Sue J Love
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“Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with an attitude of thanksgiving; praying at the same time for us as well, that God will open up to us a door for the word, so that we may speak forth the mystery of Christ, for which I have also been imprisoned; that I may make it clear in the way I ought to speak.” (Colossians 4:2-4 NASB1995)
If you had to define the word “prayer,” how would you describe it? To me it is open communication between me and my Lord to where he can speak to me and I can talk with him any time of day or night, regardless of where I am located at the time (anything appropriate), or if I am doing dishes, or washing clothes, or taking a walk, or eating a meal, or driving a vehicle, or whatever. It never has to be anything formal or at a standard time each day, but I can talk with my Lord just like he is in the room with me in person.
Sometimes I can be in the middle of doing something and he just puts it on my heart to pray for someone, and so I do. God knows our needs, and he knows when we need prayer. And he may even get us up in the middle of the night sometimes with someone on our hearts and on our minds, and so we need to spend that time praying for them. And we can pray with eyes open or with eyes shut, or sitting or standing or kneeling. What’s important is that we are praying with sincere hearts according to the will of God.
And if we don’t know his specific will in some situations, we can pray what Jesus prayed, “Nevertheless, not my will but Thine be done.”
Now we are to pray with an attitude of thanksgiving, giving God thanks in all things and in all situations, not that we ever thank him for anything evil or against his will. But we can thank him for allowing us to go through difficult times which test our faith and which are for our ultimate good to mature us in our walks of faith in obedience to our Lord in holy living. Even if we don’t understand why certain things are happening in our lives, we can thank him that he knows what is best for us, believing that good will come out of it.
And we need to be praying for those who are bringing us The Word, in truth and in righteousness, and not in the flesh, and not the lies so widely being spread today as “truth.” We need to pray for those whose lives are committed to getting out the message of the gospel to the people of the world, who are teaching the teachings of Christ and of his New Testament apostles, taught in the correct biblical context, and not out of context to make the Scriptures say what they do not say if taught in context.
For Jesus Christ taught that to come to him we must deny self, take up our cross daily (die daily to sin), and follow (obey) him. For if we hold on to living in sin and for self, we will lose our lives for eternity. But if we deny self, die daily to sin, by the Spirit, and we walk in obedience to our Lord and to his commands, in his power, then we have eternal life with God. For not everyone who calls him “Lord” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one DOING (obeying) the will of God (see Luke 9:23-26; Matthew 7:21-23).
For by God-gifted faith in Jesus Christ, which is not of our own doing, we are crucified with Christ in death to sin and raised with Christ to walk in newness of life in him, no longer to live as slaves to sin but as slaves to righteousness in walks of obedience to God’s commands. We are no longer to permit sin to reign in our mortal bodies to make us obey its desires. For if sin is what we obey, it results in death. But if obedience to God is what we obey, it results in sanctification, and its end is eternal life with God (see Romans 6:1-23).
That is the gospel we should all be teaching and sharing with the people of the world and with the worldly church. And that is the gospel message we should be supporting and encouraging and praying will get out to the people. We should not be supporting, encouraging, and praying for the success of any gospel message which teaches that obedience to God and to his commands, and the forsaking of our sins, are not required of God as part of the faith which comes from God which saves and which promises eternal life.
So, pray for those who are teaching the truth of the gospel which Jesus and his New Testament apostles taught (taught in the correct context), that God will open doors for us to share the gospel of our salvation, that we may make the gospel message clear, and that we will teach the truth of the Scriptures from the correct biblical context. Pray that we will never compromise truth and righteousness in order to be accepted by other people, and that we will always remain faithful to the Word taught in truth.
[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; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; 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 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]
Should I Not Preach Jesus
Based off 1 Corinthians 9:16-10:13
An Original Work / July 4, 2013
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Woe to me should I not preach Jesus.
I’m compelled to preach the full gospel.
I make myself a slave to ev’ryone
To win their hearts to Christ.
All this I do for my Lord Jesus,
And for the sake of His Name;
Do it for the sake of His gospel,
So that I, its blessings gain.
Scripture notates the sins of others;
Written down for us as examples
To keep us from setting our hearts
On evil as did those of old.
Do not worship other gods of man;
Do not give your hearts to them;
Not partake in immorality.
Do not test your Lord and King.
So, be careful if you think you are
Standing firm in your faith in Jesus.
God has given his word to warn us,
So through faith we will not fall.
No temptation has o’ertaken you
Except what is commonplace.
God is faithful to not let you be
Tempted past what you can bear.
He gives the way of escape.
Devote Yourselves to Prayer
An Original Work / November 25, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
If you had to define the word “prayer,” how would you describe it? To me it is open communication between me and my Lord to where he can speak to me and I can talk with him any time of day or night, regardless of where I am located at the time (anything appropriate), or if I am doing dishes, or washing clothes, or taking a walk, or eating a meal, or driving a vehicle, or whatever. It never has to be anything formal or at a standard time each day, but I can talk with my Lord just like he is in the room with me in person.
Sometimes I can be in the middle of doing something and he just puts it on my heart to pray for someone, and so I do. God knows our needs, and he knows when we need prayer. And he may even get us up in the middle of the night sometimes with someone on our hearts and on our minds, and so we need to spend that time praying for them. And we can pray with eyes open or with eyes shut, or sitting or standing or kneeling. What’s important is that we are praying with sincere hearts according to the will of God.
And if we don’t know his specific will in some situations, we can pray what Jesus prayed, “Nevertheless, not my will but Thine be done.”
Now we are to pray with an attitude of thanksgiving, giving God thanks in all things and in all situations, not that we ever thank him for anything evil or against his will. But we can thank him for allowing us to go through difficult times which test our faith and which are for our ultimate good to mature us in our walks of faith in obedience to our Lord in holy living. Even if we don’t understand why certain things are happening in our lives, we can thank him that he knows what is best for us, believing that good will come out of it.
And we need to be praying for those who are bringing us The Word, in truth and in righteousness, and not in the flesh, and not the lies so widely being spread today as “truth.” We need to pray for those whose lives are committed to getting out the message of the gospel to the people of the world, who are teaching the teachings of Christ and of his New Testament apostles, taught in the correct biblical context, and not out of context to make the Scriptures say what they do not say if taught in context.
For Jesus Christ taught that to come to him we must deny self, take up our cross daily (die daily to sin), and follow (obey) him. For if we hold on to living in sin and for self, we will lose our lives for eternity. But if we deny self, die daily to sin, by the Spirit, and we walk in obedience to our Lord and to his commands, in his power, then we have eternal life with God. For not everyone who calls him “Lord” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one DOING (obeying) the will of God (see Luke 9:23-26; Matthew 7:21-23).
For by God-gifted faith in Jesus Christ, which is not of our own doing, we are crucified with Christ in death to sin and raised with Christ to walk in newness of life in him, no longer to live as slaves to sin but as slaves to righteousness in walks of obedience to God’s commands. We are no longer to permit sin to reign in our mortal bodies to make us obey its desires. For if sin is what we obey, it results in death. But if obedience to God is what we obey, it results in sanctification, and its end is eternal life with God (see Romans 6:1-23).
That is the gospel we should all be teaching and sharing with the people of the world and with the worldly church. And that is the gospel message we should be supporting and encouraging and praying will get out to the people. We should not be supporting, encouraging, and praying for the success of any gospel message which teaches that obedience to God and to his commands, and the forsaking of our sins, are not required of God as part of the faith which comes from God which saves and which promises eternal life.
So, pray for those who are teaching the truth of the gospel which Jesus and his New Testament apostles taught (taught in the correct context), that God will open doors for us to share the gospel of our salvation, that we may make the gospel message clear, and that we will teach the truth of the Scriptures from the correct biblical context. Pray that we will never compromise truth and righteousness in order to be accepted by other people, and that we will always remain faithful to the Word taught in truth.
[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; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; 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 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]
Should I Not Preach Jesus
Based off 1 Corinthians 9:16-10:13
An Original Work / July 4, 2013
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Woe to me should I not preach Jesus.
I’m compelled to preach the full gospel.
I make myself a slave to ev’ryone
To win their hearts to Christ.
All this I do for my Lord Jesus,
And for the sake of His Name;
Do it for the sake of His gospel,
So that I, its blessings gain.
Scripture notates the sins of others;
Written down for us as examples
To keep us from setting our hearts
On evil as did those of old.
Do not worship other gods of man;
Do not give your hearts to them;
Not partake in immorality.
Do not test your Lord and King.
So, be careful if you think you are
Standing firm in your faith in Jesus.
God has given his word to warn us,
So through faith we will not fall.
No temptation has o’ertaken you
Except what is commonplace.
God is faithful to not let you be
Tempted past what you can bear.
He gives the way of escape.
Devote Yourselves to Prayer
An Original Work / November 25, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
