Muddy Boots Ministry: THE GIFT OF LOVE

Sunday, February 13, 2011

THE GIFT OF LOVE

Imagine a person who you love dearly.
Now, imagine that I walk up to you and I say, "If you give me [that person who you love dearly] I will give you “a whole and lasting life.” (For the purpose of our imagining I can do that.) Would you make that exchange?
If we could imagine for a moment how difficult it would be to let go of someone who we love dearly, even for the promise of something extremely special in return, we might come close to realizing just how much the gift of God’s Love means.
God gave his Son. He gave his Son. God gave his Son as a gift. A free gift. No repayment. No cost to us. Nothing required in return.
That’s Love.
Simply put, love is a gift.
It does not expect or demand anything in return.
For God so loved the world, that he GAVE [as in A GIFT] his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
John 3:16 (square brackets added)

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SHORT BIBLE VERSES TO ENCOURAGE YOU

1 John 1:9 - If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Ephesians 2:8-9 - For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
Ephesians 4:32 - Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.
Ephesians 6:10 - Put on the whole armor of God that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.
Galatians 2:20 - I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
Hebrews 10:23 - Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful.
Hebrews 11:1 - Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
Hebrews 13:8 - Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
Isaiah 40:8 - The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.
James 1:17 - Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.
James 2:26 - For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also faith apart from works is dead.
James 4:8 - Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you.
Job 22:21-22 - Agree with God, and be at peace; thereby good will come to you. Receive instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart.
John 3:16 - For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
Philippians 4:13 - I can do all things through him who strengthens me.
Philippians 4:6-7 - [D]o not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Proverbs 15:1 - A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
Psalm 32:7 - You are a hiding place for me; you preserve me from trouble; you surround me with shouts of deliverance.
Psalm 73:25 - Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you.
Psalm 90:2 - Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.