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Valentine’s Day- Love Note . . .

2/8/2018

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Valentine’s Day is coming up and many people give gifts as expressions of love and dedication.  Love is a wonderful thing, and blesses our lives in so many ways.  Human love is sometimes fleeting and fickle, but God's love is always deep and dependable.  Jeremiah's words echo God’s words to each of us with a clarion call: “I have loved you with an everlasting love” (31.3).  God gave us a great gift of love.  God made an ultimate expression of love for us in Christ, who came to share our life and show us the way to life; and then in love beyond words, Christ laid down his life that we might know true forgiveness and new life.   God’s love is deep and true!  God loves you and cares for you more than you could ever imagine.  Open your heart to the greatest love ever --God’s love.  Let God's love bring you new hope and fresh joy.  Listen to these words of Jesus:
 
(Verse of the week)
“As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father’s commands and remain in his love. I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. John 15.9-13
 
(Prayer of the week)
Almighty and Loving God, help me to know a new depth of your love that is so strong that hope and joy burn bright within my heart.  Bless me that the hope and joy in my heart may not only bless my life but also be a candle of hope touching others’ lives.  Amen.
Have a great week!—Pastor TJ
 
(quote of the week)
Do small things with great love --Mother Teresa
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