destiny, but yet they deny him by their lifestyles. For they reject his teachings in order to follow after the ways of their sinful flesh. They reject the truth to follow a lie, for the lie allows them to keep living in their sin and in disobedience to our Lord without consequence. But one day they will have to stand before Jesus in judgment, and for all who continued in deliberate and habitual sin, for them heaven is not their eternal home.

So don’t be one who professes Jesus with your lips but who betrays him with your heart and with your sinful practices and with your disobedience.

Gospel:[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]

As the Deer 

By Martin J. Nystrom

Based off Psalm 42:1

As the deer panteth for the water

So my soul longeth after You

You alone are my heart's desire

And I long to worship You

You alone are my strength, my shield

To You alone may my spirit yield

You alone are my heart's desire

And I long to worship You

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZv3jzOTE70

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Who Will Listen To It?

An Original Work / August 28, 2025 

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

For The Life of The World

Jesus said, “I am the living bread that came down out of heaven; if anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread also which I will give for the life of the world is My flesh.”

Then the Jews began to argue with one another, saying, “How can this man give us His flesh to eat?” So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in yourselves. He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. For My flesh is true food, and My blood is true drink. He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him. As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who eats Me, he also will live because of Me. This is the bread which came down out of heaven; not as the fathers ate and died; he who eats this bread will live forever.” (John 6:51-58 NASB1995)

Another word for the word “eat” is partake, which means to take part in, to participate in, to join in with. Spiritually speaking it has to do with fellowship with Christ, which is participation with Christ in his death, burial, and resurrection via us dying with him to sin and us being raised with him to walk in newness of life in him, no longer to live as slaves to sin, but as slaves to God and to his righteousness. For the word fellowship also means participation, sharing, contribution, and partnership. We have a part in him.

For in Jesus’ death and resurrection he put our sins to death with him, and he rose victorious over sin, death, Satan, and hell, on our behalf, so that by faith in him, which comes from God, we will now die with him to sin and walk with him in obedience to his commands in holy living. And this is what he was talking about here, too. We must participate with Christ in death to sin and in being victorious over Satan and hell, by faith in him, which results in obedience to him and us no longer living under the control of sin.

And another word for “drink” is swallow, which means to believe, to accept, and to allow. And Jesus’ blood represents his life given for us on that cross, whereby he took upon himself the sins of the world and put them to death with him so that, by faith in him, we will now give up our lives of sin and selfishness and pride in order to now live for him and for his purpose and his glory. So, what Jesus was saying is that we must die with him to sin, and now walk in obedience to his commands, for us to have eternal life in him.

But it goes beyond just death to sin and walks of obedience to our Lord’s commands, but it has to do with our daily fellowship with him and our daily participation with him in his death and life by how we live our lives day in and day out for him, in fellowship (participation) with him in his work and in his will that he has for our lives. For our faith in Jesus Christ, if it is biblical faith, means that we join with Christ in marriage to him, and he now becomes our husband, and we become his bride, and he is now our life.

So, this isn’t about just praying a prayer to receive Christ so that when we die we get to go to heaven and not to hell. This is about Christ becoming our life, with us in him, and him in us, and him living his life now through us as we cooperate and participate with him in his work on this earth. We become one with him in mind and heart and purpose, and we now live our lives for him and for what he wants, and no longer for self and what we want. He is now master of our lives and our lives are now surrendered to his will.

And, as those who participate with Christ in his death and resurrection, via us dying with him to sin and being raised with him to walk in newness of life in him, no longer as slaves to sin, but as slaves to righteousness, we will also suffer with him in being persecuted for the sake of his name and for the sake of righteousness, and for the sake of the gospel. Especially if we are sharing the truth of the gospel in a day when many are believing Satan’s lies, we will suffer if we confront the lies and if we speak the truth.

Gospel:[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]

As the Deer 

By Martin J. Nystrom

Based off Psalm 42:1

As the deer panteth for the water

So my soul longeth after You

You alone are my heart's desire

And I long to worship You

You alone are my strength, my shield

To You alone may my spirit yield

You alone are my heart's desire

And I long to worship You

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZv3jzOTE70

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For The Life of The World

An Original Work / August 28, 2025 

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Make The Path Level

“The way of the righteous is smooth;

O Upright One, make the path of the righteous level.

Indeed, while following the way of Your judgments, O Lord,

We have waited for You eagerly;

Your name, even Your memory, is the desire of our souls.

At night my soul longs for You,

Indeed, my spirit within me seeks You diligently;

For when the earth experiences Your judgments

The inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.

Though the wicked is shown favor,

He does not learn righteousness;

He deals unjustly in the land of uprightness,

And does not perceive the majesty of the Lord.” (Isaiah 26:7-10 NASB1995)

Who are the righteous? They are those who are living righteously, by the grace of God, in the power of God, by God-persuaded faith in Jesus Christ. They are the godly, the morally pure, the upright, the honest, the decent, and the obedient to God and to his commands, in practice, by God’s grace. And when this says that the way of the righteous is smooth, it does not mean easy, but it means honest, law abiding, upright, and morally pure. For Jesus taught that the way is hard, and it is narrow, and few walk that path.

So, if we who are walking in righteousness, by the grace and power of God, are to make the path of the righteous level, what does that mean? It means to make the way of salvation and of righteousness, law-abiding, honest, and morally pure. And it may mean that we have to remove all obstructions which stand in the way of this, like these altered “gospel” messages being taught today in the name of Jesus but which are contrary to the teachings of Jesus and of his New Testament apostles, regarding our salvation.

So, not only must we be those who are teaching the gospel as Jesus and as his New Testament apostles taught it, in the correct biblical context, but in today’s world we must also be those who are actively calling out and refuting the lies which are being taught in the name of Jesus Christ and of his gospel. For so many people are believing the lies and not the truth, thinking that heaven is their eternal destiny while in reality they are headed to hell. For the truth teaches we must die to sin and obey God, for us to have salvation.

Yet so many people are being taught that all they have to do is to make a verbal profession of faith in Jesus Christ and now all their sins are forgiven, and heaven is guaranteed them upon death, but regardless of how they live. Many are even teaching that we do not have to obey God, and that we do not have to forsake of (repent of) our sins, for they call that “works salvation.” But Jesus taught that if anyone would come after him that he must deny self, take up his cross daily (die daily to sin) and follow him in obedience to his commands, or they will not inherit eternal life with God.

So, even though the wicked (the sinful) are shown favor, i.e. the grace of God, and this would include all of us at one time, for we are all born into sin, many do not learn righteousness, but they continue living in deliberate and habitual sin in direct disobedience to God and to his commands, even many who know the truth of what God’s word teaches. For they have chosen the ways of the flesh over the ways of God. And one day Jesus will say, “I never knew you. Depart from me you workers of lawlessness” (Matthew 7:21-23).

So, please know the truth and obey the truth, by faith in Jesus Christ.

Gospel:[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]

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 

Make The Path Level

An Original Work / August 27, 2025 

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

They're Partners in Crime

Troubles, trouble everywhere,

Leaving many in despair.

Turning, churning, there’s no doubt

It’s the work of those with clout.

Princes, kings, and CEOs,

They’re the people in the know

Twisting all what’s going on,

Hope the people to respond.

Stirring, stirring all things up,

Hoping things will now erupt,

First they knock them from the tree,

Come to rescue, them to free.

Actors, actors, all in row

Putting on a great big show.

Partners they are, now in crime,

While they’re acting so sublime.

Fakery, fakery, everywhere,

Liars, liars, that’s their fare,

Catch the people unaware,

So the people not prepared.

Trickery, trickery, that’s their scheme,

Plans to bust the people’s dreams,

Occupying, freedoms gone,

To the masters to belong.

Bible warns us all of this,

Hoping we will not be tricked,

Hoping we’ll not take the mark,

Follow after what is dark.

Pray for wisdom, truth to know,

So not taken in by show.

Trust the Lord, and follow Christ,

Not let faith be taken heist.

An Original Work / August 27, 2025 

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

The One That Remains Faithful

“In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah:

‘We have a strong city;

He sets up walls and ramparts for security.

Open the gates, that the righteous nation may enter,

The one that remains faithful.

The steadfast of mind You will keep in perfect peace,

Because he trusts in You.

Trust in the Lord forever,

For in God the Lord, we have an everlasting Rock.’” (Isaiah 26:1-4 NASB1995)

The City of God in our present day, ever since Jesus Christ died and rose again to take away the sins of the world, is the church, the body of Christ, the people of God who have put our faith in the Lord Jesus to deliver us out of our slavery to sin so that we can now walk in obedience to our Lord in holy living, by his Spirit, in his power. We are a spiritual city made up of the people of God, with our salvation as our walls and ramparts for security.

[1 Corinthians 3:16-17; 2 Corinthians 6:14-18; Galatians 3:26-29; Galatians 4:22-31; Ephesians 2:8-22; Colossians 3:12-15; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 8:6-13; Hebrews 10:30; Hebrews 11:25; 1 Peter 2:9-10]

And the gate into this city is Jesus Christ and his gospel of salvation. And only by God-gifted, God-provided, and God-persuaded faith in Jesus Christ can any of us be saved from our sins and have eternal life with God. But by faith we must die with Christ to sin, not just once, but daily, and we must walk in obedience to his commands in holy living, in practice, though not necessarily in absolute perfection, yet not in deliberate and habitual sin.

For our salvation, which is our walls and ramparts for security, which comes from God, and is not from our flesh, even though it is a gift from God to us, it does not come without stipulations and constraints and restrictions. It is not lawless, as many people would have you to believe. It is not freedom to keep sinning deliberately and habitually, without conscience, and it is not freedom to disobey our Lord’s commands thinking this is God’s free gift.

For it is the righteous nation, the one that remains faithful to God and to his Word who enters into this city. And this does not mean we must be righteous first, in order to believe in Jesus, but that entry into this spiritual city of God comes through God-gifted faith, and through the sinner now dying to sin and being raised with Christ to walk in newness of life in him, no longer to live as slaves to sin but now as slaves to God and to his righteousness, by faith.

And then we must be those who remain faithful. For the Scriptures do not teach a one-time salvation which secures us heaven as our eternal destiny but regardless of how we live. Daily we must deny self and die to sin and follow our Lord in obedience. For if we continue living in sin or we go back to living in sin, and not in obedience to God, and if we do not repent and obey God, we will not inherit eternal life with God, regardless of lip service to God.

Gospel:[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]

Just a Closer Walk with Thee  

Hymn lyrics by Anonymous/Unknown

Music by American Melody

“For indeed He was crucified because of weakness, yet He lives because of the power of God. For we also are weak in Him, yet we will live with Him because of the power of God directed toward you” (2 Co. 13:4 NASB).

I am weak, but Thou art strong;

Jesus, keep me from all wrong;

I’ll be satisfied as long

As I walk, let me walk close to Thee.

Through this world of toil and snares,

If I falter, Lord, who cares?

Who with me my burden shares?

None but Thee, dear Lord, none but Thee.

When my feeble life is o’er,

Time for me will be no more;

Guide me gently, safely o’er

To Thy kingdom shore, to Thy shore.

Just a closer walk with Thee,

Grant it, Jesus, is my plea,

Daily walking close to Thee,

Let it be, dear Lord, let it be.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6Ks49apflE 

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The One That Remains Faithful

An Original Work / August 27, 2025 

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

If Your Enemy is Hungry

 

Bless Those Who Persecute You

 “Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse. Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep. Be of the same mind toward one another; do not be haughty in mind, but associate with the lowly. Do not be wise in your own estimation. Never pay back evil for evil to anyone. Respect what is right in the sight of all men. If possible, so far as it depends on you, be at peace with all men. 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… Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.” (Romans 12:14-19,21 NASB1995)

Jesus taught, “But I say to you who hear, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you” (Luke 6:27-28 NASB1995). And to bless, in this context, biblically speaking, has to do with speaking reason which confers benefit, i.e. what is beneficial from a biblical and spiritual perspective, like God blesses us. It is the opposite of cursing. So this is not about lying to people to make them feel good about themselves, but it is about speaking to them what will benefit them spiritually, which is the truth of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

In the same respect, rejoicing with those who rejoice is never to rejoice over anything that is sinful and wicked, but only over what is good in the eyes of God, i.e. what is not against God and his commandments. And, along similar lines, we are not to be of the same mind with anyone who is not of the same mind with God, regardless of who they are or what titles they hold or what education they have. First and foremost we are to be of the same mind with God, then with all who are also of the same mind with God. And then we will be humble and not haughty, and not full of pride, for God gets all the glory.

And on a similar note, when it says, “so far as it depends on you, be at peace with all men,” this is not recommending that we compromise faith and convictions and the teachings of the Scriptures and the gospel of our salvation in order to be at peace with all people. And Jesus didn’t come to bring peace, but a sword, and to even turn family members, one against another. Why? Because that is the natural result when we, by faith in Christ, die with him to sin, and walk in obedience to him. We are going to be opposed, perhaps even by our family members (see Matthew 10:34-36).

And who were Jesus’ primary enemies? They were his own brothers, perhaps some of his neighbors, but his own people of his own faith who claimed to believe in the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (Father, Son Jesus Christ, and Holy Spirit). And they were rulers and teachers of the Scriptures and people of prominence within the temple of God. So, if we who believe in Jesus take his word seriously to obey it, and so we share the truth that Jesus and his New Testament apostles taught, don’t be surprised if those who persecute us are pastors and church people and professers of Christianity.

But we are never to pay back evil for evil to anyone. We are never to take revenge against those who speak or do evil against us. For it is not our place to execute judgment, but it is God’s business to take vengeance on his enemies. He will repay those who do evil and who do not repent of their evil and who refuse to submit to his Lordship and to obey his commands. And we are not to be overcome by evil, but we are to overcome evil with good, which takes us back to Luke 6:27-28 and to loving our enemies, and praying for them, and doing good to them, and speaking benefit to them, too.

[Proverbs 24:17-20; Proverbs 25:21-22; Matthew 5:8-12,43-48; Matthew 7:12; Luke 6:27-36; Luke 10:27; John 13:33-35; John 15:12; Romans 12:9-11,14-21; 1 Corinthians 13:1-8; 1 Corinthians 16:14; 1 John 4:7]

All Through the Night  

Based off Various Scriptures

An Original Work / December 7, 2013

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Blessed are you when you’re persecuted

Because of your faith in Jesus Christ.

Blessed are you when people insult you,

And falsely say what leads folks to doubt.

Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is

Great in the heavens. You’re not alone.

When you are persecuted in one place,

Flee to another. God will be there.

You will be hated by all the nations

Because you testify of God’s grace.

Many will seize you and persecute you,

And put to death the foll’wers of Christ.

Yet do not fear what humans may do to you,

For I’m with you all through the night.

I tell you, love your enemies with my love,

And forgive as I forgave you.

Pray for those who do evil against you.

Rest in my love and grace from above. 

https://vimeo.com/379481617

Bless Those Who Persecute You

An Original Work / August 26, 2025 

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Love Others Unhypocritically

“Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil; cling to what is good. Be devoted to one another in brotherly love; give preference to one another in honor; not lagging behind in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord; rejoicing in hope, persevering in tribulation, devoted to prayer, contributing to the needs of the saints, practicing hospitality.” (Romans 12:9-13 NASB1995)

The Lord is leading me this morning to talk about the subject of the dangers of allowing children access to the internet via smartphones and/or computer tablets, and the like. And I am not well versed on this subject so I will have to pull some of my information from the internet. But I do know enough to know that the internet is an open door into an entire world of evil, probably beyond what I could imagine, and which I do not want to imagine. And I do know that sexual predators do target children on the internet and that pornography is easy to find on the internet, even without trying to find it.

Although there are many good things on the internet, for it is a place where we can get all kinds of good information, it can be a “rabbit hole” for many to fall into, no matter what age they are. And a “rabbit hole” refers to “a bizarre, confusing, or nonsensical situation or environment, typically one from which it is difficult to extricate oneself” (O. L. Dictionary). And People of all ages have fallen into all sorts of addictions via the internet. So it can easily become a “hell hole” to fall into if internet use is not well disciplined and controlled and monitored by and for people of all age groups.

Children are particularly vulnerable because they are lacking in maturity and wisdom and good common sense, and they are very trusting, and because they have very curious minds. A lot of very immature adults are in the same category with them, though. But here are some of the dangers of internet use by children, and by adults who behave like children. Pornography is very easy to access in various forms, and it is very addictive. Predators look for children and for naïve adults to lure them into bad situations. And people fake who they are and what age they are and their purpose for being there.

I know that there are all sorts of “dark holes” that anyone can fall into, if they are not careful and guarded in heart and mind. But children are especially vulnerable and so they need to be supervised and limited as to what they have access to. But please know that “parental control” software is not fail proof. There are ways to get around these things, I have been told, and children are very smart, and their friends may even be smarter, and they can probably find work-arounds for these parental control software packages. So parents need to be on the alert and exercise much wisdom.

But this isn’t just about parental guidance over their children and their internet use, but this is about church leaders (our spiritual parents) and their spiritual guidance over the children of God and over what kinds of things “the sheep” are engaging themselves in, which is bringing them spiritual harm and sickness. Too many “pastors” these days are not teaching God’s commands for his people. They are not teaching holy living and death to sin as a matter of life practice. But many are giving the “children of God” free reign to do whatever they want with no biblical restrictions on them at all.

And so the sheep are lacking shepherds to care for them like many children are lacking parental supervision when it comes to internet use. And so adults and children alike are falling into these “dark holes” of addiction to things which are contrary to God and to his word and to his will and purpose for our lives, and which bring harm to their minds, hearts, attitudes, and behaviors, because their minds are being controlled by the internet, and by the lusts of the flesh. And many are not willing to speak the truth to them out of fear of being rejected or called “legalistic,” and the like. A few do speak out, though.

So love without hypocrisy is love which is willing to tell people the truth that can save their lives from hell even at the risk of being hated, rejected, and falsely accused, in return. When we love with agape love, we prefer what God prefers, and we choose his choices, and we go his direction, and so we abhor what is evil, and we cling to what is good. And so we guard our minds and hearts against all evil, and we follow the Lord, and we encourage all professing Christians to do likewise. For where we spend eternity depends on us forsaking our sinful habits and us now obeying our Lord’s commands.

Gospel:[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]

Lead Me Gently Home, Father

By Will L. Thompson, 1879

Lead me gently home, Father,

Lead me gently home;

When life’s toils are ended,

And parting days have come,

Sin no more shall tempt me,

Ne’er from Thee I’ll roam,

If Thou’ll only lead me, Father,

Lead me gently home.

Lead me gently home, Father,

Lead me gently home;

In life’s darkest hours, Father,

When life’s troubles come,

Keep my feet from wand’ring,

Lest from Thee I roam,

Lest I fall upon the wayside,

Lead me gently home.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4Y9cb0f76A

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Love Others Unhypocritically 

An Original Work / August 26, 2025 

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Living and Holy Sacrifices

“Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.” (Romans 12:1-2 NASB1995)

As those who profess faith in Jesus Christ, our lives are to be surrendered to God, to doing his will, to going where he sends us, and to saying what he gives us to say to the people, in sharing with them the gospel of our salvation. And we are to be those who are walking (in conduct, in practice) in obedience to our Lord and to his commands, and who are no longer walking in deliberate and habitual sin. We are to be those who are living holy lives, in the power of God, by his Spirit, and because of his grace to us.

This is our spiritual service of worship of God. For true worship of God is not just in giving lip service to God and/or in singing “worship” songs and in waving our arms back and forth to the music. And it is not in “church” attendance. For anyone can do that while they are still walking in sin in direct defiance and disobedience to God. True worship of God must begin with our hearts surrendered to God to do his will, in death to sin, and in walks of obedience to his commands, living holy lives pleasing to God. 

And, added on to that, we are not to be conformed to the patterns of this sinful world. We are not to be like the world, but we are to be living our lives separate (unlike, different) from the world because we are now, by the grace of God, being conformed to the likeness of character of Jesus Christ, if indeed we are. For this is what it means to be holy. So, we are not to adopt worldly thinking and behavioral patterns, acting like and doing and thinking the kinds of things the world thinks, does, says, believes, and practices. 

For if, by faith in Jesus Christ, we are being transformed by the renewing of our minds, then our thinking, believing, and behaving should no longer be according to the ways of the flesh and of the world. But we should be changing in mind and heart and character to take on the character of Jesus Christ and to be becoming more like him. And this is a process of a lifetime which will not be complete until we meet Jesus face to face. So daily we deny self, die to sin, and walk in obedience to our Lord, by the Spirit.

And we should be those who are, thus, setting the right example of what it should look like to be a true follower of Jesus Christ. And this is not saying that we must be absolutely perfect in every way, but that it should be evident that we are in relationship with Jesus Christ by our obedience to him and by our walks of faith in surrender to doing the will of God which he has for our lives. And we should be setting the right example for others to follow with regard to knowing and doing the good and acceptable will of God.

Gospel:[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]

A Believer’s Prayer 

An Original Work / July 31, 2012

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

With my whole heart, Lord, I pray 

To be Yours, and Yours always.

Lead me in Your truth today.

May I love You, and obey.

Lead me in Your righteousness.

When I sin, may I confess;

Bow before You when I pray;

Live for You and You always.

Love You, Jesus, You’re my friend.

Life with You will never end.

You are with me through each day,

Giving love and peace always.

You will ne’er abandon me.

From my sin You set me free.

You died on that cruel tree,

So I’d live eternally.

Soon You’re coming back for me;

From this world to set me free;

Live with You eternally.

Oh, what joy that brings to me.

I will walk with You in white;

A pure bride, I’ve been made right

By the blood of Jesus Christ;

Pardoned by His sacrifice.

https://vimeo.com/114796263 

Living and Holy Sacrifices

An Original Work / August 26, 2025 

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love