Always & Forever - Part 3

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Romans 8:38–39 NKJV

38 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, 39 nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Confession of Faith

I am not moved by what I see or by what I feel. I am moved by what I believe. I believe the WORD of God! The victory is mine! I have it now! I can see it through the eyes of my faith!

How He Loves Us

Today I want to remind you of how God loves you and me! In the middle of chaos - this new life becoming the norm there is a song that brings me peace and reminds me of just How God Loves Us!

Anthony Evans Sings -How He Loves Us

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He is jealous for me Loves like a hurricane I am a tree

Bending beneath the weight of his wind and mercy

When all of a sudden I am unaware of these afflictions eclipsed by glory

And I realize just how beautiful You are And how great Your affections are for me

And oh how He loves us so Oh how He loves us How He loves us so

We are His portion and He is our prize Drawn to redemption by the grace in His eyes

If grace is an ocean we're all sinking

So Heaven meets earth like a sloppy wet kiss And my heart turns violently inside of my chest

No I don't have time to maintain these regrets When I think about the way

He Loves Us

This is a reminder - no matter how challenging, how difficult, how unknown life can be today

He loves us!

Sometimes we throw the word “love” around too freely!

We talk about love as it relates to our spouses, children, friends, pets, and just things!

Here’s what I’ve come to understand - all those loves not permanent!

People disappoint you, loved ones die, we lose things, friends move on etc...

But God’s love is of another order!

God’s love is always and forever!

Jesus Christ did not sacrifice his life on the cross to stop caring for you and me after his resurrection!

So this reminder is to take comfort in your faith knowing that no matter what He Loves You!

1 John 4:7–8 The Message

7 My beloved friends, let us continue to love each other since love comes from God. Everyone who loves is born of God and experiences a relationship with God. 8 The person who refuses to love doesn’t know the first thing about God, because God is love—so you can’t know him if you don’t love.

God is love; His very nature is love!

We must take on the very nature of God.

When we emulate the love of God, people see a couple of things. I

⇒ 1. People see that we are born of God.

They see the nature of God, in us.

They see us loving everyone: rich and poor, healthy and suffering, deserving and undeserving, acceptable and unacceptable, good and bad. They see us loving everyone, no matter who they are.

⇒ 2. People see that we know God.

They see that we have been talking to God and learning about God; that we are doing what God says, carrying out His instructions.

How do they see all this? By our love. They see that we are loving and caring just as God is loving and caring.

He Loves Us

2 Chronicles 6:14 NLT

14 He prayed, “O Lord, God of Israel, there is no God like you in all of heaven and earth. You keep your covenant and show unfailing love to all who walk before you in wholehearted devotion.

Today as with the Israelites of old - The love of God in never failing!

Romans 8:31–32 The Message

31 So, what do you think? With God on our side like this, how can we lose? 32 If God didn’t hesitate to put everything on the line for us, embracing our condition and exposing himself to the worst by sending his own Son, is there anything else he wouldn’t gladly and freely do for us?

No matter how your haters, your enemies, the devil, bad circumstances, bad decisions build up against you remember If God is on your side - there is nothing to fear

Psalm 109:21 The Message

21 Oh, God, my Lord, step in; work a miracle for me—you can do it! Get me out of here—your love is so great!—

God is always available, God is a ready source in time of trouble!

1 John 4:9–10 NLT

9 God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him. 10 This is real love—not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.

God loved me and God loved you first! Before you or I were even born! The proof of this love is in Jesus Christ who came to free us all from the shackles and bondage of sin!

Micah 7:18 NIV

18 Who is a God like you, who pardons sin and forgives the transgression of the remnant of his inheritance? You do not stay angry forever but delight to show mercy.

Our God is a God of Forgiveness. He is always willing to offer a chance at redemption - It is never too late!

Oh! How He Loves Us

Romans 5:5 NLT

5 And this hope will not lead to disappointment. For we know how dearly God loves us, because he has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love.

God’s love has justify my living and your living! His love has given me hope for a brighter future for you and me, this generation and the next, Because he has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love

John 3:16 NKJV

16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

Man, even death has no dominion over us, because we love God and God loves us!

It’s All Going To Workout

Romans 8:28 NKJV

28 And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.

Knowing that God loves me, everything I do is directed toward his glory and for a good cause!

Finally

our foundational scripture for this series

Romans 8:38–39 AMP

38 For I am persuaded beyond doubt (am sure) that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities, nor things impending and threatening nor things to come, nor powers, 39 Nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Jesus Christ protects each of us as believers from the most extreme experiences and forces.

There is nothing in the universe that can separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus

We can rest in this fact

Just consider the experiences and forces mentioned by in Scripture: ⇒ Not death: confronting death and leaving this world cannot separate us from Christ and His love (John 5:24).

⇒ Not life: no trial or pleasure or comfort of life, not any person nor any thing in this life can separate us from Christ and His love.

⇒ Not angels, principalities, or powers: no heavenly or spiritual creature, no being from any other dimension can separate us from Christ and His love.

⇒ Not any thing present or any thing to come: neither present events, beings or things, nor future events, beings, or things—absolutely nothing in existence or any thing in future existence—can cut us off from Christ and His love.

⇒ Not height or depth: nothing from outer space or from the depths of the earth can separate us from Christ and His love.

Look at this - the grand finale: if there be any other creature than the ones named, that creature cannot separate us from "the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord."

Oh How He Loves Us

Always & Forever

Next Steps

Next Steps:

Read Old Testament :

1st & 2nd Samuel

New Testament :

Philippians & Colossians