Jesus Paid it in Full
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Demonstrating the Love of God
Love can be hard when you come across someone who seems unlovable. They may have harsh words when they speak to you or they may do things that hurt your feelings, leaving you to wonder how you can love this person.
Well the good news is God loves you and me with all of our short comings and issues (love the sinner, not the sin), we can ask Him to help us love others in the same way. It will not always feel good because it will be a struggle to overcome the selfish nature we have to automatically protect ourselves and to retaliate.
Demonstrate the love of God by showing kindness regardless of the situation. No one said love would be easy. We are not focusing on the easy to love, but rather those seemingly unlovable people who we all run into time after time. In anotehr’s eyes, we might even be that person unloveable person! Make a decision in your head and heart that you will show that person the love of God through kindness regardless of their reaction. Do this enough times and you will begin to see the power of love in action. Slowly that cold barrier will start to dissolve.
Another way to show the love of God is to be deliberate about loving others in your actions and words. Once you decide how you will do this, the actual love acts will become easier and you will begin to feel joy about how you are positively impacting others for Christ.
Being slow to anger is another demonstration of the love of God. There are times when you may be tired and not have much patience, but remember that God shows us mercy every day and we need to do the same for our brothers and sisters.
Protect your relationships from the enemy by being willing to forgive if someone has offended you. This can be challenging when someone close to you hurts you, but you can forgive with God’s help. This not only shows God’s love, but it strengthens our connections as the body of Christ.
Show love by thinking of others before you think of yourself. Jesus was the greatest example of this by His death on the cross. We need to die to ourselves everyday as a witness to the love of Christ on this earth.
Keep trying to show the love of God to everyone you meet. Think of ways you can change someone’s life though an act of love. Love is powerful, give it freely and often.
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5 Ways to Know God Loves You
God shows His love for us in so many ways. The first and most important act of love was that He gave His son, Jesus, so that we would have everlasting life. This was the ultimate sacrifice that has ever been made in the name of love. He did this to show His love toward us, even while we were sinners.
1. New Life: When we accept Christ, we get a new life. God loves us so much that He not only gave His son so we would have eternal life, but He washed our sins away to give us another chance, a new life in Christ.
Once we belong to Christ, we no longer desire to live the old life we led. God changes us! We can’t change ourselves – we can’t do it – but God can!
2. He Carries Our Troubles: God encourages us to cast all our cares on Him, because He cares for us. What a compassionate God we serve! He wants to carry our burdens. He wants us to trust Him enough to give our cares to Him. Just like our children come to us when something is wrong, that is how God wants us to come to Him.
3. Forgiveness: God shows His love as He forgives us every day. He shows us how to forgive others and He continually forgives us for the wrongs we do and he continues to love us no matter what the sin.
All we have to do is just come to Him with a repentative heart (meaning we have to really mean it) and ask – He forgives.
4. Personal Relationship: There is nothing that we cannot share with God. He can be our most intimate friend with whom we can share anything. We can go to Him with our problems, our hurts, pain, fears, and shortcomings. And if we go to Him in true repentance and a changed heart, nothing will separate us from His love.
So many people today feel alone – without a true friend – someone that can confide in and talk to, someone to just listen and be there. Jesus is always there! He is your best Friend, the One you can talk to about anything! But there is one catch – He is a true Friend and He wants to not only listen to you, but He wants you to be still and listen. Jesus Christ – your one true Friend who will not mislead you in any way. So talk to Him, but listen to Him too!
5. Grace: Sometimes God blesses us just because He wants to. We have not done anything great or wonderful to deserve the goodness of God, but He sees us as wonderful through the blood of Jesus, and deserving of a blessing.
Grace means unmerited favor. There is nothing we have done, can do, or will do wo deserve the grace of God. It’s a gift – because He loves us.
God shows his love for us in so many ways. His love overshadows any issues we may face in life. God loves us freely and unconditionally. He gave His most precious Son because of His love for us. His love is the greatest gift to mankind and He wants us to go out and share it with everyone.
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