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).
GOD HATES EVIL
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).
GOD WANTS US TO PRAY
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).
PRAYER FOR OTHERS
“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.
(adapted from godlife)
