Time-Warp Wife

Daily Devotions & Bible Studies for Women

Header Menu

  • Bible Studies
  • Daily Devotions
  • Marriage Prayers
  • Podcast
  • Donate
  • For Kids
  • Home
  • Bible Studies
  • Daily Devotions
  • Housekeeping
  • About
  • Contact
  • Marriage Prayers

Daily Devotion – Be Imitators of God as Beloved Children

December 28, 2020 by Darlene Schacht Leave a Comment

Daily Devotion - Be Imitators of God as Beloved Children

She can’t even form a sentence yet, but I can already tell that my grand-daughter loves to cook. She’s obsessed with dishes, mixing spoons, and measuring cups. Put a bowl and a spoon in her hand, and she starts mixing away like she’s baking a cake. It doesn’t matter how many other toys I put in the box, she’ll always go back to the bowl and the spoon.

She’s like her mommy that way. In fact, I’d venture to guess that’s exactly why she does what she does. She wants to be like her mom in every way possible and she’s watched while Madison cooks.

As I got to thinking about that today I was reminded of those who love God. When we love our Father we look to Him as we grow. We want to live as He lives, we want to love as He loves.

In fact, the Bible tells us to be imitators of God as beloved children.

Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children; and walk in love, just as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma. (Ephesians 5:1-2, NASB)

And, how do children imitate their parents? They follow in their footsteps as admiration leads to action. Paul doesn’t simply tell us to adore the Lord, he is telling us here to take action. To live as Christ lived and to walk in love as He loved.


Subscribe so you don’t miss a post:

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is chimp.png

Tilling the Soil

Read Ephesians 5:1-20.

Planting Hope

Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children; and walk in love, just as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma. (Ephesians 5:1-2, NASB)


This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is Author2-1024x234.png

Darlene Schacht and her husband Michael live in Manitoba Canada where the summers are beautiful and the winters are cold. Together they’ve come to learn that relationships aren’t always easy, but that marriage, the way God intended it to be, is a treasure worth fighting for.

She began her publishing journey about twelve years ago when she pioneered one of the first online magazines for Christian women, known at the time as “Christian Women Online Magazine.” After three years, Darlene left CWO to blog as a solo author at Time-Warp Wife Ministries.

It was also during this transition that she worked alongside actress Candace Cameron Bure to write the NYT Best-Selling book, Reshaping it All: Motivation for Spiritual and Physical Fitness. Reshaping it All was the winner of both the 2011 USA Best Book Awards and the 2012 Christian Reading Retailers Choice Awards.

Author of more than 15 books, Darlene continues to write and to minister to her readers through her blog at TimeWarpWife.com.

Connect with Darlene:

Facebook: @timewarpwife
Instagram: @timewarpwife
Pinterest: @timewarpwife
Twitter: @timewarpwife

You are loved by an almighty God,

Darlene Schacht
The Time-Warp Wife

Share

Share
Pin
Tweet
Email
Print

Filed Under: Imitators of God, Scattered Seeds, Uncategorized Tagged With: beloved children, imitators of God

« Daily Devotion – The Lord Looks at the Heart
Daily Devotion – Bright Hope for the New Year »

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Search This Site

Awards

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter

Click here to Subscribe

Bible Studies & Links

  • Bible Studies
  • Daily Devotions
  • Marriage Prayers
  • Podcast
  • Donate
  • For Kids

Kind Words

candace1

"I'm absolutely in awe of your writing, the way you pulled biblical principles and weaved them into life application. I'm amazed at how you were able to expand upon simple words like action, self discipline, motivation, intention, etc.--and write thought provoking information to actually help one change their mind-set and pursue their goals.

The way you weaved my stories into all these principles leaves me speechless."

- Candace Cameron Bure, Actress, speaker, and NYT Best-Selling Author
Time-Warp Wife Podcast on iTunes
Light-hearted conversations from a Christian perspective.
Time-Warp Wife Ministries
Listen Now

Archives

Pinterest

Find Me on Twitter

Tweets by @timewarpwife

Copyright © 2021 · Delightful theme by Restored 316