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16 “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only
Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the
world, but to save the world through him.”
John 3:16-17 (NIV)
3 The Lord appeared to us in the past, saying:
“I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with
loving-kindness.”
Jeremiah 31:3 (NIV)
17 “The Lord your God is with you, he is mighty
to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he
will rejoice over you with singing.”
Zephaniah 3:17 (NIV)
11 The Lord will guide you always; he will
satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You
will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.
Isaiah 58:11 (NIV)
15 “Can a
mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she
has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you! 16 See, I have engraved you on
the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me.”
Isaiah 49:15-16 (NIV)
35 Who
shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or
persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? 36 As it is written: “For your
sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”
37 No, in
all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38 For I am convinced that
neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the
future, nor any powers, 39 neither
height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate
us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 8:34-39 (NIV)
BUTTER
“Unless Christians
are convinced of God’s love for them and His favor over them by virtue of their
union with Christ, they will minimize their sin and engage in blame-shifting
and excuse- making in order to feel justified before God. Unfortunately, many
in the Church today teach believers a Two-step. The two-step is to simply
repent and fight. They acknowledge their sin and proceed with new resolve to
try harder to avoid sin. The problem with this approach is it bypasses the
cross of Christ and the power of the resurrection.” Bob
Flayhart
“God’s
love is always supernatural, always a miracle, always the last thing we
deserve.” Robert Horn
“Often hell is portrayed as a place of
punishment and heaven as a place of reward. But this concept easily leads us to
think about God as either a policeman, who tries to catch us when we make a
mistake and send us to prison when our mistakes become too big, or a Santa
Claus, who counts up all our good deeds and puts a reward in our stocking at
the end of the year. God, however, is
neither a policeman nor a Santa Claus. God does not send us to heaven or hell
depending on how often we obey or disobey. God is love and only love. In God
there is no hatred, desire for revenge, or pleasure in seeing us punished. God
wants to forgive, heal, restore, show us endless mercy, and see us come home.
But just as the father of the prodigal son let his son make his own decision
God gives us the freedom to move away from God's love even at the risk of
destroying ourselves. Hell is not God's choice. It is ours.” Henri Nouwen
“In the gospel we discover that we
are far more wicked than we ever dared believe, yet more loved than we ever dared
hope.” Tim Keller
“The
supreme happiness of life,” Victor Hugo said, “is the
conviction that we are loved”….Unfortunately, many people go through life
feeling unloved – and unlovable…No matter the reason, your feelings aren’t
telling you the truth! God loves you,
and if you begin to see yourself the way God sees you, your attitudes will
begin to change. If He didn’t love you,
would Christ have been willing to die for you?
But He did! The Bible says, “By
this we know love, because He laid down His life for us” (1 John 3:16). God loves you. Hammer that truth into your head and mind
every day. It will make all the
difference.” Billy Graham
HEART
SAVOR
- · Jesus loves me – even me.
- · Jesus draws me with loving-kindness and rejoices over me with singing.
- · Jesus never forgets me – even me.
