
ADVENT: LOVE
Your unfailing love, O Lord, is as vast as the heavens;
Your faithfulness reaches beyond the clouds.
Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains,
Your justice like the ocean depths.
You care for people and animals alike, O Lord.
How precious is Your unfailing love, O God!
All humanity finds shelter
in the shadow of Your wings.
You feed them from the abundance of Your own house,
letting them drink from Your river of delights.
For You are the fountain of life,
the light by which we see.” ~ Psalm 36:5-9, NLT
“For even if the mountains walk away
and the hills fall to pieces,
My love won’t walk away from you,
My covenant commitment of peace won’t fall apart.”
The God who has compassion on you says so.” ~ Isaiah 54:10, MSG
“Can anything ever separate us from Christ’s love? Does it mean He no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or threatened with death? …
“And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.” ~ Romans 8:35, 38-39, NLT
Your Unfailing Love Sustains Me, Lord
Lord, O Lord, You are Jehovah tsidkenu — the Lord my righteousness. Without You, there is no righteousness. Without You there is no redemption, no cleansing of the heart to prepare room for Your indwelling Holy Spirit. You are my Abba Father whose unfailing love will never walk away from me.
Be born in me, Lord. Make my heart Your Bethlehem.

Your Secret Place — that place near to Your heart, that place away from the trouble of the world where I can rest alone in You, calls to me. Beneath the shadow of Your wings, I am comforted. You steady my heart and calm my restless thoughts. There, in the warmth of Your embrace, Your unfailing love washes over me. I become as a child in her daddy’s arms and I know that I am loved with an everlasting love.
Nothing can ever separate me from Your love. I know this. I believe this. But some days life tries to consume me and I am blinded by tears of anguish. The flaming arrows of the enemy threaten me, and whisper lies of my unworthiness before You. But then You, O Lord… then You rise up and say, “Enough! ” and the enemy scampers back into the shadows and the light of Your glory falls upon me and I am helped.
You are with me, Lord. I am not alone.

Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but You promise to deliver us out of them all. You promise that absolutely nothing will separate us from Your unfailing love. I know many of Your children who feel as though the gates of hell have come against them and they are simply worn out.
But You, O Lord — You are our Deliverer. Deliver us from the snare of the fowler. Surround us with Your ministering angels, and shield us from the enemy.
I Am amazed that Your love will never walk out on me
Set us free Lord. Set us free to worship You. Break the chains that bind us, in Jesus’s Name, and bring healing to our broken places. You are our Healer. Our Deliverer. Our Refuge in the storm.
How precious is Your unfailing love! Your love will never walk out on us — Your love will never walk out on me. Your covenant promise of peace will never end.
In Jesus’s Name, I pray,
Amen ~ let it be so
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Please don’t carry your burdens alone. I would be honored to pray for you. You may contact me directly at nan@nanjones.com
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Thank you so much for stopping by. I would love for you to share what’s on your heart in the comments below. Scroll a little farther down and you’ll see where you can leave your comments. Together, we can find the nearness of God in our darkest moments.
Sweet blessings to you,

This reached me at a good time Nan, praise God. I have been struggling with a sin against God, and reached a low point—your message refreshed me , gave me hope and has helped me this day to continue my stand against it, even have hope that God would help through the spirit and put this behind me. Thank you. I continue to pray for you and David, you and yours.
Bless your heart. I’m so thankful it ministered to you. As I write each blog, I pray that the Lord will draw those to it that need its message, and that He will use my words to reconcile others to Him or see Him in a new and fresh light. What a blessing to know that He heard my prayer and has helped you. He is a good, good Father, faithful and true.
Thank you for this. I’m struggling and feel alone. Please pray I will keep looking to Him.
I’m so sorry you are struggling. Remember that one of the names of God is El Roi, the God-Who-Sees-Me and knows all about it. He is a very present help in trouble. But these promises must be taken by faith. When we believe in our hearts that He hears us, that He sees us, then our spiritual eyes will see Him drawing near and we can find comfort there. Our faith cannot be based on our emotions. God is faithful to His Word rather we “feel” it or not. Taking hold of that truth was a game-changer for me. I pray it will be for you also.