Doubting the reality, genuineness and effectiveness of God’s love

We doubt the reality, genuineness and effectiveness of God’s love.

The basic source of most of the pain humans face is that we lack a sense of being adequately loved. Only God through Jesus can supply this and yet we, Christians included, refuse to fully accept His love and demand something different or extra.

What extras do you demand before you will believe in God’s love?

Is it a happy marriage, a job, good health or perhaps the salvation of a relative?

Will we trust His love for us and enjoy His presence? Don’t put limits on the extent of His love. We decide who is and is not included. We invent conditions and performance criteria that must be met if people are to enjoy His love. Who have we decided is outside His love? Is it ourselves?

God calls all to enjoy His Unconditional Love.

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Dutch version / Nederlandse versie: Twijfelende aan de werkelijkheid, echtheid en de effectiviteit van Gods liefde

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8. Walking in love by faith, not by sight
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11. We love because he first loved us
12. He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.
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14. Patriarch Abraham, Muslims, Christians and the son of God
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17. Christ’s ethical teaching
18. Do not forget the important sign of belief
19. If we love one another, God lives in us
20. Glory of God appearing in our character
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24. Love will cure more sins than condemnation
25. Lying in the senses in matters of love
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34. To be chained by love for another one
35. No fear in love
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39. A man who cannot forgive others
40. Making time for prayer in Summerholiday
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