We love because He first loved us. Yes, we do but what does that mean?
We love because he first loved us.
1 John 4:19, ESV
This statement is a reminder that our love is an obedience to God – to love God means to obey Him.
1 John talks about this sincere, perfected, no fear love that we have nonstop, 24/7, access to through Christ.
This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.
1 John 4:9-10, NIV
This love from God, through Christ, is the kind of love that is always there with you. God’s love does not disappoint. God’s love is fulfilling. God’s love is faithful.
Experience the joy of salvation and a love like no other. Remember whose you are and relish in your Father’s love.
You are loved.
Trust God. Seek Him. Be Affirmed in Christ.
Seek God in His Word:
- Psalm 86:15: “But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness”
- Romans 8:37-39: “No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
- Galatians 2:20: “I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.”
Affirmed in Christ 