I am currently reading a book by Wendy Blight called "I Am Loved". It is essentially a book that references the scriptures of John and how God loves us. It has questions that challenge your thinking and scriptures to look up and places to write notes. It's a little Bible study and I am really enjoying it.
Finishing day 5 of week 3, she made some profound statements about abiding, and I will copy them here.
"John closes this chapter by again reminding us of Jesus’s words on abiding. Jesus spoke thoroughly on this topic so that we would comprehend the value He placed on investing not only our hearts but also our time in our relationship with Him (John 15).
Abiding is key to walking in the confident assurance of God’s love and His Word. We comprehend the depth of His love through the sacrifice He made.
Abiding helps soften our hearts to His words, even the hard words.
Abiding tenders our heart to respond in obedience to the Spirit’s conviction. We desire to please Him. We want to obey Him.
Abiding continually exposes our hearts to the character, purposes, and voice of God. It’s the daily, systematic feeding of truth that helps align our decisions, our emotions, and our actions with His standard of truth. We filter every decision through the lens of His Word. It helps to ensure we walk in light rather than darkness, to live motivated by love not hate.
Abiding gives us the weapons we need to detect, defeat, and disarm the enemy. To recognize darkness, expose it to light, and claim victory over it!"
Blight, Wendy. I Am Loved: Walking in the Fullness of God’s Love (InScribed Collection) (p. 153). Thomas Nelson. Kindle Edition.
I am amazed that, since starting this blog on abiding, I run into all kinds of devotionals on abiding...and now...in a book that I happen to be reading (which I bought before doing this blog).
I hope this blesses you! Until next time...
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