As we talked about last time we were going to take a good look at our shield of Faith God has given us for protection. The part in which comes first, that we need to tightly hold on to is our faith in Christ. Once we have properly put our faith in Christ we soon find all the other little things in life falling into place.
When God said in John 3:16, “For God so loved the world…” He was talking about you and me. We can have faith in the fact that in spite of whether we are feeling loved by the world, by our parents, by our siblings, by other kids we need to know God loves us. That love will never waiver although our choices in life can draw us away from it if we allow it.
Instead of going out of our way to fill the missing feeling of not being loved, or dreaming of a love others have with each other we need to seek God’s love first. The love of a friend, parent, boyfriend, girlfriend, sister or brother may come and go but God’s love for us is there to stay.
Unfortunately we are the ones that tend to move away from it. We get to thinking because He loves us we therefore get to do whatever we please whenever we please. From there the first thing that goes wrong in our lives we blame God for not loving us.
God’s love for us doesn’t assure us a pain free life with all we could ever want and ask for. It’s our reassurance that we have someone who cares near by. Someone to cuddle up against when we are scared, a guide to follow, a teacher to learn from, and friend we can confide in.
His love is here to stay. It’s strong enough to withstand anything the world throws at it. As long as we don’t move away, it won’t either. Praise the Lord.
Dear Heavenly Father thank you Lord for the faith in knowing we are loved by You. Too often we walk through life believing the lies Satan tells us that we are not loved by others or ourselves. Praise you Lord that we will never get that from You. Help us to recognize the lies as we run quickly by them into the comfort of your loving arms. We love you Father, and again thank you for loving us. In your son’s most precious name we pray, Amen. (So be it)
© 2010 Karen J. Gillett @ Pencil Marks and Recipes Publishing
When God said in John 3:16, “For God so loved the world…” He was talking about you and me. We can have faith in the fact that in spite of whether we are feeling loved by the world, by our parents, by our siblings, by other kids we need to know God loves us. That love will never waiver although our choices in life can draw us away from it if we allow it.
Instead of going out of our way to fill the missing feeling of not being loved, or dreaming of a love others have with each other we need to seek God’s love first. The love of a friend, parent, boyfriend, girlfriend, sister or brother may come and go but God’s love for us is there to stay.
Unfortunately we are the ones that tend to move away from it. We get to thinking because He loves us we therefore get to do whatever we please whenever we please. From there the first thing that goes wrong in our lives we blame God for not loving us.
God’s love for us doesn’t assure us a pain free life with all we could ever want and ask for. It’s our reassurance that we have someone who cares near by. Someone to cuddle up against when we are scared, a guide to follow, a teacher to learn from, and friend we can confide in.
His love is here to stay. It’s strong enough to withstand anything the world throws at it. As long as we don’t move away, it won’t either. Praise the Lord.
Dear Heavenly Father thank you Lord for the faith in knowing we are loved by You. Too often we walk through life believing the lies Satan tells us that we are not loved by others or ourselves. Praise you Lord that we will never get that from You. Help us to recognize the lies as we run quickly by them into the comfort of your loving arms. We love you Father, and again thank you for loving us. In your son’s most precious name we pray, Amen. (So be it)
© 2010 Karen J. Gillett @ Pencil Marks and Recipes Publishing
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