Run With It: August 2026

Friday, August 21, 2026

Obeying Other Humans Over God

Jeremiah 35:12-17 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)

12Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah: 13“This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Go and tell the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem: ‘Will you not accept discipline and obey My words?’ declares the LORD.

14The words of Jonadab son of Rechab have been carried out. He commanded his sons not to drink wine, and they have not drunk it to this very day because they have obeyed the command of their forefather. But I have spoken to you again and again, and you have not obeyed Me!

15Again and again I have sent you all My servants the prophets, proclaiming: ‘Turn now, each of you, from your wicked ways, and correct your actions. Do not go after other gods to serve them. Live in the land that I have given to you and your fathers.’ But you have not inclined your ear or listened to Me. 16Yes, the sons of Jonadab son of Rechab carried out the command their forefather gave them, but these people have not listened to Me.

17Therefore this is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I will bring to Judah and to all the residents of Jerusalem all the disaster I have pronounced against them, because I have spoken to them but they have not obeyed, and I have called to them but they have not answered.’”

Is This For Us?

These are the words of God spoken by the prophet Jeremiah to the people of God of that time. So they are not written specifically for us. And yet, there is much biblical truth spoken here which can be applied to our lives, as well, a truth that is spoken to the people of God all throughout the New Testament Scriptures, too. And that is that all of us must obey God’s commands. We must put God above all others. We must not put humans above God. God must be first place in our lives now and always, and we must serve Him.

“All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be complete, fully equipped for every good work.” (2 Timothy 3:16-17 BSB)

Applying This to Today

So, what was the situation here? The people were listening to other humans, and they were obeying them, but they were not obeying God and His commands. And this is still the situation today when so many people who profess faith in Jesus Christ are following the words and the ways of other humans rather than obeying the words of God. And this is especially evident in all the different versions of what people call “the gospel” which the people are largely believing, many of which are contrary to the teachings of Christ.

Some Examples of This

I used to teach ladies’ Bible studies. And one of the things I came up against on a somewhat regular basis was some of them challenging the words of God written in the Scriptures because their pastors taught something different. They looked to their pastors more in the position of God, and if he said it, they took it as though it came from God. But if what we were studying from the Scriptures contradicted what their pastors taught, then they sided with their pastors and what they taught, instead of believing God.

And I still face this situation on the internet where people will disagree with what I am sharing from the Scriptures because they were taught something different. And this is one of the main reasons I include Scripture references in pretty much everything that I write, because it is critical to me that I support what I am saying that the Scriptures teach with references to the Scriptures themselves so that you all who are reading this can see for yourselves what the Scriptures teach, and so you will believe God.

False Teachers and Teachings

For we have so many false teachers among us teaching lies to the people via taking Scriptures out of their correct biblical context and then twisting them to make them say what they do not say if taught in the correct biblical context. But we live in a day and time when so many people are preferring the shorter messages, and the feel good messages. So if it sounds good they go with it rather than to take the time to search the Scriptures themselves to make certain that what they are receiving and believing is the truth.

One of the biggest lies being believed today is that you can just pray a prayer to “receive Christ,” or you can proclaim with your lips that Jesus is Lord and that he died on a cross for our sins, and that he was resurrected from the dead, and now you are saved, done deal, nothing else required. But if you read the Scriptures in their full biblical context you will learn that God requires of us who profess faith in Jesus that we deny self, die to sin, and that we obey God and His commands as a matter of life practice.

The Gospel of Christ

Both under the Old Covenant and under the New Covenant we are instructed of God via His Word that we are to turn from our wicked ways, and that we are to correct our actions to be in agreement with His commands. And we are not to go after “other gods” which can be other humans or sinful practices or anyone or anything we raise above or in place of God. We must not give ourselves over to lying, cheating, stealing, hating, manipulating, and/or to sexual immorality, etc., but our lives must be given over to God.

For, we are taught in the Scriptures that if sin is our practice, and not obedience to God and to His commands, that no matter what our lips profess, we will not inherit eternal life with God. And we will not be saved from our sins. God will judge us according to our deeds, the Scriptures teach us. And not everyone who says, “Lord, Lord,” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one doing (obeying) the will of God the Father who is in heaven. So believe God. Believe His word. Don’t put humans above 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 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]

Obeying Other Humans Over God

An Original Work / August 21, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Trust and Obey

Words by John H. Sammis, 1887

Music by Daniel B. Towner, 1887

When we walk with the Lord

in the light of His Word,
What a glory He sheds on our way!
While we do His good will,

He abides with us still,
And with all who will trust and obey.

Not a shadow can rise,

not a cloud in the skies,
But His smile quickly drives it away;
Not a doubt or a fear,

not a sigh or a tear,
Can abide while we trust and obey.

Not a burden we bear,

not a sorrow we share,
But our toil He doth richly repay;
Not a grief or a loss,

not a frown or a cross,
But is blessed if we trust and obey.

But we never can prove

the delights of His love
Until all on the altar we lay;
For the favor He shows,

for the joy He bestows,
Are for them who will trust and obey.

Then in fellowship sweet

We will sit at His feet.
Or we’ll walk by His side in the way.
What He says we will do,

Where He sends we will go;
Never fear, only trust and obey.

Trust and obey, for there’s no other way
To be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KB4KcleYiWM

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Thursday, August 20, 2026

Because of All The Evil

Jeremiah 32:28-35 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)

“28Therefore this is what the LORD says: Behold, I am about to deliver this city into the hands of the Chaldeans and of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who will capture it. 29And the Chaldeans who are fighting against this city will come in, set it on fire, and burn it, along with the houses of those who provoked Me to anger by burning incense to Baal on their rooftops and by pouring out drink offerings to other gods.

“30For the children of Israel and of Judah have done nothing but evil in My sight from their youth; indeed, they have done nothing but provoke Me to anger by the work of their hands, declares the LORD.

“31For this city has aroused My wrath and fury from the day it was built until now. Therefore I will remove it from My presence 32because of all the evil the children of Israel and of Judah have done to provoke Me to anger—they, their kings, their officials, their priests and prophets, the men of Judah, and the residents of Jerusalem. 33They have turned their backs to Me and not their faces. Though I taught them again and again, they would not listen or respond to discipline.

“34They have placed their abominations in the house that bears My Name, and so have defiled it. 35They have built the high places of Baal in the Valley of Ben-hinnom to make their sons and daughters pass through the fire to Molech—something I never commanded them, nor had it ever entered My mind, that they should commit such an abomination and cause Judah to sin.”

Parallels to Today

When I began to read this passage of Scripture today I immediately saw a parallel to the teachings in the book of Revelation having to do with the fall of Babylon (the harlot). For we read in Revelation 18 about Babylon (the harlot) and her many sins against God. She had become a home for demons, and a haunt for every unclean spirit, and every detestable beast, and the nations of the earth had drunk of her immorality, and her sins were piled up to heaven, and God had remembered her iniquities, and so she was to be consumed with fire. In a single hour she is to be destroyed.

And then I recalled the poem the Lord just had me post on the internet, which he gave me to write in March of 2018. For it was in reference to sin running amok within the walls of churches, the gospel truth facing so much disdain, men in pulpits making jokes about sacred things, compromising the truth of the Scriptures to appease human flesh. There is so much focus on worldly things, and so many pastors who are just actors playing their roles feeding lies to the people, entertaining the audience. Professing Christians are living in immorality, marriages are falling apart, but few seem to care.

And this largely describes the state of affairs in my nation (the USA), and within our government, and within many of the gatherings of the church (or what are falsely being referred to as “churches”). And I do believe that the government within my nation fits the description of “the harlot Babylon,” although I am certain this fits with other nations and their governments and their “churches,” as well, to a certain degree. But none have quite the power and influence over the rest of the world as does the government of my nation which is under the control of the One World Order “Beast.”

And I do believe that the USA, as a nation, but more specifically the government of my nation, is under the judgment of God the same as is described here in Jeremiah 32 and in Revelation 18. For the church at large in my nation has partnered with the world and united with the government in unholy unions, and so they have altered the gospel to make it more palatable to the ungodly and to human flesh, and they have rejected God’s requirements of repentance (turning from sin) and for obedience to His commands, and so many people are now believing the lies and not the truth.

The judgment of God is coming to the USA. It may already be here, too, in some forms and fashion. But the big heavy hit is on its way, in due time, in the timing of God. We can see it in the things being presented to us in the news, and in the alternate news, and just in general by the things going on in the world about us. So much is changing, and so fast. And so much is moving away from biblical Christianity and salvation from sin, and so many people are believing, living, and proclaiming the lies which send people to hell, and not to heaven. So pay attention. And obey God from now on.

Because of All The Evil

An Original Work / August 20, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

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

An Overwhelming Sadness

Do you ever feel an overwhelming sadness?

All around you seems then to be so much pain.

Sin has run amok within the walls of churches.

For the gospel truth, there is so much disdain.

Men in pulpits hiding sins behind the curtain,

Making jokes about the sacred things of God.

For a laugh, they will compromise the Scriptures to

Keep the people coming back. Does this seem odd?

There is so much focus on the things so worldly.

Entertainment of the masses is the game:

Step on anyone who may oppose the circus;

On the innocent, then, cast on them the blame.

Where are all the godly men who’re called to lead us?

Does it seem to you they’ve all but disappeared?

In our pulpits, we have many who are actors,

Playing roles, they tell us lies; they do not care.

Does it seem to you, there is no one who’s honest?

That manipulating people is the scheme?

Building businesses, which Christians then call churches,

Is the purpose, and the passion, and the dream?

Have you noticed that the family is hurting?

And, that marriages are now suff’ring the same?

This is now a troubling crisis situation.

And, this calls for us to call on Jesus’ name.

We must pray for God to bring a great revival,

So to bring His people down upon their knees.

May they turn their hearts now back to faith in Jesus,

So that for Him they would live, and strive to please.

An Original Work / March 22, 2018

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

They Do Not Obey God's Voice

Jeremiah 32:21-24 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)

“21You brought Your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs and wonders, with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and with great terror. 22You gave them this land that You had sworn to give their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.

“23They came in and possessed it, but they did not obey Your voice or walk in Your law. They failed to perform all that You commanded them to do, and so You have brought upon them all this disaster. 24See how the siege ramps are mounted against the city to capture it. And by sword and famine and plague, the city has been given into the hands of the Chaldeans who are fighting against it. What You have spoken has happened, as You now see!”

Introduction

The Lord is leading me today to use a real life physical situation in my life metaphorically to illustrate what this is talking about in this passage of Scripture. This is to be seen as a parable only to illustrate what this is teaching us above and not to be taken literally as a cause and effect in my own life situation. And I have had times in my life previously, a long time ago, when this could be applied to my life, but this is not one of them. So please understand that this is for illustrative purposes only. Thank you!

My Knee Went Out

The year was 2021. The month was August. My husband Rick and I had been busy helping our youngest son to get his house ready to sell, so we were not home much at all for a few months. We live in an apartment. The apartment adjacent to us was empty. Then we discovered mice feces in our drawers and cupboards, and under our sink and cabinets and dishwasher, refrigerator, and stove. And then we found the mice, too, and we killed them, and we set traps for them, and eventually they were all gone.

But in the process of dealing with all of this, and cleaning it all up, I got very ill. So I began to do some research, and I learned that my symptoms matched the diagnosis of “Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome.” But this was prime Covid time, and so many people were being put on ventilators at hospitals for respiratory issues, and many of them were dying. And the only solution they had for HPS, if this is what I had, was that exact treatment. So I decided if I was going to die that I would rather die at home. But I didn’t.

I am still here to write this. And I did start feeling better. But then in November of 2021, we went to the home of one of our children for a family Thanksgiving meal. I was still drained of physical energy. I went outside to take something to the car when my right leg went completely out from under me. I could not walk. So I sat down in the car to wait for my husband to come rescue me. And he took me home, and he had to help me to walk. And then I had to use a walker and eventually I got better, but not best.

Here we are in August of 2026, five years later, and the knee is still not best. It has not completely gone out on me again, but it is not fully functional, either. I still use a rollator (walker) when out in public because I lose my balance sometimes and sometimes I get dizzy, out of breath, and very fatigued. But the only solution any doctor has for this is physical therapy and/or taking drugs. The Lord led me to become pharmaceutical dependent free 18 years ago and PT just made matters much worse. So that’s out!

My dependency is fully in the Lord to see me through each day and to give me the strength and energy I need to do His will. My trust is in Him and not in man to “save” me. But I cannot do all the things I used to do before. But I am okay with that. I believe the Lord has me where He has me for a purpose, and my job each day is just to follow His lead, to write what He gives me to write, and to do the things He would have for me to do. And that also gives me time with my husband, children, and grandchildren, too.

The Parallel to The Scripture

The Lord brought the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt and He gave them a new place to live, as He promised. The Lord brought my husband and I out of our previous residence, and He gave us a new place to live. And spiritually speaking, the Lord provided the way for all to come out from our lives of living in sin, and He gave us a new place to live in communion with Him, in surrender to His will, in dying with Him to sin, and to now live to Him and to His righteousness in walks of obedience to His commands, by His grace.

My husband and I were not home much, for we were spending much time elsewhere. And because of that our kitchen began to be filled with mice feces. And mice are vermin, and vermin are like rats or cockroaches, for they can carry diseases. As people, they are dishonest, morally unclean, liars, fakes, and manipulative. And a kitchen is where food is prepared and eaten. And our spiritual food is the word of God. So this is about false teachers teaching lies. And the lies have the potential to bring about death.

Not being home much can indicate neglecting the Lord and His Word and obedience to Him. And our knees usually symbolize what we get down on in worship of God, which physically I can no longer do, but spiritually I am able. If we do not spiritually bow our knees to the Lord in worship of Him, that opens the door wide for these vermin (the false teachers and teachings) to enter into our relationships with the Lord, and so we end up eating spiritual food which has been compromised which can then lead to death.

But the people did not obey God’s voice. They did not walk in His law. They did not walk in the ways of the Lord in obedience to His commands. For they believed the lies of the enemy, instead. They were feeding on the vermin’s feces, metaphorically speaking, and so spiritually they got very ill. And the Lord allowed disaster to come upon them as He will upon us if we forsake the ways of the Lord, and if we eat the “vermin’s feces” instead of the truth of God’s word, and if our trust is in man and not in God to save us.

Over the past twenty five years, spiritually speaking, my dependency has been in the Lord more than it ever was before in my life. I have remained true to His word, and I have not rebelled against the Lord. There were times in my life before this when I could not say that, in truth. But the trials and tribulations of my life were instrumental to bringing me to this place. And, just as I do not depend on drugs and doctors to be my solution to my physical health, my trust is fully in the Lord to direct me in His ways.

They Do Not Obey God’s Voice

An Original Work / August 20, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

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

[A Prayer of Devotion to God Alone]

Old Covenant vs New Covenant

Jeremiah 31:31-34 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)

“31Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD,

when I will make a new covenant

with the house of Israel

and with the house of Judah.

32It will not be like the covenant

I made with their fathers

when I took them by the hand

to lead them out of the land of Egypt—

a covenant they broke,

though I was a husband to them,”

declares the LORD.

33“But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel

after those days, declares the LORD.

I will put My law in their minds

and inscribe it on their hearts.

And I will be their God,

and they will be My people.

34No longer will each man teach his neighbor or his brother,

saying, ‘Know the LORD,’

because they will all know Me,

from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD.

For I will forgive their iniquities

and will remember their sins no more.”

The Old Covenant

Who were God’s people under the Old Covenant? They were the Jews. They were Israel. But not all of them were of genuine faith in God. Not all of them obeyed God and served Him as their Lord. They were Israel because they were physical descendants of Abraham. But many of them resisted the Lord, worshipped idols, lived in spiritual adultery, in sexual immorality, in revelry and drunkenness, and in stubbornness of mind and will. They did not bow to God as Lord, and many of them died and did not enter into God’s rest.

[See: 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; etc.]

Under the Old Covenant they were under a long list of liturgical, ceremonial, sacrificial, purification, circumcision, dietary, and Sabbath laws which we, under the New Covenant, do not have to obey. But they were also under God’s moral laws requiring repentance, submission to God as Lord, and faithfulness to the Lord in obedience to His commands, in holy living, in moral purity, in godliness, uprightness, and in righteousness. Under the New Covenant we must still obey God’s moral laws which did not go away.

The New Covenant

Under the New Covenant, God’s people are all people who are of biblical faith in Jesus Christ who have denied self, died to sin (repented of sin), and obeyed our Lord as a matter of life practice, and who are continuing to do so by the grace of God. We who were not born Jews by physical birth were grafted into biblical Israel (into Jesus Christ) and all Jews who rejected Jesus Christ as their Messiah were cut out of biblical Israel. But they can be grafted into Israel by faith in Jesus Christ, and together we are “All Israel.”

Israel Today: [Matthew 21:43; John 8:18-19,38-47; John 10:16; Romans 2:28-29; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Romans 9:4-8,25-28; Romans 11:1-36; 1 Corinthians 3:16-17; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; 2 Corinthians 6:14-18; Galatians 3:16,26-29; Galatians 4:22-31; Ephesians 2:11-22; Ephesians 3:1-6; Colossians 3:12-15; Titus 2:14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-16; Hebrews 8:6-13; 1 Peter 2:9-10,24; 1 John 2:22; Jude 1:5; Revelation 2:9; Revelation 3:9; see also Genesis 17:7-9; Genesis 18:19]

Under the New Covenant, God, in the person of the Holy Spirit, comes to live within the lives of all who are of genuine biblical faith in Jesus Christ. So the Word of God is living within us, not just something we read in the Scriptures. We have the Holy Spirit living within us teaching, instructing, encouraging, counseling, leading, and guiding us in the ways of the Lord, directing our paths, cautioning us against making wrong choices and encouraging us in the ways of the Lord, empowering us to live holy lives in the power of God.

Who Knows The Lord?

So, if we are of genuine faith which saves, we have, by the grace of God, denied self, died to sin, and we are walking in obedience to our Lord and to His commands in life practice. So we know the Lord. It is not like under the Old Covenant where the people of God were His by physical birth, and when so many of them rejected the Lord and refused to obey Him. All of us who are of genuine biblical faith in the Lord Jesus know the Lord, so we don’t have to teach one another to know the Lord, if our faith is biblical faith.

Nonetheless, many profess faith in Jesus Christ based off lies they were taught, and their faith is not biblical, for they did not deny self, die to sin, and obey God in practice, but they continued in their deliberate and habitual sins and in disobedience to our Lord’s commands. So they do not know God and God does not know them. And they do not have salvation from sin nor eternal life with God guaranteed them because they did not submit to Him as Lord and follow in His ways, but they continued in their willful sins.

So, if you have not, by faith in Jesus Christ, died with Him to sin, and if you are not now, by the grace of God, walking in obedience to His commands, as a matter of life practice, then you do not know God. And this is not saying that we will never sin (1 John 2:1-2), but the Scriptures make it quite clear that if sin is our practice, our habit, and not obedience to our Lord, that no matter what our lips profess, we will not have salvation from sin nor eternal life with God. So make your heart right with God today while you still can.

Old Covenant vs New Covenant

An Original Work / August 20, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Mighty in Power

An Original Work / June 17, 2019

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Jesus, our Savior, reigneth forever;

Mighty in power, His name we honor.

He’s our refuge from all evil.

God our righteous, He’s our fill.

He satisfies us with all His blessings.

We magnify Him. Our praise to Him sing.

Glory and honor, praise to the Father,

Perfect in wisdom, He is our vision.

He delivered us from all sin

So, in Christ, we’d be forgiven.

He purifies us. His love will guide us.

He is beside us, holy and righteous.

Our Holy Spirit, comfort in sorrow,

Strength in our weakness, hope for tomorrow.

He gives courage to be bold in

Witnessing for Jesus Christ.

He teaches all things about our Savior.

New life in Jesus, we found His favor.

https://vimeo.com/343126112

Wednesday, August 19, 2026

I Am Yours

When I think of You, Lord,

In the watches of the night,

I am filled with wonder

At the power of Your might.

All that lies before me,

All that You have planned for me,

Fills my life with purpose,

So my heart now sings with glee.

Each day in Your presence,

As my heart draws close to You,

I want to adore You,

And, to You, always be true.

Thank You for Your grace, Lord,

For forgiveness of my sins,

So I walk in freedom,

In Christ, purified within.

Love You, Lord, my Savior,

On a cross You gave Your life,

So I’d live in vict’ry,

Because of Your sacrifice.

With Your love, You bless me,

For, You called me to be Yours,

Lord, I am Your servant,

Living daily in Your pow’r.

An Original Work / March 18, 2018

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Where We Will Not Stumble

Jeremiah 31:1 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)

“1At that time,” declares the LORD, “I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be My people.”

Who are “all the families of Israel” today? Who are God’s chosen people today? According to the teachings of the Scriptures they are all people (Jew and Gentile) who are of biblical faith in Jesus Christ, who have by faith in Jesus Christ denied self, died to sin, and who were then or who are now walking in obedience to our Lord’s commands, in practice. Sadly, not all who are of genuine faith in the Lord Jesus are presently walking with Him in full surrender and in full obedience to Him and to His commands.

However, the Scriptures do teach that if we profess faith in Jesus Christ with our lips, but we do not then submit to Him in obedience to His commands, but we continue to go our own way, to walk in sin, and not in surrender to Christ as Lord of our lives, that we are not of genuine faith in the Lord, and we do not have salvation from sin nor eternal life with God. For not everyone who says, “Lord, Lord,” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the ones doing (obeying) the will of God the Father who is in heaven (Matthew 7:21-23).

Jeremiah 31:2 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)

2This is what the LORD says:

“The people who survived the sword

found favor in the wilderness

when Israel went to find rest.”

Now, when I think of the wilderness I think of the time when God used Moses to rescue His people (the Jews only at that time) from slavery in Egypt, and how they were in the wilderness for 40 years. And during that time the Lord tested them, and He tried them, but the majority of them would not bow to the Lord, but they bowed to their idols instead – idols of sexual immorality, drunkenness, and revelry. They put Christ to the test and they grumbled and complained about Him, so they died in the wilderness.

Yet this seems to have a different meaning to it, though similar. This seems to carry with it the meaning of those who escaped entrapment to sin, who found grace in the Lord Jesus Christ, and although walking through the valley of the shadow of death in great trials and tribulations, they are now at peace with God. They are resting in the Lord who is leading and guiding them in the ways of the Lord. So they are now following Him in obedience to His commands. All the others were left behind. For they were not ready.

Jeremiah 31:3-6 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)

3The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying:

“I have loved you with an everlasting love;

therefore I have drawn you with loving devotion.

4Again I will build you, and you will be rebuilt,

O Virgin Israel.

Again you will take up your tambourines

and go out in joyful dancing.

5Again you will plant vineyards on the hills of Samaria;

the farmers will plant and enjoy the fruit.

6For there will be a day when watchmen will call out

on the hills of Ephraim,

‘Arise, let us go up to Zion,

to the LORD our God!’”

Translated to today, under the New Covenant, this is part of the gospel of our salvation. For we could not be saved from our sins and to have eternal life with God if God did not love us, and if He did not draw us to faith in the Lord Jesus. And we could not grow in our walks of faith if we did not have the Holy Spirit living within us empowering us and guiding us and helping us to live godly and holy lives, in service to our Lord. But because of Jesus’ sacrifice for us we can be delivered from sin and have eternal life with God.

And because of that, there is much cause for rejoicing and for celebrating His goodness to us. But then we are to remain in Him, in fellowship with Him, and we are to walk in His ways, to do what He calls us to do. And we are to live for the Lord in obeying His commands and in being His witnesses to the people of the world, sharing with them the gospel of Christ, letting them know that Jesus put our sins to death with Him on that cross so by faith in Him we will die to sin and live for our Lord in obedience to Him.

Jeremiah 31:7-9 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)

7For this is what the LORD says:

“Sing with joy for Jacob;

shout for the foremost of the nations!

Make your praises heard, and say,

‘O LORD, save Your people,

the remnant of Israel!’

8Behold, I will bring them from the land of the north

and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth,

including the blind and the lame,

expectant mothers and women in labor.

They will return as a great assembly!

9They will come with weeping,

and by their supplication I will lead them;

I will make them walk beside streams of waters,

on a level path where they will not stumble.

For I am Israel’s Father,

and Ephraim is My firstborn.”

This weeping has to do with repentance. When we repent of our sins we now choose to walk in the ways of the Lord, under His guidance and direction. And He fills us with the Holy Spirit who guides us into all truth. He leads us in the ways of righteousness. He leads us on a straight path, the way of holiness, godliness, and moral purity, in submission to God. So sin is now no longer our habit, but living for the Lord to do His will is now our practice.

Many people confuse admission of sin with repentance of sin. They are not one and the same. For some people may admit their sins with their lips, and even feel sorrowful over the wrongs they have done, and still never repent of their sins. For to repent is to have a change of heart and mind resulting in a change of behavior. To repent is to stop doing the wrong that you were doing and to now to do what is right. It is to completely change course, to go the opposite direction of where you had been going, no longer to live in addiction to sin but now to live as slaves of God and of His righteousness.

[Matthew 3:8; Matthew 4:17; Matthew 7:21-23; Matthew 11:20-21; Matthew 12:41; Matthew 21:28-31; Mark 1:15; Mark 6:12; Luke 5:32; Luke 9:23-26; Luke 13:3,5; Luke 15:2-8; Luke 24:47; Acts 3:19-20; Acts 5:30-31; Acts 8:22; Acts 11:17-18; Acts 17:29-31; Acts 19:18-20; Acts 20:21; Acts 26:18-20; Romans 2:4; Romans 6:1-23; 2 Corinthians 7:8-10; 2 Corinthians 12:21; Ephesians 4:17-32; 1 Thessalonians 1:9-10; 2 Timothy 2:24-26; 2 Peter 3:9; 1 John 1:5-10; Revelation 2:5,16; Revelation 3:3,19]

Where We Will Not Stumble

An Original Work / August 19, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Your Word

Based off Psalms 119

An Original Work / December 27, 2011

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Praise You with an upright heart as

I learn of Your righteousness.

I seek You with all my heart;

Do not let me stray from Your law.

I have hidd’n Your word in my heart

That I might not sin against You.

Open my eyes that I may see

Wonderful things in Your word.

I am a stranger on earth.

I have chosen the way of truth;

My heart is set on Your word.

I will walk about in freedom,

For I have sought out Your truth.

Teach me knowledge and good judgment,

For I believe in Your law.

Your hands made me, and they formed me;

Give me understanding, Lord.

I put my hope in Your word.

Your word is a lamp to my feet

And a light unto my path.

You are my shield and my refuge;

In Your word I put my hope.

My heart trembles at Your word, Lord.

May my lips o’erflow with praise.

May my tongue sing of Your truth, Lord.

Your salvation, Lord, long I.

Your word, Lord, is my delight.

https://vimeo.com/125862410

Admission vs Repentance

Many people confuse admission of sin with repentance of sin. They are not one and the same. For some people may admit their sins with their lips, and even feel sorrowful over the wrongs they have done, and still never repent of their sins. For to repent is to have a change of heart and mind resulting in a change of behavior. To repent is to stop doing the wrong that you were doing and to now to do what is right. It is to completely change course, to go the opposite direction of where you had been going, to no longer living in addiction to sin but now to living as slaves of God and of His righteousness.

Giving People False Hopes

Jeremiah 29:10-14 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)

10For this is what the LORD says: “When Babylon’s seventy years are complete, I will attend to you and confirm My promise to restore you to this place. 11For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope. 12Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. 13You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart. 14I will be found by you, declares the LORD, and I will restore you from captivity and gather you from all the nations and places to which I have banished you, declares the LORD. I will restore you to the place from which I sent you into exile.”

Introduction

The children of Israel of the Old Testament were living in exile in Babylon as a punishment from God for their rebellion against the Lord and for their unwillingness to heed His commands. And God promised them 70 years of exile before He would deliver them. But they had prophets in their midst who were deceiving the people into thinking that they would not have to be in exile the whole 70 years. So, they were not to listen to the prophets who were speaking lies to them, for they prophesied falsely in the name of God.

False Prophets

What this brings to mind are the teachings of the Scriptures on the gospel of Christ and what it means to be “in Christ,” and what it looks like if we are not “in Christ” by biblical faith in Him. All throughout the New Testament writings we are taught that faith in Jesus Christ, which comes from God, and which is not of human flesh, will result in the believers in Christ denying self, dying to sin (repenting of sin) and obeying our Lord and His commands, as a matter of life practice, yet not necessarily in absolute sinless perfection.

However, we are taught that if sin remains our practice, and not obedience to our Lord and to His commands, that we do not have salvation from sin nor eternal life with God. But we have prophets and preachers and teachers among us who are teaching lies to the people, and they are telling them that they do not have to repent (die to sin) and obey God and His commands as required of God for believing faith which saves. And they are telling them that God will not judge them for their sins if they say, “I believe in Christ.”

Speaking Lies

So, in essence, they are doing the same thing these prophets of old did. They are speaking lies to the people. And they are putting words in the mouth of God He did not say. They are saying, “Peace, peace,” when there is no peace, for they are promising all who give lip service to the Lord that they are saved from their sins, and heaven is guaranteed them when they die, and that nothing can take that away from them, not even their continued deliberate and habitual sinning against God via no repentance.

They are teaching a false gospel and a false grace of God which permits the sinners to keep on in their sin, with no requirement for obedience to God’s commands (New Covenant), while promising them that God will not judge them, that he will not punish them for their rebellion against Him and for their refusal to surrender their lives to Him. So they are giving the people false hopes of safety and security. And many are teaching that God can no longer see when we sin but He only sees Jesus when He looks at us. Lie!

God’s Words

But the teachings of the Scriptures do not agree with what the false prophets are telling the people. They teach us that we must deny self, die to sin, and obey God and His commands in life practice for our faith in Jesus Christ to be genuine biblical faith. We must turn from our sins and now surrender our lives to the Lord to doing His will His way from this day forward. Sin must no longer be what we practice or we will not have salvation from sin, and we will not have eternal life with God.

For God’s plans for us via Jesus’ death and resurrection are that we must die with Him to sin and now obey Him and His commands in life practice. His plans to prosper us have to do with us living in Him, growing in our walks of obedience to our Lord, succeeding in doing His will. And the future and the hope that He has for us is that we will leave our lives of sin behind us and that we will follow Him wherever He leads us in doing all that He commands, and that we will be a blessing to others as He has been a blessing to us.

Call Upon Him

But all this is not the result of lip service only. We cannot just “claim who you are in Christ” while continuing to live in sin. We must come to the Lord in humility, seeking to know Him and to do His will. We must bow before Him in genuine repentance and in surrender of our lives to Him. And then we must follow Him in obedience to His commands. And we may not do this perfectly, but lack of perfection is never to be used as an excuse for deliberate and habitual sin, or we will not have salvation from sin.

Giving People False Hopes

An Original Work / August 19, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

My Prayer

An Original Work / May 30, 2011

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

“Fill me with Your Spirit; help me to love others;

Let me know Your power; be an overcomer.

Show me how to follow Jesus Christ, my Savior;

Be His faithful servant to obey Him always.

“Lead me with Your presence; help me know the right way;

Teach me love and kindness, generous compassion.

Give me grace and courage to be Jesus’ witness,

Teaching His salvation to a world who needs Him.”

Won’t you come and follow Jesus Christ, your Savior?

He died so you’d be free of control of your sin;

Free to follow His ways in complete surrender;

Living sacrifices – let His grace transform you.

https://vimeo.com/122052093

Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Old Cross, New Cross

The old cross is the cross

On which our Savior died.

He took our sins upon Himself,

And He was crucified.

He died upon that cross

To put our sins to death,

That we might die with Him to sin

And live to righteousness.

The new cross, not the same.

On sin it puts no blame.

It satisfies the flesh of man.

He does not have to change.

Its god does not require

We leave our flesh’s desire.

It modifies and pacifies.

It strives to not offend.

But where, in all, lies truth?

It’s found in Jesus Christ.

He said that we must die to sin,

Live to His righteousness.

His Holy Spirit, gave,

To live within our lives,

To take away the pow’r of sin.

We live victorious!

So, no one has to sin.

Our Lord has made a way

That we can walk in holiness

And live for Him each day.

In truth, we must believe,

By faith, our Lord receive.

Accept Him now to be your Lord,

And walk in victory!

An Original Work / March 3, 2018

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

What Is The Sin?

I am reading through the book of Jeremiah, much of which is God using Jeremiah to speak to the people and to let them know God’s charges against the people for their sinful rebellion against the Lord. So not everything written in this book is going to apply to us today, but some of it is very applicable to our lives today, as so much of what was happening then is being repeated today, only now during the time of the New Covenant with God we have through faith in Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior.

Jeremiah 16:9-13 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)

“9For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I am going to remove from this place, before your very eyes and in your days, the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom.

“10When you tell these people all these things, they will ask you, ‘Why has the LORD pronounced all this great disaster against us? What is our iniquity? What is the sin that we have committed against the LORD our God?’

“11Then you are to answer them: ‘It is because your fathers have forsaken Me, declares the LORD, and followed other gods, and served and worshiped them. They abandoned Me and did not keep My instruction. 12And you have done more evil than your fathers. See how each of you follows the stubbornness of his evil heart instead of obeying Me. 13So I will cast you out of this land into a land that neither you nor your fathers have known. There you will serve other gods day and night, for I will show you no favor.’”

“In The Toilet”

Now, I live in the USA, which is what I know and understand, and I definitely see how this could be applying to my nation today, which has been sinking down in the toilet for some time now, which has to do with moral failure. But it isn’t just our heads of government who are “in the toilet,” but it is so much of what is called “church” which is catering to the world and to human flesh, and which is pacifying sin in sinful humans who call themselves Christians, and which is diluting the gospel to make it less offensive to the world.

This is about those who make professions of faith in Jesus Christ and who claim heaven as their eternal destiny but who are still living in deliberate and habitual sin against God, still catering to their sinful cravings, still doing what their flesh craves while ignoring God’s commands. Many of them are malicious, morally unclean, deceivers, manipulators, liars, untrustworthy, egocentric and fakes who fake their Christianity. They are also the selfish and the self-indulgent who deliberately and habitually sin against the Lord.

Judgment of God

God is getting ready to judge my nation, I believe, but only God knows the timing for that. But I can see it coming in the things which are happening in the government and in so much of what is called “the church” but which is being led by the flesh of men, instead. My nation appears to be “sinking down in the toilet” more and more each day, looking more and more like we are coming to a terrible end, as a nation. And so many people are following after the lies and are rejecting the truth because they love their sin more.

But if you don’t see it coming, and if you wonder why it might be coming, and soon, the answer given here to Jeremiah to give to the people fits so well with my nation and its people, too. And it truly goes back to our forefathers who began this nation under false pretenses, and those who sent them to conquer and to take this land for themselves, too, I believe. And many of them, under the guise of Christianity, were those who served other gods, the gods of this world, which is still the case today in my nation.

The False Church

So much of what is called “church” here in the USA is not the biblical body of believers in Jesus Christ, but they are conglomerates of human making partnered with the world and united with the state (the government) and with big business being marketed to the world just like other businesses. Most do not seem to operate as the biblical body of Christ, where each part does its work and where we minister to one another for the encouragement of the body of Christ in walks of obedience to God’s commands.

And so many of them today are teaching that we do not have to obey God’s commands, and that we do not have to repent of (turn away from) our sins as part of faith which saves, or they make these optional. And so many of them are continuing in deliberate and habitual sin, with sexual immorality appearing as the predominant sin among those living in addiction to sin. And so they are following the stubbornness of their evil hearts instead of obeying God because they are being given permission to do so by so many pastors.

Needing a Change

So something needs to happen to change all that. Sadly, it will probably take something tragic to bring many people to their knees in genuine biblical repentance where they will now cease to make sin their practice, and where now, by the grace of God, righteous living and moral purity and obeying our Lord’s commands will now be their practice. But sadly, even then, many will not turn from their sins, and they will not obey God, but they will continue to serve the gods of this world, and they will not have eternal life with God.

So, don’t be one of them. Repent of your sins today if you have not already done so, and begin today to follow Jesus Christ wherever He leads you in doing all that He commands. For the Scriptures teach that to have genuine faith which saves, by the grace of God, that we must deny self, die to sin, and obey our Lord as a matter of life practice (not necessarily in absolute perfection). And they teach that if we continue in deliberate and habitual sin, and not in walks of obedience to our Lord, we will not be saved from our sin.

What Is The Sin?

An Original Work / August 18, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Only in Him

Based off Isaiah 30

An Original Work / February 19, 2014

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Woe to those who look to man’s help;

Who turn away from Jesus Christ;

Forming an alliance not in step with God;

Making their own plans, and praying not.

Willing not to listen to truth,

They close their ears to what is right.

Pleasing words are all that they’ll hear;

Feel good messages that bring cheer.

Trust in your Lord; turn from your sin.

Put your faith now ONLY IN HIM.

Do not turn to idols. They’ll not satisfy.

Jesus will save you. That’s why He died.

Your Lord will be gracious to you.

He cares all about you, ‘tis true.

He forgives you all of your sin

When you give your life up to Him.

Oh, how truly gracious He’ll be

When you bow to Him on your knees;

Turning now from your sin; walking in his ways.

He’ll lead and guide you all of your days.

Now you will sing praises to Him.

He delivered you from your sin.

You’ll tell others now of His grace,

So they may see Christ face-to-face.

https://vimeo.com/87181019

Run With It

Habakkuk 2

Friday, August 21, 2026

Obeying Other Humans Over God

Thursday, August 20, 2026

Because of All The Evil

An Overwhelming Sadness

They Do Not Obey God's Voice

Old Covenant vs New Covenant

Wednesday, August 19, 2026

I Am Yours

Where We Will Not Stumble

Admission vs Repentance

Giving People False Hopes

Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Old Cross, New Cross

What Is The Sin?

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