Run With It: December 2025

Tuesday, December 30, 2025

They Will Put You Out!

“All this I have told you so that you will not fall away. They will put you out of the synagogue; in fact, the time is coming when anyone who kills you will think they are offering a service to God. They will do such things because they have not known the Father or me. I have told you this, so that when their time comes you will remember that I warned you about them…” (John 16:1-4 NASB1995)

Jesus Christ warned his followers in advance of the kinds of things they would suffer at the hands of others who professed faith in the same God as them, i.e. the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, who is Father, Son Jesus Christ, and Holy Spirit. And their persecutors were mostly the people in positions of rule, power, control, authority, and influence within their religious institutions. And the same is true yet today. If we are sincere in our walks of obedience to our Lord, we should expect to be persecuted.

For what reasons might some of us be put out of the gatherings of these institutional “churches” of today which are largely partnered with the world, the ungodly, and the government, in unholy unions? From my experience, the reasons are not usually biblical and moral in nature, but are rather based on marketing schemes and business models which teach these leaders who they should want in their gatherings and who they do not want. I know this from personal experience as a former church planter who heard it myself.

Now, I am no rabble rouser. I am not one who bucks authority unless that authority is trying to get me to sin against God. Then I have to say “No.” I am a rule follower unless the rules contradict the will of God. I submitted to those in authority over me in these gatherings of “the church” throughout my first 63 years of life and in service within these market-driven “churches” which are partnered with the government and with the world, until the Lord convinced me that I was to come out from among them and to be separate.

[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]

Generally speaking, I was not one to speak within the gatherings of the church without permission. I would wait until I was called upon to speak, and then I spoke as I had permission. And if I had questions or concerns, I usually addressed them privately (with my husband included) unless the group setting was designed for people to ask questions. So, I was not out of order, and I was not a trouble maker, but I stood for what is right and just and morally pure and for the truth of God’s word when I did speak.

And that is what got me rejected and invited out of some of these worldly gatherings of “the church” which are being run by business models and marketing schemes. I spoke the truth of God’s word at a time when so many are now diluting and altering the message of the gospel to make it more socially acceptable to the world and in order to “draw in large crowds of people from the world” into their gatherings. One pastor said to me, “I was warned about people like you, people with strong convictions.”

I have been judged falsely on charges of what I did not do. I have been called a liar for telling the truth, and told I had to admit that I lied when I didn’t lie. And since I would not lie, I was put on church discipline. I have been accused falsely of attitudes that were not mine, but which were the attitudes of my accusers. I have been treated as though I am the scum of the earth and dirt under others’ feet for them to trample upon and as though I was not worth their time, for I did not fit in with their business models.

And eventually I got the message, not only that I was not wanted within the gatherings of these institutional market-driven “churches,” but that God did not want me there, either (see noted Scriptures referenced above). Nearly 13 years ago I left these institutional market-driven “churches” which are partnered with the world, with the ungodly, and with the government in these unholy and unbiblical unions. But it was nearly 22 years ago that the Lord called me to the internet to share the truth of God’s Word here.

So, for the past 13 years I have been fellowshipping primarily with the body of Christ on the internet where each part is able to do its work, and where we are able to operate as the biblical body of Christ in utilizing our God-given spiritual gifts for the mutual encouragement and strengthening of the body of believers in Christ in our walks of faith in obedience to our Lord in holy living. And that may not be true for everyone in every place, and it will certainly not remain that way forever, but this has been such a blessing.

Zeal for Your House

Based off John 2:17; Psalms 69:9

An Original Work / August 1, 2016

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Zeal for Your house, it consumes me.

Lord, I love my times with You.

I love to worship You and sing Your praises.

Time in Your Word brings me closer to You,

List’ning to You speaking to me,

Gently guiding me in truth.

Lord, You are my life’s example,

Showing me how I should live.

I love to walk with You where’er You lead me.

No greater joy have I when serving You.

Loving, giving, resting in Your strength,

I’m yielding to Your will.

Zeal for Your house, it consumes me.

See the church turned upside down:

Marketing ventures taking place of worship,

Men of the gospel turning into clowns.

Gospel message made appealing,

So the world will feel at home.

Lord, we need a great revival.

Turn their hearts, Lord, back to You.

Open the blind eyes, turn them all from darkness,

Lord, to the light. May they return to You,

Turn from their sin, forsake idols,

Be restored to God again.

https://vimeo.com/177433676

They Will Put You Out!

An Original Work / December 30, 2025

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

*In 2023 the Lord had me write a short book detailing some of my institutional “church” experiences over my lifetime. If you are interested in reading about my experiences, and what the Lord taught me through them, you can read about them here: The Church Under Fire (edited):

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LWcasDfyC8mMbKpydGAph29-gcJfopmC/view?usp=sharing

Monday, December 29, 2025

The Advocate, The Holy Spirit

Jesus Christ was speaking to his disciples. He was letting them know that soon he would be leaving them, that he would be going back to the Father, but that he was going to prepare a place for them, and he would return one day to take all his faithful followers to be with him for eternity. And then he taught them that if they love him, they will keep his commands. And all who do not keep (obey) his New Covenant commands (in practice) are those who do not love him, and who do not have eternal life with God in heaven.

“All this I have spoken while still with you. But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you. Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.” (John 14:25-27 NASB1995)

So, when Jesus Christ was put to death on that cross, he took upon himself the sins of the entire world, and he put our sins to death with him so that, by God-persuaded and God-gifted faith in him, we will now be 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 servants of righteousness in walks of surrender to the will of God, in obedience to his commands and in holy living, by the grace of God, and empowered by God and by his Spirit.

For when we believe in Jesus Christ with biblical God-provided and God-persuaded faith in the Lord, and we die with him to sin, that we might obey him and his commands, the Holy Spirit of God comes to dwell within us. And the Spirit guides us into all truth, and he teaches us the Word of God, and he counsels, corrects, urges, encourages, and comforts us in our walks of faith. The Holy Spirit living within us gifts us with Spiritual gifts, and he empowers us to use those gifts for the mutual encouragement of the family of God.

So, when we put our hope, trust, and faith in Jesus Christ, and we obey him and his Word, in practice, in the power and working of the Spirt of God now living within us, we have no cause to let our hearts be troubled or to be afraid of what the future holds for us. For our lives are in the hands of God, and he has a plan, a direction, and a purpose for our lives. So we need to rest in the Lord, trust him with our circumstances, and trust him to give us the guidance and the counsel that we need to make the right choices.

[Mark 13:11; Luke 2:26; Luke 4:18-19; Luke 10:21; Luke 12:11-12; John 14:26; John 15:26; John 16:13; Acts 1:8; Acts 2:17-18; Acts 11:12; Acts 13:2; Acts 16:6-10; Acts 20:23; Romans 8:9,14; 1 Corinthians 2:14-16; 1 Corinthians 12:7,11,18; Romans 12:1-8; Ephesians 4:1-16]

Fit for Service

An Original Work / October 5, 2011

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Holy Spirit, come within us.

Cleanse our hearts,

and from sin free us.

Make us holy vessels fit

for service to the King.

Fill us with Your love and power.

Anoint us within this hour

To be living witnesses

For Jesus Christ, our King.

Our praise to Him bring.

Father God, our heart’s desire,

Come and speak to us in power.

Revive our hearts to obey You;

Live for You always.

May we love and serve You only,

Walking with You;

Not a phony.

May we always tell the truth,

And show integrity.

Your true servants be.

Jesus, Savior, sanctify us.

Purify our hearts within us;

Be transformed into Your likeness,

Holy unto You.

May we always listen to You

Speaking Your words

Now within us.

May we heed Your counsel to us;

Follow You today.

Do all that You say.

https://vimeo.com/113979906

The Advocate, The Holy Spirit

An Original Work / December 29, 2025

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

If You Love Jesus

“If you love me, keep my commands.” “Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love them and show myself to them.” Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them. Anyone who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me.” (John 14:15,21,23-24 NASB1995)

There is a popular meme on Facebook that says, “I’d rather attend church with messed up people who love God, than religious people who dislike messed up people.” So, what is this really saying? Who are the “messed up people” being spoken of here? Well, if we define “mess,” it means “chaos, confusion, disorder, disarray, disaster.” And if we define “messed up,” it means “failed, spoiled, ruined, futile, to miss the mark (sin).” So this would seem to indicate this is talking about people still living in sin against God.

And what is church? Biblically speaking, the church is the body of Christ, the universal body of believers in Jesus Christ who have trusted him to be Lord and Savior of their lives. It is all those who have, by God-gifted faith in Jesus Christ, been 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 servants of God and of his righteousness, in walks of obedience to his commands. We are not perfect people, but sin should not be our practice.

So, the gatherings of the church are intended to be gatherings of born again believers in Christ Jesus who have died with him to sin and who are now living for God in walks of obedience to his commands, by faith in Jesus Christ, and in the power of God. And the purpose of our gatherings is to be for mutual encouragement and exhortation to help one another to grow to maturity in Christ. And so we each have been given spiritual gifts from God to use for his glory and for the encouragement of one another of faith.

Now, this does not mean that non-believers are not welcome in our gatherings, but that the intended purpose of our gatherings is to help one another to walk worthy of God in obedience to his commands in holy living. And it is to warn against lies and liars and false teachings which are leading many people astray. And it is to warn against having this mindset that we can now live however we want. For church is not to be about catering to those who are willfully living in sin. It is to help each other to obey our Lord.

And then the meme suggests that these “messed up people” are those who love God. But that is contrary to what the Scriptures teach. For they teach that if we love God we will obey him, in practice, and sin will not be what we practice. But if sin is what we practice, and not obedience to God, then we do not love God. And this is not saying that we will never sin (1 John 2:1-2), but that sin must not be our habit, but obedience to our Lord’s commands is what should be our practice. And that is what shows who loves God.

And when this says, “religious people who dislike messed up people,” that can mean many things. Are there religious people who mistreat the ungodly? Surely, there are. There are religious people who mistreat the godly, as well. But are we to ignore sin in others? No! If they don’t know Jesus, we should share with them the message of the gospel. And telling them that God requires death to sin and obedience to God is not disliking anyone. That is an act of love to tell people the truth, knowing they might misjudge you.

We see a lot of these kinds of memes on the internet, and on social media, which I believe are fully intended to try to make the godly, who love God, and who obey him in practice, out to be scoundrels who hate the ungodly. And they try to promote the acceptance of sinful practices in the lives of those within the gatherings of the church as a noble and kind thing to do. But that is not kind at all. For if we intentionally do not speak the truth in love to the ungodly, showing them the way to salvation, that is not love.

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

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 3:23; 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 4:1-13; Hebrews 10:19-39; 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]

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.

https://vimeo.com/112832903

If You Love Jesus

An Original Work / December 29, 2025

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Our Marriage to Christ

“Do not let your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you. If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also.” (John 14:1-3 NASB1995)

What Jesus Christ described here to his disciples parallels over to the biblical Jewish marriage, which was a two-stage process:

A biblical Jewish marriage was a “serious, legally binding betrothal (Kiddushin), often arranged by fathers, involving bride price (mohar) payment and contract (ketubah) signing, making the couple married but not yet living together. The second stage was the nuptials (Nissuin), where the groom would prepare a home and then bring the veiled bride to live with him, culminating in a celebratory feast, solidifying the union.” (Source: AI)

And so is our marriage relationship with Jesus Christ. First, we cannot even come to faith in Jesus Christ unless God the Father draws us to him, i.e. unless he persuades us as to his holiness and righteousness, and of our sinfulness, and of our need to believe in Jesus, to die with him to sin, and to be raised with him to walk in newness of life in him, no longer to live as slaves to sin, but as servants of righteousness in obedience to his commands. By biblical faith in Jesus Christ we are now married to Christ.

(Hebrews 12:1-2; Ephesians 2:8-10; Romans 6:1-23; John 6:44)

Although married to Christ, we are not yet living with him face to face. Our marriage to him has not yet been consummated (completed). We are more like in an engagement period, although it is still a marriage. But right now our groom, Jesus Christ, has gone to prepare a place for us. And he will come again one day to receive his faithful bride to himself, that where he is, there we may be also. But this is contingent on us remaining faithful to him in walks of obedience to his commands and no longer as slaves to sin.

(Matthew 10:22; Matthew 24:9-14; Romans 8:24; Romans 13:11; 1 Corinthians 1:18; 1 Corinthians 15:1-2; Philippians 2:12-13; 2 Timothy 1:8-9; Hebrews 9:28; 1 Peter 1:5,9; 2 Peter 1:5-11; 2 Peter 2:20-22; 1 John 2:24-25; John 8:31-32; John 15:1-12; Romans 11:17-24; 1 Corinthians 15:2; Colossians 1:21-23; 2 Timothy 2:10-13; Hebrews 3:6,14-15)

So it was with the biblical Jewish marriage covenant. The bride had to remain faithful to her husband while she waited for him to return to get her to take her to be with him in the place he had gone to prepare for them. And that is why Joseph, when he learned that Mary was pregnant, planned to divorce her quietly, because he assumed she had been unfaithful to him. But then an angel of the Lord spoke to him and let him know her pregnancy was of the Holy Spirit, and her child was Jesus, our Savior, so he took her home.

Jesus continued saying, “And you know the way where I am going.” Thomas said to Him, “Lord, we do not know where You are going, how do we know the way?” Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.” (John 14:4-6 NASB1995)

So, 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).

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. We have the hope and the promise of eternal life with God in heaven.

(Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 3:23; 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 4:1-13; Hebrews 10:19-39; 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)

So, please do not take faith in Jesus Christ, salvation from sin, and eternal life with God as something that is guaranteed you no matter how you live. How we live matters for our salvation and for our eternal life with God.

Our Marriage to Christ

An Original Work / December 29, 2025

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Sunday, December 28, 2025

Rest Securely in The Lord's Wisdom

“Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” (Matthew 11:28-30 NASB1995)

We must be careful here that we do not misread Jesus’ words, as many do, and then assume that God is going to make life easy for us if we just put our trust in the Lord Jesus. For Jesus Christ and his New Testament apostles taught us that, if our faith in Jesus Christ is of God, and not of human flesh, that we will be hated and persecuted as Jesus was hated and persecuted. People will insult us, say all manner of evil against us, and will mistreat us. And we will be faced with all kinds of trials and tribulations to test our faith.

(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; John 16:33; Acts 14:22; Romans 5:3-5; Ephesians 6:10-20; Philippians 3:7-11; 1 Peter 1:6-7; 1 Peter 4:12-17; 1 Thessalonians 3:1-5; James 1:2-4; 2 Corinthians 1:3-11; Hebrews 12:3-12; Revelation 6:9-11; Revelation 7:9-17; Revelation 11:1-3; Revelation 12:17; Revelation 13:1-18; Revelation 14:1-13)

So, then, what did Jesus mean by what he said here that he will give us rest, and that if we take his yoke upon us, that his yoke is easy and his burden is light? Well, based on the list of Scriptures above letting us know that life will be hard and painful for us who follow Jesus with our lives, it does not mean that we are going to be without pain and suffering. It just means that if we give our suffering over to the Lord, and we rely on his strength to get us through it all, that we can rest in our souls, knowing that God is in control.

It means that our Lord will take the emotional burden off our shoulders so that we are not worrying and fretting over our circumstances, but to where we can rest securely in the Lord’s wisdom, guidance, and strength. We are not alone in our suffering, and we do not have to bear the weight of whatever we are going through all alone. We can rest in knowing that whatever has happened and is happening presently in our lives, that God is still sovereign over it all. And he has a plan and a purpose for it, too.

What we are going through presently will not be wasted if we put our trust in the Lord and we trust him to carry us each step of the way. We can be at peace even when we have no idea what is coming next, just knowing that our Lord has it all handled, and that none of this can come into our lives unless he allows it, he allows it for a purpose, and he will bring good out of it in our lives if we rest in him, and if we do not try to control the situations ourselves, in our own strength and wisdom, which may not be of God.

But this apparently is not just on the subject of Christian suffering, but this is an invitation to come to faith in Jesus Christ and he will take away from us the burden of sin if we are willing and obedient, and if we will die with him to sin that we might now walk in obedience to his commands. For to take his yoke upon us is to deny self, die to sin, and to follow him in obedience to his commands. It is to submit to him and to his will for our lives, and to surrender our all to him, and to let him be the one to direct our paths.

So, whether we are presently followers of Jesus Christ who are suffering persecution for our faith, or who are suffering emotionally and/or physically via the trials and tribulations of life, or we are non-believers in Jesus or we are fallen Christians who are suffering under the weight of sin in our lives, and we need to be freed from those burdens, Jesus’ message is the same. We need to come to him in faith and put our lives in his hands and trust him to give us all that we need to obey him in following wherever he leads us.

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.

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Rest Securely in The Lord’s Wisdom

An Original Work / December 28, 2025

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Worldly, Not Godly Mindsets

“But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the market places, who call out to the other children, and say, ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’ For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon!’ The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom is vindicated by her deeds.” (Matthew 11:16-19 NASB1995)

We live in a generation of people much like this today, but not just the people out in the world who have no relationship with God at all, as these people appeared to be. But this way of thinking and behaving has worked its way into the gatherings of the church to where many who profess faith in Jesus Christ have taken on a similar attitude and way of thinking about life. For worldliness has seeped its way into the church’s gatherings, and so many people have taken on the ways of the world, and not the ways of the Lord.

So, if you are following the ways of the Lord, according to the teachings of the Scriptures, with sincere biblical faith in Jesus Christ, and by faith in Jesus Christ you are living separate (different, unlike) the world, because you are being conformed by God to the character of Jesus Christ, which is what it means to be holy, then you are likely to be faced with some of this same kind of treatment as what Jesus and John the Baptist faced. And it will be because you don’t conform to the ways of this sinful world. You stand out!

And so those who are worldly may find you odd because you don’t join in with them in all the things that they do, and in their conversations which they have about all that is of this world, which is not of God. You don’t think like they do, and so they may judge you falsely based off their own way of thinking and behaving. And they may judge you by themselves and by their own traditions and culture, because you stand out as different. Or they may judge you by their own self-made religious and legalistic standards.

But they can be fickle, too, in their judgments, like they were with Jesus and John the Baptist, judging them equally in specific areas where they appeared to be doing the opposite of each other. I had an experience like that where one church leadership was accusing me of acting like I had it all together, which I was not doing, but I did change. Then we moved, and we were part of a different church fellowship, and there they judged me because I didn’t have it all together, because God was doing a work of healing in my life.

So some people are not going to like you no matter what you do unless you conform to their image and you become like them in character, in word, and in deed. They just won’t be comfortable being themselves around you because you aren’t like them. For if you are serious about your walk of faith in the Lord Jesus, and if your life is committed to the Lord, to doing what pleases him, and in living different from (unlike) the world, living to please God, (and I don’t mean super weird or radical), you will appear odd to them.

The people of Jesus’ time, though not all of them, not only accused Jesus of being a gluttonous man and a drunkard, because he drank some wine and because he ate like normal people ate, but they also accused him of being a friend of tax collectors and sinners because he ministered his love and grace to all people, and so he ate with some of them in order to share with them the message of the gospel of our salvation. Jesus was not in intimate fellowship with the ungodly, but he loved them, and he ministered to them.

Therefore, many of the people who were bringing these charges against the Lord were hypocrites, for they were sinners themselves, for they were rejecting Jesus as the Christ. And they were bringing false charges against him in their arrogance and in their disapproval of him and of who he claimed to be, who was God. Although they may have claimed to be religious people who believed in the one true God, they fought against God when they fought against Jesus. So they didn’t know the God some of them claimed to know.

And that can be true today of all who profess faith in Jesus Christ, but who are still living worldly and ungodly lives for self-pleasure, and not for God.

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.

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Worldly, Not Godly Mindsets

An Original Work / December 28, 2025

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Saturday, December 27, 2025

To God Be The Glory

“Now to Him who is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery which has been kept secret for long ages past, but now is manifested, and by the Scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the eternal God, has been made known to all the nations, leading to obedience of faith; to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, be the glory forever. Amen.” (Romans 16:25-27 NASB1995)

Amen! Yes, God gets all the glory for all that he has done for us and provided for us in the way of the breath of life and salvation from sin and eternal life with God. For we would not even be here if he had not formed us in the wombs of our mothers and breathed into us the breath of life. And we would still be dead in our sins and on our way to hell if Jesus had not saved us by his grace and given us new lives in him to be lived for his glory and praise, in walks of obedience to his commands, in holy living. This is of God!

But do we still have a part in this? We absolutely do! But not of our own doing or reasoning or planning. All that comes to us by the will of God, in the way of salvation (deliverance) from sin and transformed lives, by the Spirit, must be done in the power of God, according to his plan and purpose, and not by our own way of thinking and planning and purpose. For by God-gifted faith in Jesus Christ, we die with Christ to sin, and we now live for God in walks of obedience to his commands, and no longer as slaves to sin.

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).

So, we have our part we must do, in the power of God, but God gets all the glory. For, without him, and without Jesus’ sacrifice on that cross to deliver us from our bondage to sin, we would have none of this. For not one of us is saved from our sin by our own human effort, according to our own will and purpose. Only by the grace of God can any of us be saved from our sins and be on our way to heaven. But God’s grace, which is bringing us salvation, is training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives while we await our Lord’s return.

Have Thine Own Way, Lord

Words by Adelaide A. Pollard, 1907

Music by George C. Stebbins, 1907

Have Thine own way, Lord! Have Thine own way!

Thou art the potter, I am the clay.

Mold me and make me after Thy will,

While I am waiting, yielded and still.

Have Thine own way, Lord! Have Thine own way!

Search me and try me, Master, today!

Whiter than snow, Lord, wash me just now,

As in Thy presence humbly I bow.

Have Thine own way, Lord! Have Thine own way!

Wounded and weary, help me I pray!

Power, all power, surely is Thine!

Touch me and heal me, Savior divine!

Have Thine own way, Lord! Have Thine own way!

Hold o'er my being absolute sway.

Fill with Thy Spirit till all shall see

Christ only, always, living in me!

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To God Be The Glory

An Original Work / December 27, 2025

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Wisdom Regarding Good vs Evil

“Now I urge you, brethren, keep your eye on those who cause dissensions and hindrances contrary to the teaching which you learned, and turn away from them. For such men are slaves, not of our Lord Christ but of their own appetites; and by their smooth and flattering speech they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting. For the report of your obedience has reached to all; therefore I am rejoicing over you, but I want you to be wise in what is good and innocent in what is evil. The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.” (Romans 16:17-20 NASB1995)

Who are those today who cause dissensions and hindrances contrary to the teachings of the Scriptures? They are charlatans (impostors, swindlers) and “wolves in sheep’s clothing,” i.e. those who give off an outward appearance of being of genuine faith in Jesus Christ but who are actually malicious, deceitful, and dangerous people who hide their true nature behind a disguise of all goodness. They trick and deceive and manipulate, and they twist the Scriptures to their advantage to teach the lies, and to abolish the truth.

And many of them are people in positions of influence, power, rule, and authority within church denominations and Bible seminaries and universities, and within the gatherings of what are called “churches.” And they serve as pastors, elders, overseers, deacons, and Bible teachers. And some of them are very famous people, too, who are missionaries or evangelists or book authors and public speakers of notoriety. They have much persuasion over the people and are able to convince them to believe the lies they created.

And then the people who believe the lies they are being taught act upon those lies, sometimes going against those who are literally teaching the truth of God’s word. They do this because they have been sold the lies, and so they embrace the lies as though they are the truth while they reject the truth as though it is the lie. And so they may end up supporting God’s enemies while they hurt and injure and mistreat the Lord’s true servants and messengers. And all because they did not test what they were hearing.

And the way in which many of these “wolves in sheep’s clothing” have convinced so many people to believe the lies in rejection of the truth is that they teach the Scriptures out of context, and they twist God’s words to make them say what they do not say if taught in the correct biblical context. And they indoctrinate the people with the lies from birth on up to old age. And then we live in this fast paced world when so many people want everything short and quick and simple, which often opens the door to many lies.

So, we are to be people of God who keep our eye on those who cause hindrances to the Christian faith via teaching lies taught as truth. And the only way we can discern the lies from the truth is to be students of the Scriptures who study them in their appropriate biblical context, led by the Spirit, who test what we are hearing against the Scriptures taught in context so we know whether or not what we are hearing is the truth. For so many lies are taught from Scriptures taught outside of their true biblical context.

But those who make a practice of lying and deceiving can be very charming and manipulative and believable. They know exactly what “buttons to push” to get the responses that they desire. And they know how to “sweet talk” the people to get them to believe the lies. But just because it feels good and it sounds good doesn’t at all mean that it is good and right and just and kind. And this is why it is so critical that we are testing the spirits to see which ones are of God via studying the Scriptures in their biblical context.

(Matthew 7:15-23; Matthew 24:11-24; Luke 6:26; John 10:1-15; Romans 16:17-19; 2 Corinthians 11:3,13-15; Ephesians 4:11-16; Philippians 3:2; 2 Peter 2:1-22; 1 Thessalonians 5:19-22; 1 Timothy 1:3-7; 1 Timothy 6:3-10; 2 Timothy 3:1-9; 1 John 4:1-6; Jude 1:1-25)

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

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Wisdom Regarding Good vs Evil

An Original Work / December 27, 2025

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

The Lord is Compassionate and Gracious

“The Lord is compassionate and gracious,
Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness.
9 He will not always strive with us,
Nor will He keep His anger forever.
10 He has not dealt with us according to our sins,
Nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
So great is His lovingkindness toward those who fear Him.
12 As far as the east is from the west,
So far has He removed our transgressions from us.
13 Just as a father has compassion on his children,
So the Lord has compassion on those who fear Him.
14 For He Himself knows our frame;
He is mindful that we are but dust…
17 But the lovingkindness of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear Him.” (Psalm 103:8-14,17 NASB1995)

Who are those who fear the Lord? We are those who honor him for who he is, who obey him, in practice, though not necessarily in absolute sinless perfection. We are those who give him respect, esteem, reverence, and devotion by how we live our lives in honor of him. We worship the Lord via giving our lives over to him, by God-gifted faith in him, by dying with him to sin, and by walking in obedience to his commands, in the power of God. We see our lives as no longer our own, but now under the ownership of God.

For Jesus Christ, the second person of our triune God – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit – left his throne in heaven, came to earth, and allowed himself to be born as a human baby to a virgin woman, conceived of the Holy Spirit. Since he was not born of man, but of God, he was not born with a sin nature as we are, in the image of Adam. But he was in the likeness of God, which is who he was and always will be. So while he lived on the earth he was fully God and fully human (God incarnate), and he never once sinned.

Jesus Christ came to the earth for the purpose to teach the people of the earth the message of the gospel of our salvation, to heal the sick and afflicted, to raise the dead, to deliver people from demons, and to honor God the Father in all that he was and did and said, all for the glory of God. And he was born a human and lived on the earth so that one day he would be our sacrificial lamb hung on a cross to die to free us from our slavery to sin so we would, by faith in him, die to sin and obey our Lord’s commands.

This was and is the lovingkindness of God, that he would send his only begotten Son Jesus to the earth to take on human flesh, and to give his life up for us on that cross in order to put our sins to death with him, so that by faith in him we will now die to sin and live for God in obedience to his commands in holy living. This is his grace to us which trains us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives while we await our Lord’s soon return (see Titus 2:11-14).

So, although we are still human, and we still live in flesh bodies, and we still have the propensity to sin, and we still might sin sometimes (1 John 2:1-2), Jesus died on that cross to free us from our addiction to sin so we will now serve him with our lives. Even though God is slow to anger and abounding in love and compassion toward us who fear (obey) him, whose lives are surrendered to doing his will, he does set limits for us. For if sin remains our practice, and not obedience to God, we don’t have eternal life with God.

I’m The One

By Ray Overholt

I was not in the garden when He knelt to God and prayed

I did not kiss Him on the cheek when Jesus was betrayed;

I was not at the trial when the crowd jeered at His name

I did not make Him bear a cross or walk a road of shame;

I was not on the hillside when He gave His life that day

I did not nail His precious hands or take His robe away;

I could not do a single thing to hurt God's only Son

But every time I sin on earth I feel that I'm the one

I'm the one who shouted "crucify,"

I'm the one who made His cross so high

I'm the one who stood and watched Him die;

What have I done? I'm the one

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The Lord is Compassionate and Gracious

An Original Work / December 27, 2025

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

A Helper of Many

Paul speaking: “I commend to you our sister Phoebe, who is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea; that you receive her in the Lord in a manner worthy of the saints, and that you help her in whatever matter she may have need of you; for she herself has also been a helper of many, and of myself as well. Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus, who for my life risked their own necks, to whom not only do I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles; also greet the church that is in their house.” (Romans 16:1-5 NASB1995)

The apostle Paul did not treat women with dishonor and disrespect just because they were women, and not men. He honored and he valued multiple women of the faith who served God faithfully in ministry. There were several women who he regarded as fellow workers with him, in Christ Jesus, who were also his helpers in ministry. One of them was Phoebe, and another was Priscilla, along with her husband Aquila, both of them servants of Christ.

We don’t know exactly what roles these two women had in Christian ministry, and in serving the church, and as helpers of Paul and others, and as Paul’s fellow workers in Christ Jesus. But it would appear that their roles extended beyond just ministering to women and to children. And both Priscilla and Aquila took Apollos aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately (Acts 18:26). So women were not being shushed entirely.

Sadly, we live in a day and time when so many men have gone the way of the flesh, and have become addicted to sexual perversion, idolatry, and adultery via Smartphones and easy and private access to the internet and to all sorts of moral filth at their fingertips. And the last I checked, statistics were pretty high for the number of “Christian” men, including a good number of pastors, who regularly and habitually view pornographic images.

The number of men within the gatherings of “the church” who meet the biblical and moral qualifications of pastor, elder, overseer, and deacon, seems to be dwindling. So, many pastors are often chosen on the basis of scholastic achievements and personality and charisma, while elders and deacons seem to often be chosen on the basis of popularity or wealth or charm, rather than on the basis of the biblical and moral qualifications to fit those positions.

And, yes, I am a woman. And no, I am not a man hater, and my purpose here is not to put men down or to lift women up to positions of superiority over men. And I am definitely not trying to paint all women as “pure as the driven snow” or all men as crazed addicts of sexual perversion. My purpose here is to address a real and serious issue going on within the church and in the lives of many who profess to be Christ followers, and the impact that has on the church and the ministry and leadership within the church gatherings.

I have sat under the ministry of a good number of pastors of “churches” over my nearly 76 years of life. For we moved often, from state to state, and from city to city. And I have listened to many of them on the internet, as well. And I have read some of their publications (books). And I have listened to some of them talk about the others of them, and then refute some of the lies coming forth from many of their lips, according to their performances.

And it appears that the majority of them have gone the way of the flesh, and the way of the world, and the way of going soft on sin and allowing sin to reign supreme within the gatherings of what are being called “churches.” So many of them have altered the gospel to make it less offensive to the people of the world who they are trying to draw to their gatherings. So, they have removed God’s requirements for death to sin and obedience to his word.

For so many of them have partnered with the ungodly, and with the world, and with the government in these unholy unions which God forbids. And they have turned their gatherings into places of business to be marketed to the world. And so many of them are not teaching the biblical gospel, and they are not living it themselves, for they give themselves and their congregants permission to keep walking in sin and not in obedience to God.

And so we have a lot of men called “pastors” who are not teaching the gospel of Christ according to the Scriptures, and who do not themselves fit the biblical qualifications for their ministry positions. And so if God is now raising up some women who are not compromising with sin, and who are obeying God, in practice, to speak the truth of the gospel to the people, it is because God cares more about getting his gospel message out to the people than he cares about whether his messengers are male or female.

So, if we have a shortage of biblically qualified men to teach the people the truth of the gospel, and to lead the people, because they are living in sin, and/or because they are teaching the lies which tickle itching ears, then let the godly women among you share with you the truth of what God’s word teaches, not just to the women and children, but to your congregations. Why? Because you need the truth being taught and the lies being refuted by whoever are God’s servants and messengers, whether male or female.

Should I Not Preach Jesus

Based off 1 Corinthians 9:16-10:13

An Original Work / July 4, 2013

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Woe to me should I not preach Jesus.

I’m compelled to preach the full gospel.

I make myself a slave to ev’ryone

To win their hearts to Christ.

All this I do for my Lord Jesus,

And for the sake of His Name;

Do it for the sake of His gospel,

So that I, its blessings gain.

Scripture notates the sins of others;

Written down for us as examples

To keep us from setting our hearts

On evil as did those of old.

Do not worship other gods of man;

Do not give your hearts to them;

Not partake in immorality.

Do not test your Lord and King.

So, be careful if you think you are

Standing firm in your faith in Jesus.

God has given his word to warn us,

So through faith we will not fall.

No temptation has o’ertaken you

Except what is commonplace.

God is faithful to not let you be

Tempted past what you can bear.

He gives the way of escape.

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A Helper of Many

An Original Work / December 27, 2025

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Friday, December 26, 2025

According to Christ Jesus

Personal Preferences

“Now accept the one who is weak in faith, but not for the purpose of passing judgment on his opinions. One person has faith that he may eat all things, but he who is weak eats vegetables only. The one who eats is not to regard with contempt the one who does not eat, and the one who does not eat is not to judge the one who eats, for God has accepted him. Who are you to judge the servant of another? To his own master he stands or falls; and he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.

“One person regards one day above another, another regards every day alike. Each person must be fully convinced in his own mind. He who observes the day, observes it for the Lord, and he who eats, does so for the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who eats not, for the Lord he does not eat, and gives thanks to God. For not one of us lives for himself, and not one dies for himself; for if we live, we live for the Lord, or if we die, we die for the Lord; therefore whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s.” (Romans 14:1-8 NASB1995)

The Jews who had lived under the Old Covenant, which God had with his people Israel (Jews only), who had now believed in Jesus Christ as Lord, were now transitioning from the Old Covenant to the New Covenant God had with his people Israel (Jew and Gentile by faith in Jesus Christ). But some of them were having difficulty letting go of the dietary and Sabbath laws of the Old Covenant. So they were regarded here as those who were weak in the faith. But they were not to be condemned, for they were of sincere faith.

Although Paul chided the Jewish Christians who were holding on to the law of circumcision, and he chided the Gentile Christians who were believing that they had to be circumcised as part of believing faith in Jesus Christ, because they were adding that on as a requirement for salvation, he did not chide the Christians who were still holding on to the keeping of the Sabbath and to the Old Covenant dietary laws and restrictions. They seemed to fall into a different category from circumcision, so they were permitted to remain.

But what he was dealing with here was the prejudice and judgmentalism of either those who believed they had to keep the Sabbath and the dietary laws of the Old Covenant, or those who, under the New Covenant, were free from the Sabbath and dietary laws of the Old Covenant. And he was letting both groups know that they were not to cast judgment on the other. For each group did what they believed was right in the eyes of God, and God honored the faith of both groups, although one group he regarded as weak in faith.

So, if they held on to the requirements of the Jewish Sabbath and the Old Covenant dietary laws, or if by faith in Jesus they knew that they did not have to adhere to either one, they still belonged to the Lord, for what they did they did for the Lord. For both groups lived for the Lord to please him in all that they were, and in all that they did, because they loved the Lord and they were called of God according to his purposes. And these matters were regarded as personal preference, so they were not to fall under judgment.

But this does not mean that all personal preferences we might have fall under the same category as these. For none of us are allowed to alter the teachings of the Scriptures on the gospel of our salvation (taught in the correct biblical context) in order to fit with our personal preferences. We are not allowed to pick and choose which moral laws to obey or to disobey, according to our own personal preferences. The gospel message is not open to opinion and personal preference. It must be obeyed in the power of God.

And how we live our lives, from this moment forward, is not up to debate or personal preference. For faith in Jesus Christ, which comes from God, and which is gifted to us by God, is persuaded of God as to his righteousness and holiness, and of our sinfulness, and of God’s requirements that we deny self, die to sin daily (in practice), and that we walk (in conduct, in practice) in obedience to our Lord’s New Covenant commands. For if sin is what we obey, in practice, and not obedience to God, we will not have eternal life with God.

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.

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Personal Preferences

An Original Work / December 26, 2025

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Let Us Behave Properly

“Do this, knowing the time, that it is already the hour for you to awaken from sleep; for now salvation is nearer to us than when we believed. The night is almost gone, and the day is near. Therefore let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. Let us behave properly as in the day, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and sensuality, not in strife and jealousy. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh in regard to its lusts.” (Romans 13:11-14 NASB1995)

Who is this written to? It is written to the church, to those who make professions of faith in Jesus Christ. And it is giving us instructions in how we are to live, as those who profess the name of Jesus, and how we are not to live if we are true followers of Christ. And this is not a mere suggestion or recommendation. For if sin is our practice, deliberately and habitually, and if walks of obedience to our Lord and to his commands are not what we live by, then we will not inherit eternal life with God, regardless of what we say.

Basically, what this is teaching is the opposite of “Once Saved Always Saved.” For what does it say? “Salvation is nearer to us than when we believed.” For, biblical salvation is not based on a one time confession of faith in Jesus Christ whereby we now have salvation from sin and eternal life with God guaranteed us, but regardless of how we live. How we live matters to God, and it matters if we are to have salvation from sin and eternal life with God. And that salvation will not be complete until Jesus returns for his bride.

(Romans 8:24; Romans 13:11; 1 Corinthians 1:18; 1 Corinthians 15:1-2; Philippians 2:12-13; 2 Timothy 1:8-9; Hebrews 9:28; 1 Peter 1:5,9; Matthew 10:22; John 8:31-32; John 15:1-12; Romans 11:17-24; 1 Corinthians 15:2; Colossians 1:21-23; 2 Timothy 2:10-13; Hebrews 3:6,14-15; 2 Peter 1:5-11; 1 John 2:24-25)

And that is why Paul spoke with those who professed the name of Jesus regarding how they lived, and the things that they practiced and lived by. For salvation and eternal life with God are not promised based on lip service alone. We need to be those who deny self, die to sin daily, and walk in obedience to our Lord and to his commands as a matter of life practice, although not necessarily in absolute sinless perfection. But deliberate and habitual sin against God and deliberate disobedience must be gone.

We must not be those who are still walking in sin (in darkness). But we must be those who are living according to the light (the truth) of God’s word in holy living, doing what is pleasing to God as our daily practice. We are not to be those who are drunkards, sexually promiscuous, liars, thieves, haters, rebels, and the self-indulgent, etc., who live for sinful pleasures and who do not live to please God in all of who we are and what we do in this life. But we are to put on the Lord Jesus, and make no provisions for sinful flesh.

I’m The One

By Ray Overholt

I was not in the garden when He knelt to God and prayed

I did not kiss Him on the cheek when Jesus was betrayed;

I was not at the trial when the crowd jeered at His name

I did not make Him bear a cross or walk a road of shame;

I was not on the hillside when He gave His life that day

I did not nail His precious hands or take His robe away;

I could not do a single thing to hurt God's only Son

But every time I sin on earth I feel that I'm the one

I'm the one who shouted "crucify,"

I'm the one who made His cross so high

I'm the one who stood and watched Him die;

What have I done? I'm the one

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Let Us Behave Properly

An Original Work / December 26, 2025

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Those Who Love Their Neighbors

“Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. For this, ‘You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,’ and if there is any other commandment, it is summed up in this saying, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.” (Romans 13:8-10 NASB1995)

To love with this kind of love is to prefer what God prefers, which is all that is holy, righteous, honest, faithful, morally pure, upright, and obedient to God and to his commands. In all practicality, it engages us in preferring to live through Christ, embracing God’s will, in choosing his choices, and in obeying them in the power of God at work within those of us of faith in Jesus Christ. So this isn’t human love, based on our feelings. This kind of love does not compromise with the world in order to be liked by the world, either.

So, when we love others with this kind of love, we are not going to compromise with the world so that the world will like us. We will not soft-sell the gospel message, either, so that people will think well of us, and think we are being kind. For it is never kind to lie to people just to make them feel good. The truth, spoken in love, is what is kind. But this does not mean that we blurt out everything we are thinking. We need to be discerning people of grace, but without compromising the holiness and righteousness of God.

And, as we read past verse 8, that becomes more clear to us as to what is intended here by loving one another with the love which comes from God. So, if we are truly loving others with this love which comes from God, it will not be in lip service only. It will be shown by how we treat others in our daily practices, in truth, with sincerity. Therefore, if we love our spouses, we will not commit adultery against them, especially not deliberately and habitually without conscience and without remorse. For adultery is hate, not love.

We will also not murder anyone. And this doesn’t have to be limited to just the physical act of causing the physical death of another person. For there are other ways to “murder” (slaughter, kill, assassinate) someone else. And it can be with words only, via hateful speech, slander, gossip, persecution, mocking, and false accusations against their character which may cost them friendships, and injure their reputations, and cost them their jobs or their marriages or their family relationships, etc., because others believed the lies.

And we will not steal, i.e. we will not take from others what is not rightfully ours to possess. And this doesn’t have to be confined to just money and material possessions, but this can be about taking someone’s spouse from them via adultery, or stealing someone’s reputation from them via slander, gossip, and false accusations against their character. Or it can mean stealing someone’s original works or discoveries or products, etc. and taking the credit for them, when the credit is not yours to possess. All this is wrong!

So we are to love other humans as though they are us, treating them how we want to be treated, unless any treatment we might desire falls into the realm of what is immoral, hateful, and sinful in nature. But if we want to be treated with kindness and respect and with fairness and honesty (not lies), then that is how we should treat others, in a manner that is for their ultimate good, not to do them any harm. For love does no wrong to a neighbor or to a spouse or to a friend or to family member. For love is kind.

[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]

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.

https://vimeo.com/112832903

Those Who Love Their Neighbors

An Original Work / December 26, 2025

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Loving Our Enemies

“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. ‘But if your enemy is hungry, feed him, and if he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.’ Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.” (Romans 12:14-21 NASB1995)

When Jesus was still on the earth, he warned his disciples, his followers, that we would be hated as he was hated, and that we would be persecuted as he was persecuted. And who were Jesus’ greatest persecutors? They were those who professed faith in the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, many of whom were rulers in the temple and in the synagogues, and who were teachers of the law, and who were people of prominence and influence within the temple gatherings, too, such as were the Scribes, Pharisees, and Sadducees.

[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]

So, it should not surprise us, if we are following in the ways of the Lord, and not in the ways of the world, that we should also be persecuted by the religious, i.e. by pastors, elders, deacons, denominational heads, and others who profess faith in Jesus Christ who are dedicated followers of institutional religion and religious creeds and practices which are of the flesh and not of God. For they will view us in the light of institutional religion and religious practices rather than by the teachings of the Scriptures, i.e. by God’s Word.

But we are never to pay back evil for evil to anyone, even to those who treat us with contempt, who deliberately do evil against us, who lie about us, and who cast us out from their presence because we do not adhere to the worldly culture within the gatherings of “the church.” But we follow after the Scriptures and the teachings of Christ. For if we are following Jesus and his word, we may be judged by worldly standards. But we are never to take our own revenge, but we are to leave room for the wrath of God. He’s the judge.

So, if we are to rejoice with those who rejoice, and to weep with those who weep, this has to be in accord with the word of God and with his morals and values. So we don’t rejoice with those doing or saying what is evil, and with what is contrary to the teachings of Scripture. And we don’t weep with those who are crying and complaining because they got caught in evil and/or that they did not get their evil way. And we are not to be of the same mind with those of corrupt and immoral thinking, even if they profess to be Christians.

And, when it says here that, if possible, so far as it depends on you, be at peace with all men, this is never about compromising our morals, or truth and righteousness, or God’s values, or his gospel message. We are not to choose peace with all men over peace with God ever. We are not to prefer to be liked by other humans more than being approved by God as his servants. Living for the Lord and doing his will and spreading the message of the gospel have to be top priority. But that will likely get us persecuted, too.

But we are to love our enemies, and do good to them, and pray for them, and be kind to them. And we are to say to them what will be beneficial for them spiritually if they will accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. And if they are without food or drink, we are to share with them from what we have in showing them love and kindness despite how we are treated by them, in return. For we are not to be those who are overcome by evil, but we are to be those who overcome evil with good, as our practice.

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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Loving Our Enemies

An Original Work / December 26, 2025

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Thursday, December 25, 2025

One Body in Christ

“For just as we have many members in one body and all the members do not have the same function, so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. Since we have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, each of us is to exercise them accordingly: if prophecy, according to the proportion of his faith; if service, in his serving; or he who teaches, in his teaching; or he who exhorts, in his exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.”

“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 12:4-8,10-13 NASB1995)

The church is not a building we go to once or twice a week and then we leave until the next week. The church is not an incorporation under the state united and partnered with the ungodly and with the government. It is not a business to be marketed to the people of the world, like any other business. And it is not to pattern its gatherings after the world in order to attract the world to its gatherings. But this is what “the church” has largely been turned into, which means it is not the biblical church, the body of Christ. God forbid!

And the purpose of the gatherings of the church is not to entertain and to attract the people of the world via worldly means and methods and marketing gimmicks and schemes. And it is not for us, the people, to sit as spectators singing a group of songs picked out by one person, led by one person, and sung by a small group of select singers and musicians. And this is not to be followed by one man doing all the preaching with no one testing what he is preaching to see if what he is preaching is actually biblical.

The biblical church is the body of Christ, the people of God via genuine biblical faith in Jesus Christ as Lord of our lives. And the purpose of our gatherings is for mutual encouragement, where we share with one another in the areas of giftedness which comes from God, and where we exhort one another in the Christian faith and practice in order to help one another to grow to maturity in Christ in walks of faithful obedience to our Lord’s commands. And each of us has a part, and all of us are necessary!

And not one of us is to be seen as superior to the others. Even the overseers are to be humble, and they are not to rule harshly, but they are to lead by example. For their purpose is not to be dictators and cult leaders, but it is to make certain that the gatherings of the church are biblical, that they are being conducted in the proper order, and that every working body part has the opportunity to utilize their spiritual gifts for the proper working of the body, as a whole. And so these cannot be huge gatherings of Christians.

The early church met in the temple courts (when the temple was still standing) and from house to house. And their houses probably did not hold more than 20 to 40 people, so these were not large gatherings, and they could not be in order for every body part to be able to do its work. And they met daily, and for the purpose of mutual encouragement and edification and spiritual growth and development. And those who prophesied (preached) were being tested by the other prophets to make sure they were biblical.

For, as the body of Christ, the church, we are to be committed to the mutual encouragement and spiritual growth of one another and to meeting one another’s legitimate needs (things necessary for life). And we are not to treat one another as though some are less or some are greater or some are not necessary while others are, if all of us are walking in obedience to our Lord in holy living, and if we are following after God’s plan and purpose for our lives. We are all needed, and we are all necessary to the body of Christ.

And we who are following Jesus Christ in surrender to his will, and in obedience to his commands, who are listening to the Spirit’s voice, and who are not yielding control over to the devil, are to be speaking the truth in love to one another within the body of Christ so that none will be taken captive to false doctrines of people in their deceitful scheming, and so none among us will be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. For the body is able to grow spiritually together in love, in Christ, when each part is working properly.

[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]

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.

https://vimeo.com/112832903

One Body in Christ

An Original Work / December 25, 2025

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Christian Faith in Performance Only

“For through the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so as to have sound judgment, as God has allotted to each a measure of faith.” (Romans 12:3 NASB1995)

There are two different contexts going on here, i.e. the one prior to verse 3 and the one following verse 3, and verse 3 truly fits with either context, the latter of which has to do with the gifts of the Spirit. But I believe the Lord wants me to apply verse 3 in the context of verses 1-2. For verses 1-2 have to do with our lifestyles, our practices, and with God’s design and purpose for those of us professing faith in Jesus Christ, regarding how we are to live and how we are not to live, as those who claim to be the children of God.

Recap: In verses 1-2 we are urged, by the mercies of God, that we should present our bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God. For in Jesus’ death and resurrection, he put our sins to death with him, and he rose victorious over death, hell, Satan, and sin, for our sake, that we might now die with him to sin and be raised with him to walk in newness of life in him, no longer to live as slaves to sin but as servants of righteousness in walks of obedience to our Lord’s commands, and in surrender to his will for our lives.

And we are not to be conformed to (obeying, following) the ways of this sinful world. We are not to be like the world in thought, word, attitude, and deed. We are not to take on the character of the world and its sinful and fleshly desires, but we are to be God’s holy people who are different, unlike, and separate from the world because we are being conformed by God to the likeness of character of Jesus Christ. We should be dead to sin and alive to God in walks of holiness, godliness, moral purity, and sincere faith in Christ.

So, in that context, this can go two different ways. The first of which is a warning to us not to see ourselves more highly than we ought to think with an unrealistic and puffed up opinion of ourselves. But we need to have an honest and humble evaluation of ourselves, and we need to be humble in our hearts and minds. The other is that we need to not be those who are deliberately and habitually living in sin and in disobedience to our Lord while we put on an outward appearance of living a Christian life, pleasing to God.

This is what the Lord wants me to talk about here. For there are many people professing faith in Christ, convinced that all their sins are forgiven, and that eternal life with God is promised them, but while they have not and they are not dying to sin and walking in obedience to our Lord’s commands. Instead, they are still living in deliberate and habitual sin, wandering in deliberate defiance and rejection of God’s commands, but while they put on an outward performance of being followers of Christ and children of God.

But they don’t want anyone to know what they are really up to when no one else is looking, so they fake their Christianity, for they lack the courage to be honest, faithful, and obedient to our Lord’s commands. And they are living dangerously, hoping to not get caught while convincing themselves that God will not judge them for their defiance and their deliberate and habitual sins. But they are living beneath (lower than) what the message of the gospel teaches, and so they are lying to themselves, as they are to other people.

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).

So, “Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil; cling to what is good.” (Romans 12:9 NASB1995)

Broken Cord

An Original Work / August 29, 2018

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Your bond is broken with your Lord and Savior

And your testimony is separate from Him.

Your words not matching your actions today.

Repent of your sin and bow down and pray.

Live what you testify in truth always.

Purity’s lacking in your life and witness,

For you profess one thing, but other you do.

Not moral, spiritual. Still of the flesh.

Not living in truth to what you confess.

Lying about it puts you in a mess.

Living a lie is your practice, ‘tis true of you.

Masquerade righteousness – none of it true.

Your heart is not given to your Lord God.

Because of how you live, you are a fraud.

Turn from your sin and give your life to God.

https://vimeo.com/287303934

Christian Faith in Performance Only

An Original Work / December 25, 2025

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Trust in The Lord

Your Spiritual Service of Worship

“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)

In Romans 11 we learned that there were Jews who were once part of biblical Israel who were cut out of Israel because they refused to put their faith and trust in Jesus, the Christ, the Messiah. And all Gentiles who believed in Jesus Christ were grafted into Israel. For in Jesus’ death on that cross he destroyed the barrier between Jew and Gentile and he made them one people, one holy nation of God via faith in Jesus, no longer separate. But by faith in Jesus any Jew could be grafted back into biblical Israel.

But then the Gentile Christians were warned not to be arrogant, for they, as well, could be cut off if they did not continue in genuine faith in obedience to our Lord and to his commands. For in the Scriptures we learn that God considers disobedience to his commands as unbelief, and he regards obedience to God and to his word as belief. For God’s grace is training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives while we await our Lord’s return (Titus 2:11-14).

[1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Luke 9:23-26]

Therefore, because of what was taught in Romans 11 with regard to the possibility of Gentile believers in Christ being cut out of biblical Israel, i.e. out of the family of God, because they did not continue in the grace of God and in walks of obedience to our Lord, we who believe in Jesus Christ are being urged, by the mercies of God, to present our bodies as living and holy sacrifices, acceptable to God, which is our spiritual service of worship of God. And we are not to be conformed to the ways of this sinful world.

For the Scriptures teach that our biblical salvation is progressive, i.e. it is continuous and ongoing faith and sanctification of the Spirit of God which will not be complete until Jesus returns for his bride and he takes his faithful ones to be with him for eternity. So, we cannot just make a profession of faith in Jesus Christ and then live however we want, doing whatever our flesh desires, and then expect that God is going to let us into his heaven. We must deny self, die to sin, and obey our Lord’s commands, in practice.

[Matthew 10:22; Luke 9:23-26; John 8:31-32; John 15:1-12; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-24; Romans 11:17-24; Romans 13:11; 1 Corinthians 1:18; 1 Corinthians 15:1-2; Galatians 5:16-24; Philippians 2:12-13; Colossians 1:21-23; 2 Timothy 1:8-9; 2 Timothy 2:10-13; Hebrews 3:6,14-15; Hebrews 9:28; 1 Peter 1:5,9; 2 Peter 1:5-11; 1 John 2:24-25]

For the Christian life is not just a free ticket into heaven, and it is not based on lip service only. We who believe in Jesus with God-gifted faith in the Lord are taught that we must put sin to death by the Spirit and that we must no longer make sin and disobedience to God our practice. Our bodies are to be given over to God as living and holy sacrifices, acceptable to God. They are not our own to do with whatever we want. So we cannot live immoral lives in deliberate disobedience to God, and then expect to be let into God’s heaven.

So, this passage of Scripture in Romans 12:1-2 is not a mere suggestion or recommendation which we can choose to receive and put into practice, or ignore and not put into practice. This is how all of us who profess faith in Jesus are to live our lives as those who are of genuine faith in Jesus Christ. And please note that true worship of God is not in the singing of songs and the swaying of human bodies and arms if the life of the one singing is not surrendered to the will of God in death to sin and walks of surrender to God.

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

Your Spiritual Service of Worship

An Original Work / December 25, 2025

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Run With It

Habakkuk 2

Tuesday, December 30, 2025

Fear Not What is Coming

They Will Put You Out!

Monday, December 29, 2025

The Advocate, The Holy Spirit

If You Love Jesus

Our Marriage to Christ

Sunday, December 28, 2025

Rest Securely in The Lord's Wisdom

Worldly, Not Godly Mindsets

Saturday, December 27, 2025

To God Be The Glory

Wisdom Regarding Good vs Evil

The Lord is Compassionate and Gracious

A Helper of Many

Friday, December 26, 2025

According to Christ Jesus

Personal Preferences

Let Us Behave Properly

Those Who Love Their Neighbors

Loving Our Enemies

Thursday, December 25, 2025

One Body in Christ

Christian Faith in Performance Only

Trust in The Lord

Your Spiritual Service of Worship

Original Works

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