THANKFUL FOR UNCONDITIONAL LOVE!

UNCONDITIONAL LOVE

This past week I asked a friend if they felt they had ever been “loved unconditionally”. To my sadness they said “no”.

In David Benner’s book “SURRENDER TO LOVE” he says:
“ONLY LOVE CAN RENEW TRUST AFTER IT HAS BEEN SHATTERED.
ONLY LOVE CAN INSPIRE ACTS OF GENUINE SELF-SACRIFICE.
ONLY LOVE CAN FREE US FROM THE TYRANNIZING EFFECTS OF FEAR.

Knowing and believing that we are unconditionally loved by God is the first step in receiving and giving AGAPE LOVE.

I John 4:7 “DEAR FRIENDS: LET US LOVE ONE ANOTHER, FOR LOVE COMES FROM GOD. EVERYONE WHO LOVES HAS BEEN BORN OF GOD AND KNOWS GOD. WHOEVER DOES NOT LOVE, DOES NOT KNOW GOD, BECAUSE GOD IS LOVE.”

Benner says: “THE LOVE WE RECEIVE FROM OTHERS IS ALWAYS LIMITED BY THEIR BROKENNESS.” Do not allow someone or something rob you of your belief, hope, trust and choice to forgive and love.

DO YOU BELIEVE GOD LOVES YOU UNCONDITIONALLY?
HAVE YOU BECOME HARDENED OR DESTROYED BY REJECTION?
CAN YOU GIVE WITHOUT RECEIVING
CAN YOU FORGIVE & RECEIVE FORGIVENESS?

“DEAR FRIENDS, SINCE GOD SO LOVED US, WE ALSO OUGHT TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER. NO ONE HAS EVER SEEN GOD; BUT IF WE LOVE ONE ANOTHER, GOD LIVES IN US AND HIS LOVE IS MADE COMPLETE IN US.” I JOHN 4:11