Maybe you've spent your whole life trying to earn love.
Maybe people have rejected you.
Maybe you've been told you're not good enough.
Maybe you've made mistakes you think are too big for God to forgive.
Hear the Gospel today: You are loved.
Not because you're perfect. Not because you've earned it.
Not because you've accomplished enough. You are loved because God chose to love you. Scripture tells us “We love because He first loved us” (1 John 4:19).
Before you cleaned yourself up, Christ loved you. Before you got it together, He loved you. Before you understood everything, God loved you.
Before you ever reached for Him, God reached for you.
And Jesus’ arms are still open.
So today, receive the love of God. Then take that love home. Take it to your marriage. Take it to your children. Take it to your friendships. Take it to your workplace. Take it into your church.
Take it to the person who doesn't look like you, think like you, or agree with you.
Because we have received a love that was never meant to stop with us.
This week, don't just tell someone you love them. Show them. Don't just tell God you love Him. Live it. Don't just know the five love languages. Speak them.
And when you don't know what to say, look to the cross. When you don't know how to forgive, look to the cross. When you don't know how to sacrifice, look to the cross. When you wonder whether God really loves you--look to the cross.
Because at the cross, Jesus spoke the language of love perfectly. And now He calls us to speak that same language to a world that desperately needs to hear it.
Love God.
Love your spouse.
Love your family.
Love your neighbor.
Love your enemy.
Love the hurting.
Love the forgotten.
Love like Jesus.
Because in the end, people may forget our sermons. They may forget our programs. They may forget our songs.
But they should never forget how the love of Jesus felt when they encountered us. Let us be a people who don't just talk about love-- let us be a people who make the love of Christ visible.
Prayer
Lord, teach us to love the way you love. Help us to recognize how the people around us receive love and give us the humility to love them in ways they can understand. Strengthen our marriages, families, friendships, and churches. Most of all, help us receive Your love and respond to You with worship, time, generosity, service, obedience, and devotion. Make our lives a visible expression of the love of Christ. In Jesus' name, Amen.
Wishing you a great week!—Pastor TJ
Listen to recent sermons by Dr. TJ Jenney YouTube & YouTube
Podcast on Spotify: Inspire Messages
http://inspiresundaymessages.blogspot.com
Maybe people have rejected you.
Maybe you've been told you're not good enough.
Maybe you've made mistakes you think are too big for God to forgive.
Hear the Gospel today: You are loved.
Not because you're perfect. Not because you've earned it.
Not because you've accomplished enough. You are loved because God chose to love you. Scripture tells us “We love because He first loved us” (1 John 4:19).
Before you cleaned yourself up, Christ loved you. Before you got it together, He loved you. Before you understood everything, God loved you.
Before you ever reached for Him, God reached for you.
And Jesus’ arms are still open.
So today, receive the love of God. Then take that love home. Take it to your marriage. Take it to your children. Take it to your friendships. Take it to your workplace. Take it into your church.
Take it to the person who doesn't look like you, think like you, or agree with you.
Because we have received a love that was never meant to stop with us.
This week, don't just tell someone you love them. Show them. Don't just tell God you love Him. Live it. Don't just know the five love languages. Speak them.
And when you don't know what to say, look to the cross. When you don't know how to forgive, look to the cross. When you don't know how to sacrifice, look to the cross. When you wonder whether God really loves you--look to the cross.
Because at the cross, Jesus spoke the language of love perfectly. And now He calls us to speak that same language to a world that desperately needs to hear it.
Love God.
Love your spouse.
Love your family.
Love your neighbor.
Love your enemy.
Love the hurting.
Love the forgotten.
Love like Jesus.
Because in the end, people may forget our sermons. They may forget our programs. They may forget our songs.
But they should never forget how the love of Jesus felt when they encountered us. Let us be a people who don't just talk about love-- let us be a people who make the love of Christ visible.
Prayer
Lord, teach us to love the way you love. Help us to recognize how the people around us receive love and give us the humility to love them in ways they can understand. Strengthen our marriages, families, friendships, and churches. Most of all, help us receive Your love and respond to You with worship, time, generosity, service, obedience, and devotion. Make our lives a visible expression of the love of Christ. In Jesus' name, Amen.
Wishing you a great week!—Pastor TJ
Listen to recent sermons by Dr. TJ Jenney YouTube & YouTube
Podcast on Spotify: Inspire Messages
http://inspiresundaymessages.blogspot.com
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