See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. 1 John 3:1 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. 1 John 4:8-10 “As the Father…
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A Love That Is Everlasting
the Lord appeared to him from far away. I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you. Jeremiah 31:3 God loves his people with an everlasting love. He reaches out with kindness to his children. Look at the Israelites. They obey God, then slip away from him. It’s a yo-yo. Yet, there is God just waiting for them to return to him. God still loves them, showing grace and mercy. God will discipline us for our disobedience. He is still calling us home. He is still loving us. I caught myself questioning the Israelites fo them turning to other gods. For instance, Why…
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God’s Abounding Love
The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him. But the steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him, and his righteousness to children’s children. Psalm 103:8, 11, 17 Isn’t it wonderful how God is slow to anger? He is so patient with us. Here we sin. We put idols in our lives. We put Go on the back burner. We are more concerned about what we get out of God, then caring and loving God. We make deals…