1 john 4:16

“God’s love is so different from the relationships we have in this world, where there’s always the expectation of giving and receiving. God is love. He is the epitome of love. There’s nothing I have to do to engage in the process, or give back. I just receive it. It’s almost hard for the brain to compute, but there’s something really special about that.” — Debra Fileta

This month’s memory verse: “And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.” — 1 John 4:16

Today’s podcast: Natalie and Debra are digging into our verse for this month: 1 John 4:16. Listen in for a conversation about what it means that God is love, how Jesus comes to give us a new identity in him, and the absolute confidence we can have in the love of God for us.

Our February Dwell guest: Meet Debra Fileta, a Licensed Professional Counselor and the author of 5 books on the topics of dating, marriage, love, and healthy relationships (see links below).  Her heart for Jesus informs her work, her writing, and her conversation with us about what love is.

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Links from today's show:
Meet Debra Fileta
Books by Debra
Debra's podcast : Love + Relationships

Meet our February Dwell Guest: Debra Fileta! Debra is a Licensed Professional Counselor and the author of 5 books on the topics of dating, marriage, love, and healthy relationships (see link below).  Her heart for Jesus informs her work, her writing, and her conversation with us this month about what love is.

Here's what we're talking about today!
-Ways to know God's love
-Defining and recognizing transference
-Examples from Debra's work as a counselor
-Healing from our past
-Having a right understanding of who God is
-The impact of "The Hungry Monster" of dissatisfaction

Links from today's show:
Meet Debra Fileta
Books by Debra
Debra's podcast : Love + Relationships

A n d // s o // w e // k n o w
a n d // r e l y // o n 
t h e // l o v e // G o d // h a s
f o r // u s.
G o d // i s // l o v e.
W h o e v e r // l i v e s // i n // l o v e
l i v e s // i n // G o d,
a n d // G o d // i n // t h e m.

1  j o h n // 4 : 1 6

Meet our February Dwell Guest: Debra Fileta! Debra is a Licensed Professional Counselor and the author of 5 books on the topics of dating, marriage, love, and healthy relationships (see link below).  Her heart for Jesus informs her work, her writing, and her conversation with us this month about what love is.

Here's what we're talking about today!
-How healthy people make healthy relationships
-"Ah-ha!" moments in counseling and in ministry
-Seeing psychology in Scripture
-Using our ability to love as a gage for our own spiritual health

Links from today's show:
Meet Debra Fileta
Books by Debra
Debra's podcast : Love + Relationships

A n d // s o // w e // k n o w
a n d // r e l y // o n 
t h e // l o v e // G o d // h a s
f o r // u s.
G o d // i s // l o v e.
W h o e v e r // l i v e s // i n // l o v e
l i v e s // i n // G o d,
a n d // G o d // i n // t h e m.

1  j o h n // 4 : 1 6

We're a full week into February, so you've probably had a minute to check out this month's verse - 1 John 4:16! What do you think?! We hope that the truth of living in God's love, and him living in you, is blessing you deeply.  Today's conversation could've lasted a long time, but we did our best to squeeze it into just a bite-sized amount of time so that you can dip your toes into the waters of what we're memorizing together for the month of February.  Thanks for listening, friends.

On today's show we're talking about:
- Our value in God's eyes
- Relying on God's love
- Reminding our people of their worth
- Tiny doors and matryoshka dolls...you're just going to have to listen to understand!

a n d // s o // w e // k n o w 
a n d // r e l y // o n
t h e // l o v e // G o d // h a s // f o r // u s.
G o d // i s // l o v e.
W h o e v e r // l i v e s // i n // l o v e
l i v e s // i n // G o d,
a n d // G o d // i n // t h e m.

1  j o h n  // 4 : 1 6

Katrina Shenk concludes our Advent Series, Humble King, with a look at Love.