1 John 4:10 NLT
This is real love-not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.
As human beings, there's always a reason we fall in love: we like the colour of their eyes, because they're tall or short, their hair, the sound of their voice, their sense of humour etc etc...
But what about God?
If I asked why He loves you or me or anyone, what would you say?
Can you think of a reason why He loves you?
Could it be that your best bits outweigh your bad bits?
Most people, if they even believe in God, probably feel that way.
Haven't you heard people say: "I'm a good person?"
Then what about the thief on the cross, paying with his life for his sins? Jesus loved him, didn't He?
Romans 5:10 AMPC
For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, it is much more [certain], now that we are reconciled, that we shall be saved (daily delivered from sin's dominion) through His [resurrection] life.
The truth is that there is no earthly reason why God loves us.
He doesn't love us because we are good - He loves us because He is good.
God IS love, therefore He can't help but love us - each one of us, on a person by person basis.
He loves us enough to give us free will and to choose whether to believe or not.
Of course, He doesn't love our wrong lifestyles and sinful actions. He wants to deliver us from those sins which tangle up and spoil our lives.
But He wants us to live convinced of His unconditional love for us - assured that Jesus' shed blood is enough to erase our past sins and free us to live in a new, right way.
Father God thank You for Your vast, immeasurable love for me today, right now - a love that will never let me go.
Romans 8:38-39 NLT
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. [39] 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.
Live persuaded today!
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