THURSDAY 14 Happy Valentines day!
Love is seeing others as valuable and precious. How often do we hear those words, you are valuable and precious to me? I hope you know that God values you and thinks you are wonderful! I want to be one person who lets you know today that God does have a wonderful plan for your life, and it is all because He loves you. The new commandment that God gave for us to follow is that we love Him with all of our heart, and that we love our neighbors too – Matt 22:38-39. The Bible states that all of the 10 commandments are wrapped up in those two. I’ve said it before like this, the New Two trump the Big Ten! It is important that we know we are loved, because then we can love others. As believers, our life should revolve around Christ. A Christian is a Christ like one, and Christ should be the center of our existence, our most important Counselor, and the One we depend on in all circumstances. I hope during this month when romantic love has been celebrated that you know beyond a shadow of a doubt, that God loves you! His love really is unmeasurable, because there is no end. He has placed His love in you, so that you can not only know His love, but you can love Him back, and show your love to others everyday, in a myriad of ways! Greater love has no man than this, that He lay down His life for His friends. That scripture is from John 15:13 and really is proof of God’s great love for us. Seed time and harvest have always been, and will always be. Jesus laid His life down as a seed so that we could be a part of the harvest. He was crucified and buried, laying His life down, so that we could know Him. Not as a distant acquaintance, but as a close intimate friend. He calls us His friends, not servants or subjects, but the very friends of God. The love God has for us is the greatest love that the world has ever known. For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten son that who so ever believes in Him, should not perish, but have everlasting life. We become part of His family by accepting Him as our personal Savior. Then we choose daily to lay down our own life down in obedience to Him. That’s the greatest love being reciprocated, and quite an excellent harvest for seed sown.
No Limit to God’s Love
No limits and no boundaries, God’s love is everywhere,
No height nor depth, no ending point, and nothing can compare
No matter what the hardship, famine, nakedness or sword
Nothing takes us from His love, as promised in His Word
For we are more than conquerors, through Him whose love we know
In this life, we are like Him, when His love we show. (Feb 6, 2008)
Have a fabulous Valentines Day!
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