Lovealot

THERE IS A LOVE.

There is a love that is greater than any other love we look for in this world. No love in our relationships with family and loved ones that can bring satisfaction like the one that our Father gives us each day. Human love has its shortcomings - it loses sight of patience, peace and all other attributes who God is. It's HIS LOVE that is constant from the beginning of time - the beginning of our life.

God's love saves.
When the human race sinned, our relationship with God was severed. However, he made a way that we can cross over to Him when He sent His perfect Son, Jesus Christ, to sacrifice himself on the cross in place of us. He created a solution to our shortcoming. God gave up His Son, so we can be saved. When Jesus stretched his arms on the cross, a bridge was formed so we can run to God's open arms.

|And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself for us, 

a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God" Ephesians 5:3 

God's love overflows

Worldly love is sometimes conditional. We might be told that we are loved exactly the way we are - our strengths and weaknesses, our abilities and shortcomings. However, that is not always the case. Patience expires, peace is broken and that is when love from someone is not enough for us. We might say something that we regret and become hurtful, which may lead to anger and arguments. We might have to work hard to mend the relationship to know and feel we are still loved. However, no matter how hard to push God away or disobey his commandments, His love is still there surrounding us with grace and mercy. His love keeps flowing in the lowest of our time to comfort us and guide us to His light. His love does not give up on us easily when we stray away. It just keeps flowing and flowing and flowing and flowing and flowing. 

For your steadfast love is great above the heavens; your faithfulness 

reaches to the clouds. Psalm 108:4

Because His love surpasses all things, our response is quite clear. We should love him with all that we are. He is our Provider, because He made a way for us to be reconciled to Him. He is our source of comfort, because His arms carries us through the storms of our lives. Our response is to love Him, because He first love us, for who He is and what He has done. 

I will proclaim the name of the Lord. Oh, praise the greatness of our God Deuteronomy 32:3 

Worship Game Plan: 

1. Your Love Never Fails - Anthony Skinner and Christ McClarney

2. Beautiful Exchange - Joel Houston

3. At the Cross (Love Ran Red) - Christ Tomlin, Ed Cash, Jonas Myrin, Matt Armstrong, Matt Redman

All for Him! xBN.