Thursday Devotional...6/20/13
Love
Revealed...Part Three
This is the third lesson
in a series of eight that are being featured on Thursdays in WFM. If you did not read
the first two installment you can click on the links below to read the previous
lessons before you read this week's lesson.
Lesson 1...
Lesson 2...
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“Love Revealed”
Lesson 4
"In this is Love"
In this the
love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent his only begotten Son
into the world, that we might live through
Him.
In this is love, not that we loved
God,
but that He loved us and sent His son
to be the propitiation (atoning
sacrifice) for our sins.
1 John 4:9-10
NKJV
In this the
love of God was made actual, visible toward you. Do you see what the Father did
for you He sent His love directly to you in flesh and blood?. He sent His son Jesus
Christ. It had nothing to do with you
loving Him first, but it had everything to do with Him loving you just as you
are. It did and does not matter what you
have done or what you will do HE LOVES YOU and He proved it by giving forth from Himself. Do you see He gave from Himself.
You have
the life of God in you. You have the
very character and nature of God living in you.
The life of God is flowing through your Spirit into your body, making
the power of God and the presence of God a reality in your life. You are capable of fulfilling God's purpose
through His power and presence flowing through you.
The
following is a love letter from the Father, I do not know who wrote it, but
allow it to minister to you, read it as if it was written to you, I know if our
Father God wrote you a letter it would be similar to this one.
LOVE LETTER FROM THE FATHER
What you are about to read is true and it's words will
change your life if you let them, for they come from the very heart of God.
He loves you and he is the Father you have been
looking for all your life.
This is His love letter to you.
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My child you may not know me, but I know
everything about you. I know when you
sit down and when you rise up. I am familiar with all your ways. Even the
very hairs on your head are numbered.
For you were made in MY image. In
me you live and move and have your being, for you are my offspring. I knew you even before you were
conceived. I CHOSE you when I planned
creation, you were not a mistake, for all your days are written in my
book. I determined the exact time of
your birth and where you would live.
You
are fearfully and wonderfully made. I
knit you together in your mother’s womb.
I brought you forth on the day you were born. I have been misrepresented by those who do
not know me. I am not distant and angry,
but am the complete expression of love.
And it is My DESIRE to lavish my love on you, simply because you are my
child and I am your Father. I offer you
more than your earthly father ever could, for I am the perfect Father.
Every good gift that you receive comes from my
hand, for I am your provider and I meet ALL your needs. My plan for your future has ALWAYS been
filled with hope because I love you with an everlasting love. My thoughts towards you are countless as the
sand on the seashore, and I rejoice over you with singing. I will never stop doing good to you. For you are my treasured possession.
I desire to establish you with all MY heart
and all MY soul, and I want to show you great and marvelous things. If you seek me with ALL of YOUR HEART you
WILL find me. Delight in me and I will
give you the desires of your heart. For
it is I who gave you those desires. I am
able to do more for you then you could possibly imagine. For I am your greatest encourager I am also the Father who COMFORTS you in all
your troubles.
When you are brokenhearted I am close to you. As a shepherd
carries a lamb, I have carried you close to My heart. One day I will wipe away every tear from your
eyes and I will take away all the pain you have suffered on this earth. I am YOUR Father, and I love you even as I
loved My son, Jesus. For in Jesus My love
for you is revealed.
He is the exact representation of my being; He came to demonstrate that I am for you not
against you and to tell you that I am not counting your sins. Jesus died so that you and I could be
reconciled His death was the ultimate expression of my love for you. I gave up everything I love, that I might
gain your love. If you receive the gift
of my son Jesus you receive me, and nothing will ever separate you from my love
again. Come home and I will throw the
biggest party heaven has ever seen. I
have always been Father, and will always be Father. My question is will you be my child? I am waiting for you.
Your Dad, Almighty God
Written and shared by...
Kathryn Hanson...
Kathryn...
ReplyDeleteOn an intellectual level we have all the facts of how and why God loves us. However, reading your words brings us a complete move of our hearts that is there when we go beyond the facts and embrace the emotion of God being who He is to us. I was very moved as I read this.
God bless...
Thank you for reminding me that God's love is our most precious gift, and is too enormous to keep to myself!
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