Message for April 7, 2024 from Pastor Shirley

“And so we know and rely on the love God has for us.  God is love.  Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them”.  John 4:16

Recently I said to God, Father there are many things in my heart I could talk to you about but what is on your heart?  Immediately I heard these words, “Love. Nothing but love.”  I melted in His presence.  At that moment it became so real that my God only has eyes of love toward me.  Did you know that God sees each of us through unconditional love?  The amazing thing is that His love did not just start when we accepted Jesus Christ as our  Savior.  Romans 5:8  tells us,  “But God clearly shows and proves his love for us by the fact that while we were still sinners Christ died for us.”                                              
God made good on His love promise by sending the Word to Earth born as a man.  He then manifested in and through his Son who was sacrificed for our redemption. His name is “Jesus.”  The ultimate price of love!  
“Yes, God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him would not be lost but have eternal life”  John 4:16  

God does not simply love; He is love.  Everything God does toward us flows from His love.  This is the purest form of love.  When we fully accept this love for us we could say, “Father help me see the love you have for me, and may I fully accept this love you have for me.  In the name of Jesus, I receive”                                                                

1 John 1:3 How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!  And that is what we are!