God's Love

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Apr 12, 2022 12:26 PM Central
Beth Ipock
Easter, Encouragement, God's Love, Salvation, Spiritual Wellness
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If You’re Looking For An Answer…Just Love

Mar 12, 2022 07:15 AM Central
Beth Ipock
God's Love, Lent, Love, Love For God, Love Others, Love Yourself
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Our Lent Bible reading this morning (40 Days of Lent in YouVersion) this morning was on Matthew 22:34-46. Yesterday it was verses before that where the Sadducees had tried to trap Jesus and failed miserably.

Can anyone else see the Pharisees rejoicing that the Sadducees had been stumped by Christ and then crowding around each other to decide the question they were going to ask? Doesn’t it seem like they thought sure they get the job done? The stumping, I mean.

And so He aimed right at the heart, rather than the intellect, and reminded them of love. Not just the first of the 10 commandments, but the Shema which they had been reciting since they were old enough to talk.

Prayer

Lord, in these days of darkness when all seems so bleak…

In these days when there are some vast chasms between opinions about morality in our country…

In these days when we feel embattled coming out of a pandemic and into inflation and fear of war

Help US to focus on loving you because you first loved us. Loving others because of your love for us.

Thank you for Christ’s example of love for us and the price He paid to set us free to love.

Help us be good stewards of your love.

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Meet Beth

Beth was blessed to be raised by parents who taught their children to love the Lord. She trusted in Christ for salvation and followed in believer’s baptism when she was eight years old.

Beth thanks the Lord for leading her parents to First Baptist Church in Jefferson City, Missouri, where the youth choir practiced and sang in the 8:15 am Sunday service each week. This was great preparation for understanding the joy and the responsibility of serving Christ’s church.

Throughout her adult life, Beth has served in many roles across various church ministries – most of them while working full-time. Her favorite roles involve discipling women by studying and teaching the Bible and its power for our lives.

She has taught an adult Sunday School class on Sunday mornings since 2010. In addition, since 2021, she has enjoyed writing and teaching two Women’s Bible studies each year. She also blogs at bethipock.com about discipleship and daily Christian living. She recently had an article published at thegospelcoalition.org.

Other church roles include co-directing VBS, singing in the choir, chairing the personnel committee, and filling in at the piano when needed.

Beth and her husband, Ellis, have five grown children, three daughters-in-love, 16 grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.

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