
Agape Sustains Us When We Keep Returning To The Father
From Daily Living For Christ by Donald E. Coleman
April 30, 2026 · 40 min · Season 6 · Episode 234
About this episode
This episode explores how the early church exemplified agape love and the importance of identity in Christ for sustaining love.
If you’ve ever tried to “be loving” by sheer effort and ended up tired, frustrated, or quietly ashamed, we get it, and we’re naming the real issue. Love isn’t sustained by willpower. We’re exploring willingness, a steady rhythm of returning to the Father, and what happens when our identity as the beloved (Agapetos) becomes the true starting point instead of something we try to earn. From there, we turn to the book of Acts and the early church to answer the question a lot of us carry: What do...
People in this episode
Host: Donald E. Coleman
Topics covered
- agape love
- early church
- identity in Christ
- spiritual growth
- returning to the Father
Keywords
- agape
- early church
- Acts
- identity
- spirituality
- love
- Christianity
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: the book of Acts
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