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http://www.gospelines.com "Unconditional Love" "One of the most difficult things to accept when we first come to know the Lord Jesus Christ is that God loves us just as we are. We humans have a tendency to strive to 'deserve' what we have. Monetary wealth, loving families, solid careers... these are the things that we strive to earn. God's love, however, can never be earned by human effort. There is absolutely nothing that we can do to make God love us, or to make Him love us more (Romans 5:8). You may understand this intellectually, but have trouble believing it deep down in your heart. Sometimes we don't even realize our struggle to fully believe in God's free, unchanging love. No matter what your past has dictated or what you feel right now, God's love has always been freely given to you. God pours His love upon us with no exceptions - no ifs, ands, or buts. My Christian friend, God did not begin to love you at the moment you invited Him into your life. He did not begin to love you when you first started going to church. He did not begin to love you when you rose from the baptismal waters. In truth, God never 'began' to love you at all; He simply always has. From the creation of the world, God knew you and loved you (1 John 4:19; Psalm 139:13). His love remains constant; our attempts at good works cannot impress Him into favoring us, and our sin and failures cannot cause Him to stop loving us. Therefore, we can never take credit for the way God sees us. Instead, all honor and praise for His love are due to God alone. He reached down and expressed His love to each of us not because of what He saw within us, but because it is in His nature to love with no limits, boundaries, or conditions (Romans 5:8, John 3:16)." The preceding message was borrowed from one of the many wonderful lessons from the Charles Stanley Institute for Christian Living. Unfortunately, as of May 1, 2007, the Institute no longer exists. Nonetheless, we thank God for their many years of faithful service. Amen and Amen! Please join us on skype on Monday and Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. eastern time and friday at 1:00 p.m. eastern time Skype addiction recovery1 and christ meeting O. Addisoin Gethers [email protected] [email protected] Messenger contact window live messenger: oag1rot...@hotmail aim: durangoadd64 skype id: cowboys62 yahoo id: OADDISONGETHERS --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deaf-Blind Inspirational Life Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/DBILG?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
