1 John 4:19 NASB We love, because He first loved us.
I love that His love has no limits. I love that God is love. He loved us when we were sinners. Yes, before we even gave our hearts to Him (by asking Him to come into our hearts and forgive us for our sins) He loved us. His love is unconditional, meaning that there is nothing that we have to do to ‘earn’ it. No conditions must be met to attain His love. In fact, there is no way to earn salvation, it is only by His grace, it is His gift (Ephesians 2:8-9). He has already loved us. Before I turned to Him, He loved me (Romans 5:8).
Think of how He showed us the depth of His love by His sacrificial death on the cross (John 3:16). He held nothing back. He suffered so much anguish for us. I cannot even begin to imagine the pain he endured for us. That thought always brings tears to my eyes. Think of His great love, dear child of God. His great, immeasurable, indescribable and infinite love. The love that ran red for you and for me. He is no respecter of persons (Romans 2:11). He died and rose again, defeating death, so that we may live with Him forever.
I love Him because He first loved me.
Father God,
I do love You so much! You are so bright and beautiful. All of Your ways are good. There is no good thing that You have withheld from Your children (Psalm 84:11). You have given the most immense gift ever, in the atoning death, of Your Son, on the cross. The only thing You want is for us to love and accept You into our hearts. I do accept You, Lord. I want even more of You. More of Your great love and grace. I so want to embody Christlike behavior, at all times. I am done with any worldly garbage and I just want to grow in You. Help me to be everything that You have designed for me to be, and to do what is in Your perfect will for my life. I love You and give You all the praise and glory. I am bowing, in Your presence, as I cry holy, holy, holy are You Lord. Thank You for Your great love. In Jesus name.
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I pray with you this morning, {{{Donna}}} and hold you in my heart as I thank God for your faithfulness. I love ❤️ because He first loved me. Pass it on! And have a wonderful weekend. 🥰🙏🏽
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How sweet you are. Oh my goodness, you literally brought tears to my eyes with your comment, ‘hold you in my heart”.
Being a victim of child abuse and also secure abuse not to mention domestic abuse, to have someone be so genuine and forthcoming without holding back their Christlike love just blesses my heart.
I praise God and thank Him for the gift of you. Have a great day. ♡
Thank you. ♡♡♡
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I’m sorry life sent you such lemons. I’m happy God saved you and He is teaching you to make the most tasty lemonade!! 👍🏽🤪💕
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Amen. The Crystal Light sugar-free lemonade is the best! LOL.
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Beautiful! I am done with the worldly junk too! Take us home Jesus! 🙂❤🙂
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Amen ❤ Hugs!
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What I love most about God is that He does not treat me as my sins deserve. He gave me GRACE.
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Amen. Isn’t He amazing!
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God amazing grace for all of mankind
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Amen!
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