When was The Last Time Someone Professes Love to You?
“We love him, because he first loved us’. 1 John 4:19
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I have been sitting here since three in the morning trying to remember the last time someone says those very simple words to me: “I love you”. Well I couldn’t remember but I assure you it wasn’t this year, if ever. Then, I tried to remember the last time I receive a love letter, and again it wasn’t this year or the year before. The reason could be the fact that I don’t say I love you either. It’s been hard for me to say it because I don’t play with words anymore, definitely not since I found out the meaning of true love. I want to be able to mean those words before I profess them. Love is very serious and some of us have trouble loving people who don’t love us first. Allow me to be candid; I cannot love someone who does not love me first, and I need to know it. No need to say it, but I need to understand it by actions. It doesn’t matter what the initial attraction is, unless someone starts showing some love, I will not respond to words; therefore, I don’t repeat those words in vain.
The Bible tells us that "God is Love" (1 John 4:8). But how can we even begin to understand such truth? The world tells us that love is any of a number of emotions and experiences related to a sense of strong affection or profound oneness, and the Bible gives us many passages of God’s definition of loves. The most common and my favorite is John 3:16, "For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." So one way God defines love is in the act of giving. However, what God gave is something no one else can ever give us. God sacrificed His only Son so that those of us who put our faith in Him will not spend eternity separated from Him, but will spent eternity with Him. This is an amazing love, because we are the ones who choose to be separated from God by rejecting his son, by rejecting God’s grace. Do you know what the Bible is? It is the ultimate love letter. It is God's love letter to “you”. It is God saying to you, "I have set my eye upon you. I love you!" It is God saying, I created you, and I know what you are all about, I HAVE SEEN ALL YOU HAVE DONE BUT I STILL LOVE YOU. I love you first. I loved you before you came to existence.
Friend, if like me you have been unable to respond to love unless you are first loved; here is your opportunity to do so. The Bible affirms God’s great unconditional love. The Bible tells in Romans 5:8, "But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." You are worthy of love and the beauty of it is that you don’t have to be perfect. You don’t have to be from such and such family. You don’t have to have the perfect figure. You don’t have to attend the best schools. You don’t even have to have a certain amount of money at the bank, God loves you, and you don’t have to do any works for it. Christ has already done the work for you on Calvary, many years ago. The work is done, completed. Your sin debts are paid in full. Glory to God! You are loved, you are accepted and if you never get another love letter in this life time, you are going to be just fine because you already know the power of the greatest love of all: The kind of love that offers eternal life. God love is very different from human love. God's love is unconditional, and it's not based on feelings or emotions. His love doesn’t make us weak in the knees, Glory to God. His kind of love gives strength. He doesn't love us because we're lovable or because we make Him feel good; He loves us because He is love. He created us to have a loving relationship with Him, and He sacrificed His own Son (who also willingly gave His life for us) to restore the relationship that is so dear to His heart.
If you want to know true love then get to know God by reading His word, and accept His son’ sacrifice. God is ready to pour out His love on you, and He wants to teach you how to love others as He loves you. The beauty of it is that you will NOT be rejected. Will you please tell someone about His great love?
God’s Grace Says Openly “I Love You”
Praise the Lord!
“We love him, because he first loved us’. 1 John 4:19
www.bibletourwithjoline.com
www.bibletourwithjoline.blogspot.com
www.bibletouravecjoline.blogspot.com
I have been sitting here since three in the morning trying to remember the last time someone says those very simple words to me: “I love you”. Well I couldn’t remember but I assure you it wasn’t this year, if ever. Then, I tried to remember the last time I receive a love letter, and again it wasn’t this year or the year before. The reason could be the fact that I don’t say I love you either. It’s been hard for me to say it because I don’t play with words anymore, definitely not since I found out the meaning of true love. I want to be able to mean those words before I profess them. Love is very serious and some of us have trouble loving people who don’t love us first. Allow me to be candid; I cannot love someone who does not love me first, and I need to know it. No need to say it, but I need to understand it by actions. It doesn’t matter what the initial attraction is, unless someone starts showing some love, I will not respond to words; therefore, I don’t repeat those words in vain.
The Bible tells us that "God is Love" (1 John 4:8). But how can we even begin to understand such truth? The world tells us that love is any of a number of emotions and experiences related to a sense of strong affection or profound oneness, and the Bible gives us many passages of God’s definition of loves. The most common and my favorite is John 3:16, "For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." So one way God defines love is in the act of giving. However, what God gave is something no one else can ever give us. God sacrificed His only Son so that those of us who put our faith in Him will not spend eternity separated from Him, but will spent eternity with Him. This is an amazing love, because we are the ones who choose to be separated from God by rejecting his son, by rejecting God’s grace. Do you know what the Bible is? It is the ultimate love letter. It is God's love letter to “you”. It is God saying to you, "I have set my eye upon you. I love you!" It is God saying, I created you, and I know what you are all about, I HAVE SEEN ALL YOU HAVE DONE BUT I STILL LOVE YOU. I love you first. I loved you before you came to existence.
Friend, if like me you have been unable to respond to love unless you are first loved; here is your opportunity to do so. The Bible affirms God’s great unconditional love. The Bible tells in Romans 5:8, "But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." You are worthy of love and the beauty of it is that you don’t have to be perfect. You don’t have to be from such and such family. You don’t have to have the perfect figure. You don’t have to attend the best schools. You don’t even have to have a certain amount of money at the bank, God loves you, and you don’t have to do any works for it. Christ has already done the work for you on Calvary, many years ago. The work is done, completed. Your sin debts are paid in full. Glory to God! You are loved, you are accepted and if you never get another love letter in this life time, you are going to be just fine because you already know the power of the greatest love of all: The kind of love that offers eternal life. God love is very different from human love. God's love is unconditional, and it's not based on feelings or emotions. His love doesn’t make us weak in the knees, Glory to God. His kind of love gives strength. He doesn't love us because we're lovable or because we make Him feel good; He loves us because He is love. He created us to have a loving relationship with Him, and He sacrificed His own Son (who also willingly gave His life for us) to restore the relationship that is so dear to His heart.
If you want to know true love then get to know God by reading His word, and accept His son’ sacrifice. God is ready to pour out His love on you, and He wants to teach you how to love others as He loves you. The beauty of it is that you will NOT be rejected. Will you please tell someone about His great love?
God’s Grace Says Openly “I Love You”
Praise the Lord!
