Jesus Calls Women, Too

John 4:27-30,39-42 NASB1995: At this point His disciples came, and they were amazed that He had been speaking with a woman, yet no one said, “What do You seek?” or, “Why do You speak with her?” So the woman left her waterpot, and went into the city and said to the men, “Come, see a man who told me all the things that I have done; this is not the Christ, is it?” They went out of the city, and were coming to Him…

From that city many of the Samaritans believed in Him because of the word of the woman who testified, “He told me all the things that I have done.” So when the Samaritans came to Jesus, they were asking Him to stay with them; and He stayed there two days. Many more believed because of His word; and they were saying to the woman, “It is no longer because of what you said that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves and know that this One is indeed the Savior of the world.” 

I just love this passage of Scripture! First, I love how Jesus spent time talking with this woman who he knew to be a Samaritan, who Jews usually did not associate with, who he knew to be a woman, and who he knew had had several husbands and the one she was presently living with was not her husband. He took time with her to gently explain to her the truth of who he was, and the truth of the gospel of our salvation, and what the future held for all who put their faith and trust in Jesus Christ to be Lord of their lives.

Not only that, but he intentionally asked her to call for her husband, knowing that she did not have a husband, but in order to open a further conversation with her with regard to what was coming next, after Jesus’ death and resurrection (although he did not specifically mention that). He let her know that the worship of God would no longer be in any specific physical location, but that we would worship God “in spirit and in truth,” in our inner beings, via biblical faith in Jesus Christ. And he let her know he was the Messiah.

But Jesus’ intention went beyond just sharing with her the gospel and to let her know that he was the Messiah, the Christ who was to come. For he who knew all about her knew that she would then go and tell the people of her town, including the men (or primarily or only the men), all about her conversation with Jesus, and that she would invite them to come and see the one who is the Christ. And he knew that, because of the woman’s testimony, that many people would believe in Jesus as the Savior of the world.

So, Jesus didn’t ignore her because she was a woman, or because she was a sinful woman, but he spoke with her gently, and he taught her the truth of the gospel, and then he used her to bring many more people to faith in Jesus Christ, because he knew that she would believe him, and that she would spread the good news to the people, including to men, and that because of her testimony many more people would trust in Jesus Christ to be Lord and Savior of their lives. And that is awesome!! She was willing!

And that truly ministers to me because I am a woman, and I did have a time in my life when I was out of the will of God, but God didn’t give up on me, and he brought me back, and then he sent me to the internet to share with the world the truth of the Scriptures and the gospel of our salvation, in truth, in the manner in which Jesus and his New Testament apostles taught it, and not how it is so commonly being taught today in a very twisted way which does not represent the true gospel of our salvation from sin.

And this ministers to me, too: For all the times in my life where I was walking by faith, and I was obeying God, which was the majority of my life, I kept getting mistreated by men, many of them serving as pastors, who had no regard for me, for I was a woman and I didn’t have credentials that made me important in their sight. And so some of them misjudged me because of my sincerity of faith in the Lord and my seriousness of purpose in speaking the word of the Lord, and many of them just cast me aside as a nobody.

But Jesus did not! He loved me! And he had a plan and a purpose for my life, just as he did for the woman at the well. And it was to use me to share the truths of God’s word with the people of the world, which includes men, via writing down what he is teaching me each day during my times spent with him in his word, and placing these writings on the internet for anyone to read who will read what the Lord gives me to write. So, although I was mostly rejected by men, God called me, and he is using me for his glory.

[Matthew 26:6-13; Matthew 28:1-10; Mark 5:25-34; Mark 16:1-8; Luke 2:36-38; Luke 7:36-50; Luke 10:38-42; Luke 24:1-12; John 2:1-11; John 4:1-42; John 8:1-11; John 20:1-18; Acts 2:17-18; Acts 21:9; 1 Corinthians 11:5]

Jesus Calls Women, Too

An Original Work / January 28, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

In Spirit and In Truth

John 4:21-26 NASB1995: Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe Me, an hour is coming when neither in this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. But an hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for such people the Father seeks to be His worshipers. God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.” The woman said to Him, “I know that Messiah is coming (He who is called Christ); when that One comes, He will declare all things to us.” Jesus said to her, “I who speak to you am He.”

If you have not read this story before, I encourage you to read it in its full context (John 4:1-42), but I will try to summarize it for you here:

Jesus was on his way to Galilee, and he had to pass through Samaria. Now, traditionally Jews had no dealings with Samaritans who were a mixed race of Jews and Gentiles. The Jews traditionally despised the Samaritans, and often they would go around Samaria rather than to walk through it, from what I understand. So for Jesus to walk through Samaria, and then to have a conversation with a Samaritan woman at a well was highly unusual. But he asked her for a drink of water, and then they talked for a little while.

And Jesus used this opportunity to share with her the message of the gospel, essentially. And he used the subject of water as a catalyst to speak to her of living water which has to do with our salvation from sin and our eternal life with God and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit in our lives via biblical faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior of our lives, in death to sin and in walks of obedience to our Lord’s commands, all in the power of God. This water refreshes us spiritually and it makes us new in Christ Jesus.

Then Jesus told the woman to go call her husband, fully knowing that she had no husband, that she had had five husbands, and the man she was living with presently was not her husband. And after she confessed to him that she had no husband, Jesus declared to her what he knew of her history. So she perceived that he must be a prophet. And following that she stated that her people’s fathers worshipped in the mountain where she was located, but the Jews claimed that only in Jerusalem was the place of worship of God.

What Jesus said to her next is very relevant to our lives today and to the church today. For, when Jesus Christ died on that cross, and he rose from the dead, and he ascended back to his Father in heaven, and he sent his Holy Spirit to indwell his followers, the physical Jewish temple of God was no longer the holy temple of God. Now God, by his Spirit, lives within all who believe in Jesus Christ, and we now are the temple of God. Absolutely no physical building is “the church,” but we who believe in Jesus are the church.

So, we do not have to go to any specific location to worship God. We now worship him in spirit and in truth in any location or day of the week or time of day. For he dwells within us, his body. So no building called “church” is “the house of God.” We who believe in Jesus Christ are the house of God. No room in those physical buildings called “church” is the sanctuary of God, and we are not standing on holy ground when we enter into a physical building or into a particular room in that building, which is not of God, but of man.

So please understand that the church is not a place you go to and then you leave until you go back the next week. The church is the body of Christ who by faith in Jesus Christ were 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 obedience to our Lord, by his grace and in his power. And we can meet together anywhere, even on the internet, or via a phone call, or via a video chat. Meeting is what matters.

But not just the fact that we meet together, but with what purpose we gather together, whether or not our purpose is biblical. For the Scriptures teach that we are all ministers, and that we all are to minister to one another, and we all are to be teaching, counseling, exhorting, and encouraging one another in our walks of faith in obedience to our Lord and away from all that is worldly and fleshly and sinful. And we are to be warning each other against all that is false so we can follow after the truth.

[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]

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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In Spirit and In Truth

An Original Work / January 28, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Pray At All Times

“With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints, and pray on my behalf, that utterance may be given to me in the opening of my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in proclaiming it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.” (Ephesians 6:18-20 NASB1995)

What is prayer? It is talking to God, yes, but it is also listening to God. Prayer is not a one-way but a two-way conversation with our Lord. And the Scriptures teach that we are to pray without ceasing, not only meaning being regular and consistent in our prayers with God, but in having open communication with our Lord 24/7 to where he can speak to us at any time of day or night, and we can speak to him at any time of day or night, no matter what else is going on around us. For prayer is communion with God.

And what does it mean to pray in the Spirit? It means if we are praying for our fellow believers in Christ, our prayers should be being led of the Spirit. And if we are not certain of God’s will in any given situation, I believe we should pray, along with our requests, “Yet not my will but Thine be done,” as Jesus prayed to God the Father in the garden. The Scriptures teach us the will of God, so according to the teachings of the Scriptures we can pray in the will of God, but where his will is not defined we may not know his will. 

Now who are the saints? They are not all those designated as such by a particular religious organization, according to their criteria. But they are all who by God-persuaded and God-gifted faith in Jesus Christ have 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 now as servants of our Lord in walks of obedience to his commands. They are all who are now walking according to the Spirit and no longer according to the flesh.

So, if we are to be praying for the saints, we are to be praying for our fellow believers in Jesus Christ who in God’s power have denied self, died to sin, and who are walking in obedience to his commands. And this doesn’t necessitate that they are all presently walking with the Lord as they ought. So, for some of them we may be praying that God will increase their faith and bless their ministry, while others we may pray for them to come to their senses and to forsake their sins and to return to fellowship with Jesus Christ.

And if we are praying for those we know who are sharing the message of the gospel with the people of the world (and this is not limited to just pastors and missionaries, but to all believers in Jesus Christ who are sharing the gospel), first we should make certain that “the gospel” message they are sharing is the same as what Jesus and his New Testament apostles taught, and not these watered down “gospel” messages so many are teaching which are leading people to hell on the promise of heaven, because they teach lies.

For just because someone claims they are a “Christian” or that they “believe in Jesus,” or that what they are sharing is “the gospel of Christ,” it does not mean necessarily that they are that or that they are doing that, in truth. For it is very popular these days to say, “I believe in Jesus,” and then to expect forgiveness of sins and a guarantee of heaven, and then for those who “believe” to never surrender their lives to Christ, to never make God the Lord of their lives, to never depart from theirs sins, and to never obey God.

So when you pray for others, test the spirits to make certain that they are truly of God. Test them against the Scriptures taught in their correct biblical context. For many liars and deceivers are pulling Scriptures out of context and are teaching them in ways which are antibiblical and anti-God. And people by the masses are listening to these liars and they are following the lies, and many have convinced themselves that they are secured for entry into heaven even if they continue living like hell and never obey God. 

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).

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

An Original Work / January 27, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

The Full Armor of God

“Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm. Stand firm therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; in addition to all, taking up the shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.” (Ephesians 6:13-17 NASB1995)

So, what is the armor of God? And how do we take up the full armor of God? Well, it isn’t some kind of religious ritual we go through. And it isn’t just in the words that we speak. And it isn’t reciting the written words in some kind of ritualistic religious exercise. But it is done in every day practical living, i.e. in putting the word of the Lord into practice in our daily lives. So, it is all that God has provided for us to live holy lives, pleasing to the Lord, in service to our Lord, and in spiritual warfare against our enemy, the devil.

For what are the devil’s schemes against us? His main goal is to get us to distrust God and his word and to believe the lies being spoken in the name of Christ and in the name of the gospel. He wants us to believe that faith in Jesus Christ requires nothing of us other than a verbal profession of faith in Christ and an acknowledgement of belief in Jesus’ bodily resurrection. He wants us believing that we are not required of God to die with Christ to sin and to walk with God in obedience to his commands, by the Spirit.

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).

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 must cling to the truth of God’s word, and we must refute the lies of the enemy coming from the mouths of some pastors and book authors and famous people and evangelists and actors and government heads. For so many people today are teaching a half-truth (false) gospel created in the minds of human flesh via removing Scriptures from their appropriate context and twisting them to say what they do not say if taught in the correct biblical context. And many people are following the lies all the way to hell.

So, if we are putting on the armor of God daily so that we can fight against the schemes of the devil, then we need to be students of the Scriptures, taught in the correct biblical context, who are putting them into practice in our every day lives. We must be those who have, by faith in Jesus, died to sin and who are now walking in obedience to our Lord’s commands, all in the power of God, and not in human flesh. And we must be those who are sharing the truth of the gospel with others for their salvation from sin.

And we must be living righteously, in surrender of our will to the will of God for our lives, no longer living as slaves to sin but as servants of our Lord Jesus Christ. Our faith in Jesus Christ must be biblical faith which is of God and which convinces us of our sinfulness and of our need to die to sin and to obey our Lord and his commands. And we must stand strong in our faith and on what the Word of God teaches, in context, so that we can refute the lies of the enemy and share with the people the truth from God’s holy word.

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

To My Beloved  

Based off I Peter 5:6-9; Ephesians 6:10-20; James. 4:4-10

An Original Work / November 14, 2011

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Be strong in the grace of Christ, and

Put on His full armor in your fight

Against the enemy of your souls,

And resist him with all your might.

Take up the shield of your faith within you.

Salvation’s helmet – you put it on.

Put on the belt of truth, 

And walk in the Spirit,

And you’ll not be ashamed.

Love your Lord Jesus; call His Name. 

Call on your Lord and Savior, Jesus, and

Make Him Lord and King of your hearts.

Obey all of His teachings He has given

To you to follow in all His ways. 

Repent of your sins. Return to your God.

Follow Him where’er He leads you now.

Humble yourselves in full

Surrender to His will

For your lives today.

Bow before Him, and humbly pray. 

Be strong in the grace of Christ, and

Obey your Lord in ev’rything, always

Keeping His teachings in your hearts near you.

Walk with Christ in ev’ry way.

Resist the devil. He will flee from you.

Draw near to God, and He’ll be near you.

Wash your hands you sinners

And double minded.

Weep and wail o’er sin.

With Christ, your new lives begin.

https://vimeo.com/125863190

The Full Armor of God

An Original Work / January 27, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Be Strong in The Lord

“Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might. Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.” (Ephesians 6:10-12 NASB1995)

What should it look like if we are “strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might”? It doesn’t mean being purposefully obnoxious with the full intent to hurt others. It doesn’t mean we go around yelling and screaming at everyone in a rant. Strength is not about being a bully. For when I am weak, then am I strong in the strength of the Lord. It does mean being determined to hold to the truth of the Scriptures, and to not compromise with the world, and to speak the truth as Jesus spoke it, and to live what we say we believe.

It means we do not give the devil a foothold in our lives, and we are not chameleons who blend in with our environment in order to be liked by other humans. We are not double-minded people who sway back and forth, as on a teeter-totter, who go with the crowd so that others will not think that we are weird. And it has nothing to do with how many Scripture verses we have memorized or how scholarly we are in biblical Greek or how good we are at public speaking. It has everything to do with being led of the Holy Spirit.

For if we are strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might, it has everything to do with the Lord and not with us or our opinions. We can only be strong, as this talks about, as our lives are surrendered to the Lord to do his will, in submission to his Lordship over our lives, in walks of obedience to his commands, as empowered by God and not by human flesh. But it does have to do with us being consistent and trustworthy and steadfast and immovable with regard to holding to the truths of God’s word, by his grace.

For we can only stand against the schemes of the devil if we are following the ways of our Lord and we are doing as our Lord commands, in practice. We can only stand against the devil’s schemes if we are willing to be hated, rejected, mocked, slandered, and cast aside as unwanted for standing on the truth of God’s word, even at the hands of the scholarly and the educated who have credentials and thus deem themselves superior to us who are lacking in fleshly credentials. We cannot be intimidated by them at all.

I am certain there are all kinds of scholarly people out there bearing their credentials who have a whole lot of head knowledge but their lives are not surrendered to Jesus Christ to doing his will, but they are busy performing before other humans in order to be accepted by them. And so they are not strong in the strength of the Lord, and they are not able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil, for their trust is in the flesh and not in the Lord. And so many are following marketing schemes instead of God’s plans.

So, just saying that worldly credentials do not necessarily equal godly lives committed to the will of God and to the truth of the Scriptures. So, just because someone goes by a title, it does not mean that person even knows the Lord intimately. What God is looking for is those who will humble themselves before the Lord, in submission to him as Lord, who are willing to forfeit the things of this world in order to serve the Lord with their lives in being his witnesses and in sharing the gospel truth without compromise.

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; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Acts 26:18] 

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

Be Strong in The Lord

An Original Work / January 27, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Overcoming Obstacles

“But He gives a greater grace. Therefore it says, ‘God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble.’” (James 4:6 NASB1995)

I was in third grade in elementary school. I was called to a meeting of adults in the basement of the school. They asked me if my parents ever fought. Next thing I recall is that I was sent back to second grade. They said I was not ready for third grade. I didn’t know it then but I had difficulty with reading comprehension, which no one tried to correct. And I did poorly in any school subjects that required reading. And I graduated high school with a 1.4 GPA (D average), and I started college reading on a fourth grade level. 

In college I did well in my music classes, but anything involving reading I did poorly in, again. I did take a class to help me in my reading, and I did get up to 7th grade level. After about 3 years of college I realized I was not going to be able to graduate, and so I took a typing class, and I got a clerical job. Then I got married, and we started a family, and so now all my work was either at home, or it was volunteer work in the church gatherings (usually clerical work or in music), or in the community, or at my children’s schools.  

My father told me once that he could probably find something to talk about with me, “even though you are not as intelligent as my other children.” And I had pastors who criticized me because of my love for the Lord, and because of my desire to serve the Lord with my life, and because I stood on the truth of God’s word, and I would not compromise truth, and I would not tell lies. One pastor told me he was warned about people like me, i.e. “people with strong convictions,” and he wanted me to let him be God’s voice to me.

Throughout my life I kept getting the “smack down.” Sometimes I felt like a basketball being continually slam dunked into the hoop, or like someone drowning who was pushed down underneath the water with the intention to drown me and to silence me. Satan was fighting very hard against me to destroy my life and to keep me silent and to dishearten and to discourage me so that I would run away and give up. And there were times when I did, in fact, run away and give up. But God didn’t give up on me. He had a plan.

And get this! God took a woman, then of 54 years old, who had poor reading comprehension, who had been rejected over and over, and told that she was a nothing and that she was to shut up and to follow man’s ways of doing things. And he called me to his service. And he had me reading all kinds of news articles and historical and medical and scientific articles which I would never have imagined myself comprehending, for he was showing me my world so that I would have an idea of what is going on in the world today.

And he had me reading the Scriptures from beginning to end, over and over again, and writing about passages of Scripture I would never have comprehended before. And he was making the word of God practical and applicable to our world today. And then he had me start writing songs (never done this before) and poems (not like any I had ever written before) and doing video talks (I’m not a public speaker) and making Christian memes, and giving testimonies, and none of this was possible in my own flesh!!

And all this was God’s grace to me! All of this was God doing in my life all that I would never even have thought of or dreamed of doing ever, and all that I would never have imagined possible. The proud? They put me down. They rejected me. They cast me aside as worthless and not worth their time. And many of them still do. But God humbled me through those experiences, and he taught me to depend on him in all things, and to believe him, that he could do with me and in me what I would never have thought possible EVER! 

So, the Lord is leading me to write this today to encourage anyone reading this that our God is the God of the impossible, and he can do in the lives of those who humble themselves before him what they would never have imagined possible for them to do, because so many people treated them as though they were not worth their time, as though they would never amount to anything. But God chose the despised and the unappreciated and the weak and the rejected to shame the strong.. (see 1 Corinthians 1:26-31) 

An Original Work / January 26, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

If The Lord Wills

“Come now, you who say, ‘Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, and spend a year there and engage in business and make a profit.’ Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away. Instead, you ought to say, ‘If the Lord wills, we will live and also do this or that.’ But as it is, you boast in your arrogance; all such boasting is evil. Therefore, to one who knows the right thing to do and does not do it, to him it is sin.” (James 4:13-17 NASB1995)

Now, there is nothing wrong with making plans. For some things we have to plan in advance so that we are prepared and so that other people who are part of those plans are informed, and so that we can set a date, and put it on our calendars. What is wrong is when we exclude God from our plans, i.e. when we don’t inquire of him first to make certain these are his plans or that they do not contradict with his plans, and/or when we presume that we have the right to chart our own course and to go our own way, absent of God.

And what do I mean by that? Well, God made us, and he has a plan for our lives, and as those who profess faith in Jesus Christ, we are to be those who are following his plan for our lives. We are not to be deciding our own course, going our own way, making all our own decisions, presuming that whatever we have planned is under our control, and that life is going to go the way that we decide, and that God is going to be okay with that. That shows arrogance on our part and that we are not surrendered to God.

We need to pray often, “Nevertheless, not my will, but Thine be done.” We need to learn to inquire of the Lord to make certain that our plans are in line with his plans. And even if we have plans, we must make room in our minds and hearts for the reality that life doesn’t always go the way that we have planned, but life can be unpredictable, and we need to be able to go with that when life as we know it changes directions. And I have learned to say more often, “Lord willing, we will do this or that,” thus resting in my Lord.

When we see our lives as those who are followers of Jesus Christ, and we see that he is our shepherd, and that we are to be following his leading, it helps us to keep in perspective that he should be the one running our lives, and not us. And so we should be inquiring of him as to what direction he would have us go next, and then we should be going wherever he sends us in doing what he has for us to do, and in saying whatever he gives us to say. For this is what it means to be a follower of Christ, with him in the lead.

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

An Original Work / January 26, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Have Thine Own Way, Lord

 

https://vimeo.com/401213349

Through Him Who Strengthens Me

“Not that I speak from want, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am. I know how to get along with humble means, and I also know how to live in prosperity; in any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both of having abundance and suffering need. I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.” (Philippians 4:11-13 NASB1995)

I live in the USA, in the state of South Carolina, and right now we have been hit with some pretty severe low temperatures for a southern state, and we have been having some snow storms and some ice storms, as well. And it appears that about 23 US states and nearly 200 million people are being impacted by this storm. And large numbers of households are presently without power to heat their homes and to cook their meals and to communicate with the outside world. And, if we were to lose power, I would not be able to write my daily devotions and to post them on the internet. 

But I do not know the extent of the damage that this storm has created throughout all these US states at present, but definitely some areas got hit much harder than others. So far we have not suffered any damage to our apartment home, but with the coming weeks’ worth of below freezing temperatures there is the possibility of people’s water pipes freezing and of causing flooding in people’s homes. We did experience this in our apartment in December of 2022 when the water pipes froze in the apartment above us which then flooded our apartment, and we were displaced for a week or so.

The biggest danger here, though, would be for people who had nowhere else to go, and who had no heat to warm them, and who might die in the below freezing temperatures we are expecting here for the next 7 days, it seems. We do have family we can go to if we lose our power, so I think we will be alright, but not everyone has family they can turn to in times such as these. Not everyone has a shelter available where they can go to get heat and food and a place to sleep out from underneath the freezing temperatures. And my heart goes out to them who have no place of refuge, nowhere to go.

And then we read Paul’s words here. And in other passages of Scripture he shared with us some more of the circumstances in which he found himself where he was stoned and left for dead, and where he survived multiple beatings and three shipwrecks and several imprisonments and hardships and many sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold and exposure, with enemies pursuing him wanting him dead, and much more (see 2 Corinthians 11:23-29). And God got him through every one of those difficulties, and Paul kept on speaking the truth of the gospel of Christ.

Now, when the world falls apart all around us, and we lose the comforts this world has to offer us, and our lives get turned upside down, well, that is the norm for a lot of people in this world. Not everyone has the comforts of living somewhere where they have heat to warm them and a comfortable and warm bed to sleep on and food enough to fill their bellies. So, if we lose those things, even just temporarily, we should think of all those who have none of that, and yet many of them survive. And we should give God thanks for what we do have, by his grace. And we should not grumble.

I like Paul’s words here, and I have lived by them, but not always, and I must still live by them. I must be content with whatever circumstances God allows to come into my life, that he has allowed them for my good, and that good will come out of them in my life and in the lives of people whose lives are touched by mine. I do know what it is like to live on little, and on plenty. I have never gone hungry, but we didn’t always have much. But in whatever circumstances God allows to come into my life, I can survive them in his strength. And if I should die in want, it is God’s will to then take me home.

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

Sing Praises  

Based off Psalms 6-9

An Original Work / November 30, 2012

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Sing praises to the Lord!

Tell of His wondrous works.

Afflicted, they cry out;

The Lord will not forget; 

The needy, not desert.

The Lord’s our refuge now;

A stronghold when we fear.

The Lord will ne’er forsake

The ones, who Him pursue!

Sing praises to the Lord!

With all my heart I sing.

I will rejoice in Him;

Sing praises to His name;

Tell of His wondrous works.

My shield is God Most High.

He saves those who believe

In Jesus Christ, God’s Son.

His grace has pardoned you!

The Lord accepts my prayer!

The Lord has heard my cries.

He is so merciful.

He heals my anguished soul.

The Lord has made me whole.

Give thanks unto the Lord.

Give praise unto His name.

Our Lord is righteousness.

Sing praises to the Lord!

Sing praises to the Lord!

https://vimeo.com/118438651

Through Him Who Strengthens Me

An Original Work / January 26, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Who Am I?

Recently I joined an internet site called Substack. So the Lord led me to give a brief summary of my life to introduce myself to people who do not know me. Those who know me already probably know all of this, but I am sharing it across all platforms in case God has someone else intended to read this:

Who Am I?

Me? I was born Susan Jane Thorn on December 31, 1949, at 6:10 p.m. in Akron City Hospital, in Akron, Ohio, USA. My parents were also natives of Akron, Ohio, both born in 1914 and were married in 1945, two months following the end of WW2. I was brought up attending the gatherings of the church on Brown Street, in Akron, affiliated with the Christian & Missionary Alliance. Other than my Aunt Betty’s house, the church gatherings were my home away from home, which I dearly loved. I loved the teachings of the Scriptures and learning all I could about Jesus Christ. And my heart’s desire from early on in my life was to go wherever God sent me to do his will.

At about age 7, I was at camp at Beulah Beach in Vermillion, Ohio, on Lake Erie, and I was sitting on a hard camp bench listening to the minister preach the gospel and to give an invitation to repent of my sins and to follow Jesus with my life, which I did. I sat there with tears streaming down my cheeks, fully aware of my sins, and with a strong desire to have those sins removed from my life so I could follow Jesus with my life. Now, I was a child, and I was not perfect, but I was also not rebellious. I was raised by an abusive father and by my mother, as good as she was, who was largely emotionally distant. So I cried a lot, and I prayed much for God to help me to do right.

I had two older brothers and two younger sisters, and one of my brothers and one of my sisters have since left this world. And in the 22.5 years that I lived with my parents we lived in 11 different houses, all but one of which I have memories of. And all 53.5 years that I have lived with my husband we have lived in 19 residences in 5 states and in 10 cities. So, I am now living in my 30th residence in my 76 years of life. And in my childhood I attended 3 different elementary schools, 2 junior high schools, and one high school, all in Akron, Ohio, plus I was a music major at the University of Akron. And that is where I met my husband to be, Rick Love, who I married in 1972.

And in the 53 years since my husband and I have been married we have birthed 4 children, and have gained 4 children-in-law, 14 grandchildren, 2 grandsons-in-law, and 2 great-granddaughters. And most of them live not far from us at all and so we are able to see them somewhat frequently, which is a blessing, indeed. We are a close family, and so we have much to be grateful for to God. We are not a perfect family, though. All of us have made mistakes, and some of us worse errors than others. But I am very thankful to God that, when I fell, he was there to pick me back up, to put me back on my feet, and to give me a new voice with a new task before me.

In 2004 the Lord called me to write down what he teaches me from my times spent with him each day in his word and to post these writings on the internet. So that is what I have been doing almost 22 years now, and full-time for 20 years. And then he added on song writing and poetry and video talk devotions and Christian memes, and a few short testimonial books, too. And none of this I had done before with the exception of a few poems early on in my life and me teaching the Scriptures beginning at age 16, first to children, then to youth, then to women, with some gaps here or there, and now on the internet for the people of the world to read. All glory to God!

That is a summary of my life here on this earth.

Sue J Love, Christ’s Free Servant

Dwell on These Things

“Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things. The things you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.” (Philippians 4:8-9 NASB1995)

So many liars, and so many lies there are today being spread rapidly throughout the world, and in the name of truth, and in the name of the gospel of our salvation, and in the name of God. So much deception and so many deceiving spirits now dwell among us and are in most anything we see on the internet or on television. So much twisting of the Scriptures to pacify human flesh and to make addictive and habitual sin acceptable and tolerable among those professing faith in Jesus Christ, too. And this should not be!!

There is so much that is dishonorable, unrighteous, impure, hateful, disgusting, of bad repute, and totally lacking in anything of excellence and worthy of praise in the eyes of our Lord. And this is not happening just out in the fleshy world, but this is happening within the gatherings of what are being called “the church,” too, and among their leadership and their congregations. For so many are adopting Satan’s lies and are continuing in their sin, and are not walking in holiness and in obedience to our Lord.

So, as those who profess faith in Jesus Christ, our focus is to be on believing and living the truth of God’s word and in rejecting the lies of our enemy Satan which are being taught to the people by marketeers who are “wolves in sheep’s clothing” within the gatherings of what are called “churches.” So, this necessitates that we be students of the Scriptures, as led by the Spirit of God, who study them in their correct biblical context, and who apply their truths to our daily lives in living godly and holy lives for the glory of God.

We are to be truth tellers and not those who spread lies in order to make people feel good. We are to be honorable in all that we are and think and do. And we are to be pure of heart, mind, and body, in all sincerity and in daily practice. We are to be those who live, in practice, what we claim that we believe, and who are not hypocritical in belief and action. This does not mean we are perfect and that we will never fail to live up to what we profess, but it means that obedience to God, and not sin, is our practice.

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

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

Dwell on These Things

An Original Work / January 25, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Gentle in Spirit

“Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice! Let your gentle spirit be known to all men. The Lord is near. Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 4:4-7 NASB1995)

In good times or in bad times, we are to rejoice in the Lord always. We are to give thanks to the Lord in all things and give him praise, honor, and glory. For what good is it if we grumble and complain over our circumstances? It serves no good purpose, and it only brings us and other people down. For God never promised us an easy life, did he? No! He promised us that life would be hard, and that we would be hated and persecuted as Jesus was hated and persecuted, if our lives are surrendered to doing God’s will.

And what does a “gentle spirit” look like? It should look like Jesus Christ in character, in word, and in deed. And, although Jesus was meek, he was not weak. He did not compromise truth and righteousness so that other people would like him, and so they would approve of him. He was strong against lies and liars, i.e. those who spoke falsely and who were hypocritical in their speaking and in their actions. And he spoke strongly against turning the temple of God into a marketplace, i.e. a place of business. And he was right!

So, being gentle in spirit is being kind and loving and compassionate, but it is also standing on the truth of God’s word and speaking the truth of the gospel to the people of the world when so many are now compromising the gospel message in order to be liked by other human beings. For what good is it if we lie to people in order to make them feel good? It is not good if we give them a false gospel message which makes them feel good, on the promise of heaven, but while it sends them straight to hell. Not kind at all!!

And what is the peace of God? It is also not a compromise of truth and righteousness in order to make other people feel good. The peace of God is in truth and righteousness and in doing the will of God. For as long as we continue to live for the flesh and in sin we cannot be at peace with God and we cannot know the peace of God in our own hearts and minds. For we know the peace of God in our lives when we surrender our lives to the will of God for our lives, and we submit to doing the will of God and to living for God.

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

An Original Work / January 25, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

But a New Creation

 

The Church, The Body of Christ

“Those who desire to make a good showing in the flesh try to compel you to be circumcised, simply so that they will not be persecuted for the cross of Christ. For those who are circumcised do not even keep the Law themselves, but they desire to have you circumcised so that they may boast in your flesh.” (Galatians 6:12-13 NASB1995)

Now this is not usually a subject that we have to deal with in today’s Christian culture among Gentiles (non-Jews) who believe in Jesus. But "All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work." (2 Timothy 3:16-17 ESV) So, let’s look here at how this might be applied to our lives today, shall we? 

What is the underlying message here? Those who desire to make a good showing in the flesh try to compel you to do what? Well, the first thing that came to my mind is that they try to compel you that you have to be in a building called “church” at least once a week, usually on a Sunday morning, and that you have to sit in a pew or on a chair, and usually as a spectator, except you may be allowed to sing along with the songs previously chosen by the music director. Then you listen to a sermon, and then you go home.

And they call that “church.” And they often misquote Hebrews 10:25, for they presume that the “assembling together” of the believers is to be on a Sunday morning in a building called “church” where they mostly sit as spectators and then they go home and resume life as normal until the next week. So, if you have a biblical perspective of what is “the church,” and of what our biblical gatherings should look like, and so God has called you to come out of any unbiblical gatherings, they may think of you as a heathen.

[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] 

But the church is not a building called “church.” We who believe in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior of our lives, we are the church. We are the body of Christ, and as his body, we are to be ministering to one another. The church is not something that you go to once a week for a “church service” where you really have nowhere to use your body part which was assigned to you by God, in your area of spiritual giftedness, for the encouragement of the rest of the body of Christ, which is what it talks about in Hebrews 10:24-25: 

“And let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds, not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the day drawing near.” (NASB1995)

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

And I am certainly not saying that it is wrong to go to a building called “church” to gather with other believers in Christ to sing songs of worship of God and to listen to the preaching of the word. The point of this is that what that describes is not the biblical body of Christ operating as the body of Christ in ministering to one another, as each part does its work, which is the point of the message in Hebrews 10:25 and these other verses above. And choosing to not attend those “church services” does not make us heathen.

For the whole purpose of the church, the body of Christ, is that we might help one another to grow together in our walks of faith in obedience to our Lord in holy living. And it is to warn each other against false teachings and the lies of the enemy, and to warn against the deceitfulness of sin, and to help one another to live for Jesus and to be his witnesses. And that can happen on any or every day of the week in any appropriate location, which includes the internet, which is where I am finding my Christian fellowship.

And going back to this passage in Galatians 6:12-13, perhaps many of the “church people” who try to shame you into attending their weekly services are not following the Lord Jesus in obedience to his commands in holy living and in the forsaking of their sins, but they may be living very fleshly and worldly lives. And they may not be out in the world sharing the truth of the gospel with the people of the world, and perhaps they are not gathering together to help one another to walk in holiness, for the glory of God.

So don’t be intimidated by others who may or may not be walking in obedience to our Lord’s commands who think you need to attend a weekly gathering of people in a building called “church.” Get together with other believers in Christ wherever you can, and encourage one another in your walks of faith in obedience to the Lord. Use your spiritual gifts for the glory of God and for the encouragement of the body of Christ in the body parts assigned to you by God wherever God has you, even on the internet.

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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The Church, The Body of Christ

An Original Work / January 24, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Give The Glory to God

“For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself. But each one must examine his own work, and then he will have reason for boasting in regard to himself alone, and not in regard to another. For each one will bear his own load.” (Galatians 6:3-5 NASB1995)

All of us, no matter who we are, or where we were born, or who our parents were, or what nationality we are from birth, have no right to think that we are somehow superior to others on the basis of skin color, nationality, wealth (or lack of it), possessions, connections, talents, education, or popularity, or whatever. For all of us were born with sin natures, in the image of Adam, separate from God, and unable within ourselves to be approved by God because of our sin. So all of us had the same beginning, basically.

[Matthew 7:21-23; Luke 9:23-26; Romans 3:9-26; Romans 5:12-19; Romans 6:1-23; 1 Corinthians 15:21-22,42-49; Ephesians 2:1-3,8-10]

And with regard to us who believe in Jesus Christ, we can only come to faith in Jesus Christ if God the Father first draws us to Christ. And the faith to believe in Jesus is not of our own doing, but it is gifted to us by God, and it is persuaded of God as to his righteousness and holiness, and of our sinfulness, and of our need to die with Christ to sin and to walk with him in obedience to his commands, which we can only do in the power of God at work within us who have trusted in Christ Jesus to be Lord of our lives.

[Hebrews 12:1-2; John 1:12-13; John 6:44; Ephesians 2:8-10]

But does God make a division between those approved of God and those not approved by God? Yes, he does, but by his own criteria, and by his full right because he is God and he is the one who made us. And the division is not “I believe in Jesus” or “I don’t believe in Jesus,” for many who profess faith in Jesus Christ give only lip service to God, so their faith is not genuine biblical faith. For by faith in Jesus we must deny self, die to sin, and obey God and his commands, in practice, by his grace and in his power and strength.

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).

So, if we are saved out from underneath our slavery to sin to now serve God with our lives, God gets all the glory! If we are now walking in fellowship with our Lord in surrender to his Lordship and to his will for our lives, God gets all the glory! Do we have a part that we must do? Absolutely! But it can only be done by the grace of God and in the power of God, as we cooperate fully with God’s work of grace in our lives. So, we have no right to take the credit for God’s work of grace in our lives, but we should give God the glory!

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

Give God the Glory  

Based off Psalm 19

An Original Work / March 10, 2014

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

All of creation now proclaims:

“Give God the glory; honor His name!”

Each day the stars in heav’n above

Show forth His wisdom; tell of His love.

They do not speak. They have no voice.

Yet, they declare we have a choice:

“Worship the God of heav’n above;

Believe in Jesus; trust in His love.”

God’s word is perfect, just and good,

Refreshing souls who trust in the Lord;

Makes wise the simple; radiant -

Lighting our lives with God’s righteousness.

Joy to the heart His words now speak;

Pure and enduring, now we seek.

They are more precious than our gold;

Sweeter than honey; never grow old.

Keeping the word brings great reward.

By the word Jesus speaks and He warns,

Convicting hearts of all their sin;

Forgiving all who call upon Him.

Praying You keep me, Lord, from sins.

May they not rule my life again.

Then will I walk in all Your ways,

Following Jesus all of my days. 

https://vimeo.com/88900305

Give The Glory to God

An Original Work / January 24, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Submit Therefore To God

 

No Variation or Shifting Shadow

“Do not be deceived, my beloved brethren. Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow. In the exercise of His will He brought us forth by the word of truth, so that we would be a kind of first fruits among His creatures.” (James 1:16-18 NASB1995)

Now this is in the context of the teaching about how God tempts no one to sin and so we should not blame God if we should ever be tempted to sin. And if we are indeed tempted (led into) sin, and so we give in to that sin, it is not God’s fault but our own. Yet, as this continues on, there is a broader picture here beyond just what has already been spoken. We who believe in Jesus Christ serve an unchanging God. He is who he has always been and always will be, so he does not teach one thing and then teach the opposite. 

So, what this means for us, when we are studying the Scriptures, especially the ones taught under the New Covenant relationship God has with his people Israel (Jew and Gentile by faith in Jesus Christ), is that when the Scriptures appear to us to contradict each other, we should not just go with the one which we like the best because it makes us feel good or because it doesn’t seem as severe as the others. But we should compare Scripture with Scripture and we must read them in their appropriate biblical context, too.

For many people are misinterpreting the teachings of Christ and of his New Testament apostles, largely because they are being taught Scriptures out of their appropriate biblical context, and so they are getting a distorted message which will, thus, not agree with other Scriptures which teach the opposite. And so many people ignore the Scriptures they don’t like, and they embrace the ones taught out of context, because they give them more freedom to live however they want to live while assuring them of salvation.

But God does not teach us that faith in Jesus Christ, which comes from God and not from human flesh, is just words we say in a prayer to receive Christ and now we are forgiven all sins and heaven is guaranteed us when we die. Yet, that is the “gospel” message which appears the majority are teaching today and that the majority are believing. Yet, God teaches us that faith, which is of God, must result in us denying self, dying to sin daily, by the Spirit, and us walking (in conduct) in obedience to our Lord’s commands.

Now this does not mean if we should ever sin just once that we are cut off from God. God does not demand that we remain sinless, but he does instruct us that we are no longer to make sin our practice, and that obedience to our Lord and to his commands must now be what we practice, in the power of God (see 1 John 2:1-6). And this is not permission to sin, but it is a recognition that we might sin sometime. However, if sin is our habit, and not obedience to our Lord’s commands, we do not have eternal life with God.

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

So, please take this to heart, for where we will spend eternity depends on us believing and living the truth of the gospel, and not the lies of Satan.

Living Sacrifices  

Based off Romans 12:1-2; Romans 6:11-14 NIV

An Original Work / September 14, 2012

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Oh, holy ones, I counsel you,

In view of God’s mercy,

To give yourselves to God in love

As living offerings,

Pleasing to God, holy in love.

This is your true worship.

Do not conform to worldly lives.

Let God transform you today.

Then you’ll be able to

Test and approve of what

God’s will is – His pleasing

And perfect will. Oh, holy ones, 

I counsel you – Offer yourselves unto God. 

Oh, holy ones, I counsel you – 

Do not be conceited.

Humble yourselves before your God.

Do not be self-righteous.

The strength you have to live in love

Comes from your Lord God, so

Live your new lives in pow’r of God.

Be changed in heart, mind and will.

Do this because of what

Christ did for you when 

He died on the cross to save

The world from sin. Oh, holy ones, 

I counsel you – Humble yourselves before God.

Oh, holy ones, I counsel you –

Count yourselves dead to sin,

But be alive to God in Christ.

Do not let sin reign in

Your earthly lives so you

Obey its evil desires.

Offer yourselves unto your God

As those who’ve been born again.

For sin shall no longer be 

Your lord and master.

Give of yourselves to God

For righteousness. Oh, holy ones, 

I counsel you – Be alive to God in Christ. 

https://vimeo.com/118480946

No Variation or Shifting Shadow

An Original Work / January 23, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Tempted of Satan

“Let no one say when he is tempted, ‘I am being tempted by God’; for God cannot be tempted by evil, and He Himself does not tempt anyone. But each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust. Then when lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and when sin is accomplished, it brings forth death.” (James 1:13-15 NASB1995)

Now, whenever I read this passage of Scripture, what immediately comes to mind is the story of Jesus being tempted by Satan in the wilderness. How does that fit with what James teaches on temptation? I cannot reconcile that, for Jesus was not carried away and enticed by his own lust, for he was not born with a sin nature as we are, and he never once sinned all the time that he lived on the earth. For not only was he a man, but he was also God – God incarnate, made flesh, who lived among the people of the world.

Therefore, when Satan attempts to tempt us into doing wrong, or to going the wrong direction, or to giving up, it doesn’t necessitate that we are being tempted of Satan because we are carried away and enticed by our own lust. It could be that we have no such desires as what Satan is trying to convince us to do, like he did with Jesus. So, perhaps there is a difference between Satan’s attempts to tempt us and us actually engaging in and considering doing what he is trying to get us to do, because that is what our flesh wants.

For Jesus Christ did not engage with Satan and with his attempts to tempt him, but he immediately countered him with the word of God, which is what we should also do when Satan tries as he might to convince us to NOT do what God has called us to do but to do what the devil wants us to do. There was no sense here at all that Jesus was considering Satan’s temptations, for he immediately responded in opposition to what the devil was trying to get him to do. He cut him off immediately, which is how we should do, too.

So, I believe, based off Jesus’ experience, that being tempted can be solely on the side of the devil who is trying to persuade us to doing what is wrong, but we choose to respond to him in the same way in which Jesus did, with the truth of the Scriptures. Or, for some (or many) people, they are in the habit of being persuaded of Satan to do evil, and so they are carried away and enticed by their own lust, because that is really what is in their hearts, and it is what their wicked hearts desire, and that is why they blame God.

For, those who are taken captive by the lusts of their flesh are often also those who like to cast the blame on anyone else but themselves, and that includes blaming God. They do not want to give up their sinful habits, and so they try to make it someone else’s fault but their own. There is most always an excuse for why they sinned, or for why they were unfaithful, or for why they lied and deceived and committed adultery against their spouses. Even if they know the truth of the Scriptures by heart, they will choose sin, instead.

So, just because the devil tries to convince you to do wrong and to not do right, it doesn’t mean that is what is in your heart, and that is what you lust after, unless you do, in fact, lust over those things, by habit, and that is the desire of your heart, in practice, and so that makes you an easy target. For Satan is going to try to get us who are following the Lord with our lives to disobey God, because that is what he does. For he doesn’t want anyone serving the Lord with their lives, and so he will try as he might to stop us. 

And that is why we must put on the full armor of God daily with which to fight against him and his evil schemes against us. And this is why we must walk by faith in walks of surrender to the will of God in obedience to his commands, living to please our Lord in all that we are and do and say – all in the power of God. And righteousness and speaking and living the truth of God’s word, and sharing the truth of the gospel with others, as led by the Spirit of God, must be our practice (Ephesians 6:10-20; Matthew 4:1-11). 

What the Lord Says  

Based off Isaiah 43:1-44:5

An Original Work / February 24, 2014 

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

This is what the Lord says to you:

Fear not, for I have chosen you.

I have summoned you by your name.

You are mine. I died, you to save.

When you go through your trials, so deep,

I will be with you; you will not sink.

You are so precious always to me.

Trust in your Lord, Savior and King.

This is what the Lord says to you:

He who gave salvation to you;

Who delivered you from your sin;

Takes your burdens now upon Him:

Forget the former things of your life.

Give of your heart not now up to strife.

See all the new things I have for you.

Walk in vict’ry. Trust in what’s true.

This is what the Lord says to you:

He who made you; who will help you:

Do not fear what humans may do.

Walk in freedom. Follow what’s true.

Drink of my Spirit given for you.

Trust in my mercy, for I love you.

I have a plan for all of your life.

Follow my ways. Do what is right. 

https://vimeo.com/87634334

Tempted of Satan

An Original Work / January 23, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

The Wise vs The Foolish

“Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock. Everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. The rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and it fell—and great was its fall.” (Matthew 7:24-27 NASB1995)

What does it look like to hear the words of Jesus Christ and to act on them? It means we take our Lord’s words to us, his followers, seriously, and we seek to please him in all that we are and say and do for the glory and praise of God, and not for the glory of our flesh. So when he says that if any of us would come after him, that we must deny self, die to sin daily (take up our cross daily) and follow (obey) him, that is what we must desire to do, and that is what we act on in obedience to our Lord, and we follow his leading.

And what does it look like to hear the words of Jesus Christ and to not act on them? Well, it may or may not include a profession of faith in Jesus Christ, but it goes the opposite direction of the one who acts upon the words of the Lord. Those in this category are the ones who take God’s words lightly, and who do not feel obligated to obey our Lord’s commands or to leave their lives of sin behind them. Even if they profess faith in Jesus Christ, sin is still their practice, and not obedience to God. For self is still on the throne, and not God. So they continue to live for the flesh and not for Jesus Christ.

And depending upon which category you find yourself in will depend upon whether or not you have been delivered (saved) out of your slavery to sin, and whether or not you, then, have eternal life with God. For we are not delivered (saved) from our sins on the basis of lip service only to God. For faith in Jesus Christ, if it is genuine biblical faith, will result in us denying self, dying to sin, and walking in obedience to our Lord’s commands, in his power, by his grace, though not necessarily in absolute sinless perfection.

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

The Wise vs The Foolish

An Original Work / January 22, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

In The Way You Judge

“Do not judge so that you will not be judged. For in the way you judge, you will be judged; and by your standard of measure, it will be measured to you. Why do you look at the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ and behold, the log is in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye.” (Matthew 7:1-5 NASB1995)

This, in its full context, is not teaching that we are never to judge another person’s actions or attitudes or words. What this, and other passages of Scripture like this, is teaching is that we are not to judge other people hypocritically, unjustly, by human standards, by our own traditions, by comparing others to ourselves, or in hate, with the wrong motives, prejudicially, by appearances, and/or without first giving the person a hearing or a chance to defend himself. For not all judging is wrong.

For, as followers of Jesus Christ we are to judge with a righteous judgment, to judge sin within the church, to judge disputable matters between Christians, to judge what is being taught to see if it is biblical, to judge false teachers and false teachings and doctrines, to judge the works and the workers of darkness, to judge false Christians, and to test the spirits to see which ones are or are not of God. So don’t fall for the teaching which teaches we are never to judge anyone about anything they are doing.

For, in today’s passage of Scripture, it is not saying to never judge anyone, or what anyone is doing, or any circumstances, or things being taught, etc. Today’s passage is primarily focused against hypocritical judging, where we might criticize someone else for doing something wrong while we might be doing much worse than what they are doing. So we are first to get rid of the wrong we might be doing and then we can see clearly to help a brother or a sister in Christ to free themselves of any known sin in their own lives.

[Matthew 7:1-5; John 7:24,51; John 8:15-16; Romans 2:3; 1 Corinthians 5:1-13; 1 Corinthians 6:1-6; 2 Corinthians 10:12; 2 Corinthians 11:1-4; Galatians 6:1-5; Ephesians 5:11; 2 Timothy 3:16-17; James 5:19-20; 2 Peter 2:1-22; 1 John 2:18-25; 1 John 4:1; Jude 1:22-23; Revelation 2:2] 

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 

In The Way You Judge

An Original Work / January 22, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Bear One Another's Burdens

“Brethren, even if anyone is caught in any trespass, you who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; each one looking to yourself, so that you too will not be tempted. Bear one another’s burdens, and thereby fulfill the law of Christ.” (Galatians 6:1-2 NASB1995)

If anyone is caught in any trespass (sin), it could mean that they are caught in the act of sin by someone else who witnessed their sinful act, or that they have been overtaken by or are in slavery (addiction) to any particular sin, or it can mean that they are surprised that they were tempted into acting upon a particular sin, not realizing their own vulnerability in that particular area of the flesh. But whichever one it is, it is clear that this Christian engaged in some kind of sin against God, but to what degree we do not know.

But when we understand what it means to “restore” such a one, I believe it gives more clarity to us with regard to what it means to “be caught” in sin. For this word “restore” is the same as a medical term for setting dislocated limbs (legs, arms). And that is a painful elongated process where a doctor maneuvers the dislocated joint back into place, followed by having to use crutches or a brace to stabilize the joint, often followed up with physical therapy to stabilize and strengthen the joint to prevent future dislocations.

When we think of restoring the fallen Christian back to a right relationship with God, in these terms, this doesn’t sound like just one sin took place, or that it was something unexpected, although a dislocated joint can be something that happens suddenly and unexpectedly. But it is the restoring aspect of this that suggests this is something more deep seated in a person’s life, and so it will take some time to help that person back to spiritual health and restoration, to help them back to a healthy relationship with God. 

Now someone who is still “struggling with” (regularly still giving in to) a sinful habit should not be the one to attempt to help another Christian out of their sinful addiction. And I believe men should help men, and women should help women, with few exceptions. But the main criteria for us to help another out of their sin is that we be those who are living holy lives, pleasing to God, in walks of obedience to our Lord and to his commands, in the power of God; that this not be a weak area for us, and that we follow God’s word.

And following God’s word is critical. For there are far too many recovery programs out there to help people overcome their addictions which are not biblically based, and which make the people dependent for life on that program, and which teach them they will always be addicts. Many of them do not allow the teachings of the Scriptures in their programs and rely much on modern day psychology, instead. And some of these programs actually just serve as a place to vent and to commiserate, but not to heal.

And then we need to be teaching them the gospel of our salvation from the Scriptures. For although our salvation from sin, which comes from God, does not demand absolute sinless perfection, or we are cut off from God, it does demand that we turn from our sins to follow our Lord in walks of obedience to his commands, as a matter of life practice. And it warns us that if we make sin our practice, and not obedience to our Lord’s commands, and if we do not turn from our sins, we will not inherit eternal life with God.

[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; Romans 12:1-2; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10,19-20; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; 2 Corinthians 5:10,15,21; 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, in bearing one another’s burdens, it is critical that we teach them the truth of the gospel and that we do not coddle them in their sins and make a path for them to continue living in deliberate and habitual sin. For it is not compassion which pampers addicts in their sin, but it is selfishness, wanting them to like us. Yes, be loving, be kind, and be compassionate. But that includes speaking the truth of the gospel to them in love. And that sometimes means “tough love.” For they need to hear the truth which saves.

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

Bear One Another’s Burdens

An Original Work / January 22, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Except in The Cross

 

Do Not Lose Heart

“Let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we will reap if we do not grow weary. So then, while we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, and especially to those who are of the household of the faith.” (Galatians 6:9-10 NASB1995)

When God first called me 21 years ago to write down what he was teaching me each day from my times spent with him in his word, he also called me to post these writings on the internet for other people to read. Now I had never done anything like that before, so I went searching for places on the internet where I could do that. Some of those sites were receptive to me, and some of them were not. Some of the people were receptive to me, and others were not. But I persevered. And some of those sites I did have to leave.

Then the Lord led me to create my first blog, and I lasted about three months on there before I gave up on that one, because I was getting no responses, and so I thought no one was reading. But two years later, almost to the date, he had me back on there writing, and I am still posting on that blog every day, now for about 16 years. And I still get hardly any responses, but I do know that people are reading these posts, and that encourages me.

Then, two years later he had me begin another blog, which was not intentional on my part, but which just fell in that direction. But it was intentional on God’s part. And, again, I was getting no responses. But this one lady, Hazel, put a “like” on just about every post, so every day I would thank the Lord for Hazel, even if she was the only one reading my posts and giving a response. Just knowing that someone was reading encouraged me.

So, why am I telling you all this? Because sometimes we can lose heart when we don’t see how God is working visibly before our eyes. After 21 years of posting these writings on the internet I still do not get many responses, but I can see that people are reading, at least I can in some cases, though not in all, and that encourages me. But should that be necessary for me to obey God? No! I have to write even if I am not aware at all if anyone is reading what the Lord gives me to write and to post.

And I have to trust the Lord that where he calls, he will provide, and he is working where I cannot see him working, and that is okay. My job is just to obey him and to do what he tells me to do, and he is the one who plants the seed and makes it grow. So I am not to lose heart when I cannot see the results, thinking that nothing is taking place, for I don’t know what God is doing. So, don’t give up just because you don’t see the results. If God has called you, obey him, do what he says, and leave the results to him.

What the Lord Says  

Based off Isaiah 43:1-44:5

An Original Work / February 24, 2014 

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

This is what the Lord says to you:

Fear not, for I have chosen you.

I have summoned you by your name.

You are mine. I died, you to save.

When you go through your trials, so deep,

I will be with you; you will not sink.

You are so precious always to me.

Trust in your Lord, Savior and King.

This is what the Lord says to you:

He who gave salvation to you;

Who delivered you from your sin;

Takes your burdens now upon Him:

Forget the former things of your life.

Give of your heart not now up to strife.

See all the new things I have for you.

Walk in vict’ry. Trust in what’s true.

This is what the Lord says to you:

He who made you; who will help you:

Do not fear what humans may do.

Walk in freedom. Follow what’s true.

Drink of my Spirit given for you.

Trust in my mercy, for I love you.

I have a plan for all of your life.

Follow my ways. Do what is right. 

https://vimeo.com/87634334

Do Not Lose Heart

An Original Work / January 21, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Sowing and Reaping

“Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.” (Galatians 6:7-8 NASB1995)

What is the message here for us? It is the same message that Jesus taught and that his New Testament apostles taught as the gospel of our salvation. For we don’t “get saved,” and now heaven is secured for us for eternity, but regardless of how we live. How we live our lives on this earth matters for eternity, and this has nothing to do with “works salvation.” This is the command of God that we, as followers of Christ, must make obedience to our Lord, and dying to sin, how we live, in practice, in the power of God.

So, even though we may make a profession of faith in Jesus Christ, if sin is still our practice, and not obedience to God and to his commands, what we reap is not eternal life with God, but corruption (death). But if obedience to our Lord and putting sin to death daily, by the Spirit, is what we practice, then we have the hope of salvation from sin and eternal life with God. And all this is of God and not of human flesh. Only by the grace of God, in the power of God, can any of us have salvation and eternal life with God.

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

Sowing and Reaping

An Original Work / January 21, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Doers of The Word

Not hearers only

“But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves” (James 1:22 NASB1995).

When Jesus Christ died on that cross, it was not just to save us from the punishment of sin and to give us eternal life with God, but it was to deliver us out from under our bondage (addiction) to sin so that we might now walk (in conduct, in practice) in obedience to our Lord’s commands in holy living. For he shed his blood for us on that cross to buy us back for God (to redeem us) out from our slavery to sin so we will now serve the Lord with our lives in living for him to do his will. And all this is done in the power of God.

Therefore, faith in Jesus Christ means dying with Christ to sin. It means we put aside all filthiness and all immorality and all wickedness, and now we serve the Lord with our lives in walks of surrender to the will of God and in obedience to his commands, which is able to save our souls. For we are not saved from our sins and on our way to heaven if sin is still what we practice, and if obedience to our Lord’s commands is not what we practice. For we must have a change of heart resulting in a change of behavior (repentance).

See: [James 1:21-25; Matthew 7:21-23; Luke 9:23-26; Romans 6:1-23]

Doers of The Word

An Original Work / January 20, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Being Double-Minded

“But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him. But he must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind. For that man ought not to expect that he will receive anything from the Lord, being a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.” (James 1:5-8 NASB1995)

What is wisdom? It isn’t just knowledge, for there are a lot of people who have heads full of knowledge who do not exercise wisdom. For me, wisdom has always been applied knowledge, i.e. putting the head knowledge we have into practice, but the right kind of knowledge. So wisdom is exercising common sense and good judgment. And it is not just speaking the truth, but it is applying the truth to our daily lives. And it is seeking the counsel of God to make good, sound, and right decisions, which are well prayed over.

So, if we are lacking in wisdom, and so we ask God for wisdom, we need to mean it. We need to be sincere in our requests. And we should not be asking God for wisdom and then wait for him to respond before we decide whether or not we will accept his counsel. And asking God for wisdom is not to be some ritual we go through to give an appearance of seeking after God if we are not going to listen to what God has to say anyway. And there are people who do that, who say they prayed, but who then reject God’s counsel.

And that is called being “double-minded.” And that is like being on both sides of opposite ends of a see-saw (teeter-totter) going up and down in thought or belief or opinion. For to teeter is to stagger, to wobble, to waver, to sway, to falter, to vacillate, and/or to hesitate. And to totter is to falter, to stumble, and to flounder. And from a spiritual perspective that can mean to sin. For it has to do with not being steady in faith or in practice, but with vacillating back and forth between living for sin and for self and claiming faith in Jesus.

What this passage teaches us is that if we are those who “teeter-totter” as a matter of practice, and so we vacillate in belief and practice on a habitual basis, and so we pray for God’s counsel, but while we may decide not to take God’s counsel, that we are the double-minded, unstable in all our ways, who will not receive anything from the Lord. And I believe this includes salvation from sin and eternal life with God, too. For the double-minded are of two minds going back and forth between God and their sin, which is not of God.

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).

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).

[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; Romans 12:1-2; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10,19-20; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; 2 Corinthians 5:10,15,21; 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, don’t take God’s grace for granted. Don’t see God as a Genie in the sky just there to grant you your every request, regardless of how you treat him. Believe God and what he teaches us that faith which comes from God will result in us denying self, dying to sin, and following our Lord in obedience to his commands, in practice, or it is not biblical faith which saves. This does not make us perfect (1 John 2:1-2), but if sin is our practice, and not obedience to God, we do not have the hope of eternal life with God.

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.

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Being Double-Minded

An Original Work / January 20, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love