LOVE me or LOVE me not?

Have you thanked Him?

Have you praised Him?

Have you made it your priority to agree and cooperate with Him today?

Have you taken that deep breath and listened for what He has for you today?

1 Timothy 2:1 (The Message)

^1-3The first thing I want you to do is pray. Pray every way you know how, for everyone you know.

“God does love you.”

Now before you say, “Well that was a pretty obvious and silly statement to make Delaney, of course GOD loves me. I remember that from kindergarten, GOD is LOVE!”

But I want you to pause for a second and think of a time when you might have thought differently.

Bad report; does GOD love me?

Difficulties at work; does GOD love me?

Unfair verdict levied; does GOD love me?

Have you ever thought quietly to yourself, “If GOD loved me then I surely wouldn’t be dealing with this…”

Come on now, be honest.

I believe all of us have shaken our fist or sulked in the corner questioning GOD’s dedication to us.

But make no mistake, GOD does love you. He loves you in spite of you and that is some amazing love indeed!

Romans 5:8

…But God put his love on the line for us by offering his Son in sacrificial death while we were of no use whatever to him.

And from time to time, even as elementary as it seems, we need to be reminded of that!

This week has been especially difficult for friends and church family. The week has been littered with unexpected illnesses, unexplained challenges, relational messes, and failed expectations for many. And it would be very easy to start questioning the love of GOD especially when things sour so severely.

But I want to reassure them and all of us today. GOD’s love never runs out. GOD’s compassion for His kids never dries up. GOD doesn’t check out, ever withhold even a smidgen of His grace or allow anything to escape His loving care and watch over us.

Psalm 36:5

5 O Lord, Your loving-kindness goes to the heavens. You are as faithful as the sky is high.

So yes, while life has it’s dry times, its stormy seasons and it’s bleak moments, GOD wants you to remember, He never stops loving you. He is the “constant” and the “consistent” in this “changing” and “inconsistent” world.

So count on His love! Bank on His love! Rest assuredly in His love!

Ephesians 3:17-20

… pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 18 may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, 19 and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.

20 Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us…

HE DOES LOVE YOU!

Have a blessed weekend.

I love you all.

Freedom Church

Pastor GDelaney