Author: Evans Marsella

  • Let Them Hear of our Love

    Let Them Hear of our Love

    Ephesians 1:15a says, “For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love” Paul was thankful for a group of Christians in Ephesians because he had been hearing reports of their steadfast faith and their love for each other. This is just one example of the fact that when… Read more

  • Putting On Love

    Putting On Love

    Not only is love a choice, but it something that can be put on, like a garment. Before we get into an argument, before someone cuts us off in traffic, before we get a migraine,  or before we spill our morning coffee, we must have already put on love for the day. Colossians 3:14-15 says,“And… Read more

  • Love Gives You a Good Reputation

    Love Gives You a Good Reputation

    Loving others is natural when you are rested, happy, and healthy. But it gets harder when life is uncomfortable. I tend to think that I am a loving person, but there can be exceptions. What if the person isn’t loving toward me? What if I have a migraine? What if I am running late? Those… Read more

  • Love Must Come First

    Love Must Come First

    Love truly surpasses all. But it can get easy to lose sight of that. I find 1 Corinthians 13 to be the most convicting passages in all of scripture. 1 Corinthians 13:1-2, “If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a… Read more

  • Romance Tropes in the Bible (Part 2): Second Chance at Love

    Romance Tropes in the Bible (Part 2): Second Chance at Love

    Continuing with my romance tropes in the Bible series from a little while ago, I want to discuss the “second chance at love” trope. I believe this trope originated in the human heart because of our “second chance at love” with God. People love the concept of two people who were formerly in love being… Read more

  • May Love Abound

    May Love Abound

    Like all good things, the Lord desires for us to experience love in abundance. We are meant to love and be loved deeply, and we can do that safely because of God. He is love and therefore the source of our feelings of love and the foundations of our loving action can and should come… Read more

  • When You Can’t Feel God’s Love

    When You Can’t Feel God’s Love

    Lately, I’ve felt disconnected from God. There has been a lot of change in my life. And I have seen so many hurting people around me that believing God deeply loves them and me feels challenging. But I know who he is. He doesn’t owe us anything. We betrayed him, and he still sent his… Read more

  • Loving G0d When You’re Angry With Him

    Loving G0d When You’re Angry With Him

    I love God, but sometimes I struggle to feel as though I like him. Times when family friends die in childbirth, Christian coworkers’ children get stage four cancer, and loved ones are treated poorly by those who should be defending them seem to put me at odds with my Maker. Intellectually, I know that God… Read more

  • Accepting Love When You Feel Unworthy

    Accepting Love When You Feel Unworthy

    One of the devil’s favorite tactics is to root a deep sense of shame in people that keeps them from love. I’ve experienced it. People I love have experienced it. Feeling unworthy makes it really hard not to resist  the love you are shown. And when shame comes in, we can become self-destructive, trying to… Read more

  • Enduring Love

    Enduring Love

    1 Corinthians 13:4-7 says “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.” Loving… Read more