People everywhere are desperate to experience God’s overwhelming, never-ending love. The popularity of Cory Asbury’s song, “Reckless Love” is evidence of this deep longing. The song was posted to YouTube on January 19, 2018 and six months later the video had been viewed over 36 million times! To view this song, go to the Forever …
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One day I was reading Sheila Walsh’s little book, Outrageous Love, when her words made me stop. “God’s love doesn’t play by the rules…. It offers unconditional love to the one who knows [he] she is guilty and the one who thinks [he] she is innocent.” How true! God’s love doesn’t play by the rules. …
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Mother Teresa showed her understanding for the deep need of every human being when she said, “Hunger is not only for bread. Hunger is for love, to be loved, to be wanted.” When she was 38, this devout nun left her job as a teacher at a Catholic girls’ school and began working amongst the …
Pope John Paul II once said, “We are not the sum of our weaknesses and failures. We are the sum of the Father’s love for us.” Do you believe it? Can you personalize his words and say, “I am not the sum of my weaknesses and failures. I am the sum of my Father’s love …
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Billy Graham once said, “God proved His love on the cross. When Christ hung, and bled, and died, it was God saying to the world, ‘I love you.’” With these simple words, one of the greatest evangelists in the modern era summed up the heart of the Gospel. How clear. How pure. Jesus came to …
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“God created us to love and to be loved.” “The most beautiful thing in the world is to love one another as God loves each one of us.” “We must not be afraid to radiate God’s love everywhere.” Mother Teresa not only spoke these words; she lived them. She loved people with God’s love. People …
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When I was young, my mother taped a hand-written note to the refrigerator door: “God doesn’t love us because we are good. He makes us good because He loves us.” As a teenager growing up, I couldn’t believe those words. They seemed too wonderful—too amazing. I wanted to believe them, but I just couldn’t. But …
Around 190 AD, St Irenaeus wrote, “The glory of God is man fully alive.” Think about that quote. What is glory? What does it mean to be fully alive? When Moses asked God, “Now show me your glory,” God responded by saying, “I will cause all my goodness to pass in front of you, and …
My heart sings along with the opening lines of the song “Worthy Is the Lamb”: Thank You for the cross Lord. Thank You for the price You paid. Bearing all my sin and shame In love You came And gave amazing grace. Thank you for this love Lord Thank you for the nail pierced hands …
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About this Bible Study The Bible passages included in this study guide are from the New International Version (NIV) of the Bible. Feel free to use a different translation if you like. The study questions are designed to encourage you to think deeply about God’s Word and to help you open yourself to more of …