A HIGH CALLING, No. 189

Daniel 7:27, “And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.”

Each year I keep a journal to write the Scripture that speaks to me the most as I read the Word each day. I write the Scripture and then write what I feel God is saying to me. This practice is one of the greatest blessings of my life. When I read the above Scripture in my daily reading, I was arrested by the phrase, “saints of the most High”. The word ‘saints’ in the Hebrew is qaddish and means ‘set apart, separate, holy’. The Knox version translates it correctly, “the people set apart for the most High.”

I responded in my journal by writing the following:

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LOVE'S WAYS, PT 5 of 5, No. 188

Matthew 5:44, “But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you.””

We love and enjoy our friends and family with phileo love. But agape love goes beyond this. With God’s love we can love our enemies. With God’s love we can love those who make us mad. With God’s love with love those who hurt us to the very core of our being. Agape love is…

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LOVE'S WAYS, PT 4 of 5, No. 187

ACCORDING TO THE WORD, Part 4

Colossians 3:16, “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.”

6. UNDERSTANDING ACCORDING TO THE WORD

Psalm 119:169, “Let my cry come before you, O Lord; give me understanding according to your word.”

“Give me understanding, Lord.” Is this the cry of your heart, dear mother? Oh how we need understanding each moment of the day. Proverbs 24:3 tells us that it is by wisdom and understanding that we build and establish our homes. That means that we can’t accomplish our great task of mothering without the anointing of understanding.

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LOVE"S WAYS, PT 3 of 5, No. 186

1 Thessalonians 4:9, “You yourselves are taught of God to love one another.”

We don’t learn to love on our own. It is God, the source of love, who teaches us. Let’s keep learning more…

Leaping Love

2 Corinthians 8:7 says, “Therefore, as ye abound in every thing… and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also.” I love the Way’s translation of this Scripture, “Full you are to overflowing… of the love that leaps from you hearts to mine…” What an exciting description of love. I think of a frog jumping from one rock to another. Can you get the picture of love leaping from one heart to another within your family? This is not stagnant love. Leaping love is vibrant, pulsating, overflowing.

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LOVE"S WAYS, PT 2 of 5, No. 185

2 Peter 1:7 “Add to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness love.”

Peter urges the saints to add agape love to their human affectionate love (philadelphia). This kind of love is precious, but if we are going to continue to grow in the Lord we must add agape love. We will walk in this love as we mature in Christ and allow Him more and more to live His life through us. There are other Scriptures that also urge us to move on from phileo to agape love...

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