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Jesus was saying, that God loves us so much He gave His only son - His life for ours. But loving God and being loved by Him is not a passive thing - it demands a response. So just like God has said keep my statues He then says that Jesus is the way and the truth and the life... , so if we believe God then we must remain in Jesus ''His will, His love, His way''. Further to that, just as God loves us, so too has Jesus. Not just because He said so ''which He did in Jn15:9'', but because He did ''there are example after example in the Bible - but there`s also example after example in the lives of those who have come to know Jesus in the here and now today''. He loves us so much that nothing can separate us from Him - nothing, not even death. There`s is no condemnation, no recrimination; we are totally blameless and free from our sins ''past, present and future'' - now that`s love! And amazing grace. By: Annette Meredith
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We, as sinners as we are, do not deserve to be loved by our merits, because we do not have merits.
We are freely and unconditionally loved, and if we feel this tremendous love, surely we will fall in love with jesus and try to be nice to him, to do as he says, to fulfill and to obey his commandments.
This free love moved the prostitute and changed her life.
My dear Lord, I am a sinner, I am a lost sheep, I know you love me. Thanks for rescueing me, save me my sweet Lord and do not let me go astray. Please overcome to the evil and let me live in your love very happily and peacefully like a newborn who is at his mother`s breast.By: Julio Cesar Neyra Pinto
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First, God loves us before we ever think of God or respond in love to him. God`s love is not dependent upon our thoughts or feelings, but he loves us from a pure and sincere heart, so to speak. His love for us is expressed in several ways: Jesus comes to us to tell us of his and the Father`s love ''John 3:16''; Jesus graciously gives us teachings and wisdom to live by to help us in this life ''John 14:21-23''; Jesus shows us how to know God and how to respond in love, thanks and worship to God; Jesus makes this love personal. ''I know them, and they follow me... no one shall snatch them out of my hand.''
Jesus shows us that God`s love is not far off or impossible to know. God makes his home with us. God`s love is the love of a caring, sincere, wise Father whom every person would desire-- even if our own earthly fathers were not this way. Sometimes the brokenness of our own families can make loving God as father difficult; yet, this is the picture Jesus gives. I think it speaks to what is designed into every human heart. That is, to love the Father ''God'' who loves us more than we can know or measure or even experience. Yet he gives that love to us anyway, and, to at least some degree, we experience the reality of his heart for us.By: Mark Lauer
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When I left a period of relative stability in my life; studying a bachelor of arts and working as a clerk, to mental illness and unemployment, my self confidence and beliefs fell to an all time low. I went into a therapeutic community for 20 months, at Richmond Fellowship. No one from the Anglican churches I had been attending seem to be able to help. God gave me a verse, when I went into respite at an Anglican Convent. Matthew 11:28: If you are tired from carrying heavy burdens, come to me and I will give you rest. Take the yoke I give you. Put it on your shoulders and learn from me. I am gentle and humble, and you will find rest. This yoke is easy to bear, and this burden is light. I finished my bachelor of arts. I also learnt from the time in the convent that the priniciples of permaculture and ecological sustainability are written in God`s agricultural laws in the bible. God believed in animals free ranging and that crops should be rotated and some field rested. Every 50 years there is a huge celebration, the jews don`t work and all debts are forgiven. I would study the jewish law and moses, when I went to be reborn again in a baptist church. My old life of self reliance was disappearing and a new life of reliance on God and discipleship was beginning. God`s spirit is love, happiness, peace, patience, kindness, gentleness and self control. And scripture warns don`t be conceited or make others jealous by claiming to be better than they are. I had to learn to leave a human spirit of immorality, debauchery, worshipping idols of materialism, jelousy, anger, selfishness, witchcraft, coveting and envy. God teaches us to use our resources to acheive goals. Don`t compare your life to others, you will always fail. Although Apostle Paul admitted it was only human to be in constant struggle between the flesh and the spirt.By: sharron hill
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