REALIZING THE LOVE OF GOD

How do we realize the love of God? OR How do we know that God loves us?

Following all the time we were born all our life time, it may seem like we are in love with God, not God in love with us. But surely before we fall in love with God, God had already loved us ``we love because He first loved us’’ 1 John 4:19. Despite of our wickedness, He loves us (quote needed). God loves both the wicked and the righteous and He is much pleased to see the wicked turning from their sinful acts to doing what is good as he says ``wash and make yourselves clean. Take your evil deeds out of my sight; stop doing wrong. Isaiah 1:16.

God Himself has a characteristic of love, and He is love Himself and that is why His other name is Love 1 John 4:8, 4:16.

Remember that God even went very far in demonstrating how much He loved us by giving His dear and only son Jesus Christ to be a Ransom John 3:16 and it is only to those who believe in the son and adore to Him that they shall be the children of God John 1:12.

Even we are breathing because of the love of God, if not…………we would have been nowhere. And His love endures forever.

I just received a DVD…..``Shout Praises’’ from Linda mid last year, among the songs in the album is a song that says “His love endures forever’’. I just wish you connect on Linda@biblestudyfirkids.com and ask for a direction to see how you can access a copy of the DVD. So pressing because indeed His love endures forever, and it is through this love that I was able to receive a copy.

Oh……oh….oh… come on….begin to realize the extravagant and abundant love of God right now if you had not and in doubt.

Paul realized how much Gods’ love is and that is why he boldly said ``For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither demons nor angles, neither the present nor 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’’ Romans 8:38-39.

We become children of God only through the love of God. 1 John 3:1

The love of God cannot be compared to the love of the world. The love of your mother/father/uncle/sister/brother or any of your friend or relative cannot compete the love of God because ``the world and its desires pass away but the man who does the will of God lives forever’’. 1 John 2:17

Children of God, what have you asked and not given, please ask again He will give because He loves you and treasures your welfare so much. And sometimes begin to look at your capabilities and reaches strengthened; it is just because of the love of God. But due to our lack of faith in Him, we fail to realize the love of God. You cannot realize and recognize the love of God unless you do believe in Him.  

As we strive to attain this love, we should understand that success is at a cost. Moses stresses in Deuteronomy 20:1 – 5 that God is a head of us in the battle.