{"id":250,"date":"2018-03-01T01:22:46","date_gmt":"2018-03-01T01:22:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bellaword.com\/?p=250"},"modified":"2022-12-09T00:36:49","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T00:36:49","slug":"love-offering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deborahjeankelly.com\/?p=250","title":{"rendered":"Love Offering"},"content":{"rendered":"

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”0px||14px|||” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_padding=”8px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.19.1″ text_font_size=”15px” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_margin=”|-4px||||” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout” sticky_enabled=”0″]There are moments when Gomer\u2019s heart is a little too close for comfort. I\u2019m there with Peter as he heard the rooster crow. But then by grace, I arise. How sweet is the return to my First Love!<\/b><\/p>\n

Dear Lord, I thank you for your keeping power. You held on as I faltered. In humble repentance with thanksgiving, I bow down and render up my love offering.<\/i><\/h2>\n
Love Offering\n<\/span>Kept through the fire, washed by the word\nBrought forth to glorify your name\nI bow my heart, I lift my hands\nMy tongue proclaims your holiness\nNot yet attained but pressing on\nFed by the Bread of Life, come down\n\nWhat can I say when all words fail?\nYou give me breath \u2013 I give you praise.\n\nSweet Trinity, enthroned on high\nA blessed Deity of Grace\nYou\u2019ve conquered death and spoiled the grave\nAll things are now beneath your feet\nAlmighty God, your awesomeness\nDefies the magnitude of words\n\nWhat can I say when all words fail?\nYou give me breath \u2013 I give you praise.\n\nThough flawed and weak, I enter in\nYour Spirit longs to dwell with me\nPure song of love, sweet mating call\nSurpasses all the Earth\u2019s delights\nMy eyes are fixed upon the Son\nWhose gaze transforms His precious bride\n\nWhat can I say when all words fail?\nYou give me breath \u2013 I give you praise.\n\nLord, as I go, before I do\nMy greatest work is to believe\nHeart, soul, and mind, I offer up\nMyself a living sacrifice\nMy cause begins and ends with you\nAll else shall fade and pass away.\n\nWhat can I say when all words fail?\nYou give me breath \u2013 I give you praise.<\/pre>\n
\u201cJesus replied: \u2018Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.\u2019\u201d Matthew 22:37<\/b><\/h2>\n

\n<\/strong><\/span>My Thoughts<\/span>
\nAlthough we were created to worship our Creator, unworthy contenders turn our heads. But God is ever faithful to light the way back home. We then return to His loving embrace \u2013 our hearts filled with praise and thanksgiving!<\/p>\n
For further study: Consider these related Scriptures
\nRevelation 2:4
\nHosea 2:7
\nLuke 22:31-34, 60-61
\nMark 16:7
\nJohn 21:7, 15-17
\nPsalm 145:3
\nHebrews 12:2
\n2 Timothy 2:13
\n1 Peter 1:8-9
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