Sunday, 22 December 2024

REAL LOVE

1 John 4:10 NLT This is real love - not that we loved God,
but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice 
to take away our sins.

It’s the 4th Sunday in Advent already and it’s about love. If you’ve ever read romance novels you’ll know the heroine finds true love by the end of the book and they all live happily ever after.😊 Real life doesn’t always work out that way but there is one relationship we can all have which does have a happy ending.

Scripture tells us about a real love that knows no boundaries, has no limits, has no conditions. It is the amazing love of our Heavenly Father and of the Lord Jesus who proved His great love for us by dying a cruel death so we wouldn’t have to.

If ever you feel as though nobody loves you, just look at the Cross and see Jesus there, taking your place and mine, bearing all our sin so we could go free. His love goes beyond everything we know and Apostle Paul says this…

Ephesians 3:17-19 Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong. 18 And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is. 19 May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully….

God’s love is outside the box, goes the extra mile and even if we feel we are at rock bottom we’ll find God’s love is there waiting to bring us out into His light, into His grace that wipes our past away, and gives us glorious hope for our future.

Jesus came as a baby, to grow into the kindest and most compassionate man who ever lived. He is God, He is love and He is for us and not against us. His arms are still stretched out to each one of us, calling us to believe the love He has for us, and to walk in His ways and spread His love wherever we go this week.

May you receive His love afresh today and your Christmas week be overflowing with His love and grace. In Jesus wonderful name. Amen.❤️


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