10 Things You Need to Remember You Are Loved
God’s love for you is perfect, unconditional, and everlasting.
No matter what you’ve done. No matter where you’ve been. No matter how you feel.
You need to remember . . . you are loved.
He loves you and me – not because of what we believe, what we say, or what we do. He loves us simply because He is God and He chooses to love us.
How do we know? Well, just like the children’s song says, “because the Bible tells me so.”
God loves you –
God is love. 1 John 4:17
This is how much God loved (insert your name): He gave his Son, his one and only Son. And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life. John 3:16
You were made in God’s image –
God spoke: “Let us make human beings in our image, make them reflecting our nature. Genesis 1:26
He calls you by name –
I’ve called your name. You’re mine. Isaiah 43:1
And He calls you very good –
God looked over everything He had made; it was so good, so very good! He knows everything about you. Genesis 1:31
He knows everything about you –
You know me inside and out, You know every bone in my body; You know exactly how I was made, bit by bit, how I was sculpted from nothing into something. Psalm 139:15
He pays even greater attention to you, down to the last detail—even numbering the hairs on your head! Matthew 10:30
He cares what happens to you –
Is anyone crying for help? God is listening; If your heart is broken, you’ll find God right there. Psalm 34:17-18
He has good plans for you –
I know what I’m doing. I have it all planned out—plans to take care of you, not abandon you, plans to give you the future you hope for. Jeremiah 29:11
His love for you never change –
I’m absolutely convinced that nothing—nothing living or dead, angelic or demonic, today or tomorrow, high or low, thinkable or unthinkable—absolutely nothing can get between us and God’s love because of the way that Jesus our Master has embraced us. Romans 8:38–39
His love for you lasts forever –
Your unfailing love will last forever. Your faithfulness is as enduring as the heavens. Psalm 89:2
His love for you is something to celebrate –
God—you’re my God! I can’t get enough of you! I’ve worked up such hunger and thirst for God, traveling across dry and weary deserts.
So here I am in the place of worship, eyes open, drinking in Your strength and glory. In Your generous love I am really living at last! My lips brim praises like fountains. I bless You every time I take a breath; My arms wave like banners of praise to You. Psalm 63:1-4
And celebrate is what we are going to do this week. Join me as we savor the blessing of God’s amazing love.
What will you do to celebrate God’s love today?
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