Becoming A Better Lover

We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his love.

God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them.

And as we live in God, our love grows more perfect.
1 John 4:16-17 (NLT)

I was reading the Bible today and those verses caught my attention. I want to be able to love others, especially those close to me, as much as I can. And the Bible actually teaches us how to become better lovers. As we live in God, our love for God grows more perfect. That means the closer we are to God, the better we will be able to love Him. And it stands to reason that the better we are able to love God, the better we will be able to love others.

Single Sex and the 80/20 Rule pt 1

"Saved from the Waist Up" w/Bishop Noel Jones

*WARNING* Long, but great, video ahead*


Men and women definately do think differently and are raised differently. That fact is apparent even in church where single men and women are instructed to abstain, but men seem to struggle so much more with it. I've met more than a few brothers that seemed to be "saved from the waist up." Enjoy this interview with "Lady A" from Living Wisely and Bishop Noel Jones on love, relationships and Biblical law.

What Happens when You Trust God? pt 2

*Please read yesterday's post below this prior to reading this post. I am extending the message I began yesterday.*
After being shown the depths of the Spirit of God Ezekial was guided back down the flowing river. This time he saw the results of the river of life. It had purified areas that were impure, and brought life to areas that were dead.
I am trusting God to make areas in my relationships that were unclean, clean. And bring to life areas that I thought were dead.

6 [The angel] asked me, “Have you been watching, son of man?” Then he led me back along the riverbank.
7 When I returned, I was surprised by the sight of many trees growing on both sides of the river.
8 Then he said to me, “This river flows east through the desert into the valley of the Dead Sea. The waters of this stream will make the salty waters of the Dead Sea fresh and pure.
9 There will be swarms of living things wherever the water of this river flows. Fish will abound in the Dead Sea, for its waters will become fresh. Life will flourish wherever this water flows.
10 Fishermen will stand along the shores of the Dead Sea. All the way from En-gedi to En-eglaim, the shores will be covered with nets drying in the sun. Fish of every kind will fill the Dead Sea, just as they fill the Mediterranean.
11 But the marshes and swamps will not be purified; they will still be salty.
12 Fruit trees of all kinds will grow along both sides of the river. The leaves of these trees will never turn brown and fall, and there will always be fruit on their branches. There will be a new crop every month, for they are watered by the river flowing from the Temple. The fruit will be for food and the leaves for healing.”
Ezek 47:6-12 (NLT)

Trusting God When You Don't Understand Why pt 1

Sometimes it's easy for me to trust God in my relationships, especially when I can see cleary what God is doing. But other times it's not so easy for me to trust God. When I cannot understand what is going on in my life and why, it's very difficult for me to just trust God. I came across the Scripture below today and it speaks to my specific situation.

In the Scripture Ezekial has a vision from God. In the vision the flowing river represents the Spirit of God in our lives. The flowing river gets progressively deeper as Ezekial follows it. At times the Spirit is flowing around our ankles, and we can see clearly thru to the bottom, we know exactly what is going on. Other times the Spirit is at our knees or up to our waists. At those times we can walk in it, eventhough we can't see clearly to the bottom, we can still handle what is going on. But at other times, the Spirit is too deep for us to walk in. We have no idea what is going on. And at those times all we can do is trust God to lift us up as we swim in it.

Ezek 47:1-5 (NLT)

1 In my vision, the man brought me back to the entrance of the Temple. There I saw a stream flowing east from beneath the door of the Temple and passing to the right of the altar on its south side.
2 The man brought me outside the wall through the north gateway and led me around to the eastern entrance. There I could see the water flowing out through the south side of the east gateway.
3 Measuring as he went, he took me along the stream for 1,750 feet and then led me across. The water was up to my ankles.
4 He measured off another 1,750 feet and led me across again. This time the water was up to my knees. After another 1,750 feet, it was up to my waist.
5 Then he measured another 1,750 feet, and the river was too deep to walk across.It was deep enough to swim in, but too deep to walk through.

My Testimony Video - The Woman Who Was a Sinner