Thursday, 26 September 2013

GOD LOVES US AND WANTS US TO LOVE OTHERS

God loves and cares for you. He wants you to understand and respond His love for you. He wants you to enjoy His love and blessings.
 "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" (1 John 4:10). 
God loves even the sinner and wants them to turn away from their sinful life and turn toward Him. He will forgive their sin if they turn to Him and accept His Son Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. He will help them to become good persons and healthy, wealthy persons physically as well as spiritually if they obey Him.
 "God loved the world (people)so much that He gave His one and only Son(Jesus Christ), so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have everlasting life" (John 3:16).
 The Bible makes it clear that God despises when we humans hurt one another. "The Lord hates ... haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that kill the innocent, a heart that plots evil, feet that race to do wrong, a false witness who pours out lies, a person who sows discord in a family" (Proverbs 6:16-19). Instead, He says, "I the Lord love justice" (Isaiah 61:8).
 Jesus told His followers "that they should always pray and never give up" (Luke 18:1). 
The Apostle Paul Reminded us to "pray in the Spirit at all times and on every occasion. Stay alert and be persistent in your prayers for all believers everywhere" (Ephesians 6:18). 
We can trust that God will rule over everything -- from great events around the world, to the hearts of the people you love: "we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to His purpose" (Romans 8:28).
 “These were [the Lord's] instructions to them: “The harvest is great, but the workers are few. So pray to the Lord who is in charge of the harvest; ask Him to send more workers into His fields." (Luke 10:2 ).
Jesus asks us to pray for workers in the harvest and people who do on earth not know Jesus as Lord and Saviour, pray for workers in the harvest in all communities on earth, including for people who minister on the ground and on the internet.
In 1 Timothy 2:1-2, the Lord commands us to pray for all people including those in authority. Pray for those in authority in your country, community, government, business, church, in media, education, law enforcement, justice and so on. Pray for the peace in other countries. Pray for the Lord’s blessing and that they will meet Jesus as their Saviour.
If you make this part of your daily routine, you may start feeling more blessed than usual! Also pray for anything God puts on your heart.

God bless you.