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John 5:3
For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments:
and his commandments are not burdensome.
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Someone
cares for you.
He
wants you to have Peace.
He
knows your present circumstances. He knows your very thoughts.
And He is calling to you now: “Come unto Me, all ye
that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest”
(Matthew 11:28).
Rest—real
rest—from the burdens of life, is what Jesus Christ
offers you. Rest from fear and guilt, from worry and frustration,
from loneliness and disappointment.
If
you are struggling under life’s pressures, He offers
to bear your burdens with you: “Take My yoke upon you,
and learn from Me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye
shall find rest unto your souls. For My yoke is easy, and
My burden is light” (Matthew 11:29-30).
If
you are searching for peace of mind and soul, He offers you
His peace: “Peace I leave with you, My peace I give
unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not
your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid” (John
14:27).
Yes,
Jesus cares for you. He, God the Son, became a man to redeem
you from the consequences of sin. In His 33 years on earth
He suffered rejection, abuse and cruelty. He endured hunger,
thirst and pain. And He died upon the Cross of Calvary to
fulfill God’s plan of salvation: “He was wounded
for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities:
the chastisement of our peace was upon Him; and with His stripes
we are healed” (Isaiah 53:5). When He arose from the
grave He triumphed over sin and death, promising all who will
receive Him: “Because I live, ye shall live also”
(John 14:19).
You
can be sure that this very moment Jesus cares for you and
wants to meet your needs. For the risen Savior is both God
and man: being man He understands your every need; being God
He is able to deliver you.
Because
Jesus is the risen Son of God, He has power to forgive your
sins and give you new, eternal life: “If thou shalt
confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus Christ, and shalt believe
in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou
shalt be saved” (Romans 10:9).
Because
Jesus lived upon earth as a man, He understands your feelings
and needs. Through His Spirit He offers you inner peace and
strength. Through His people He offers encouragement and companionship.
Through His Word, the Bible, He reveals a new way of living
in harmony with God and man. And He Himself stands at the
right hand of God in Heaven representing those who have put
their trust in Him. “Let us therefore come boldly unto
the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace
to help in time of need” (Hebrews 4:16).
Yes,
come to Jesus Christ today. Receive Him as your Savior and
Friend. Then you too can know that truth, power and sympathy
are found in one glorious Person, the Lord Jesus Christ.
Lord
Jesus, I believe that when you died on a cross you were dying
for me, to bring me forgiveness for all my sins. I now ask
you to be my Savior, to pardon me for every wrong I have thought
or said or done. I believe in you as my Savior, for now and
always. Thank you for dying to save me. Thank you for giving
my your peace in your words. I love you Jesus. Amen..
God
shows us how to love him...
Here
are some verses that show us how to LOVE God...
Exodus
20:6 And showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me,
and keep my commandments.
Deuteronomy 6:5 And you shall love the LORD your God with
all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your
might.
Deuteronomy 7:9 Know therefore that the LORD your God, he
is God, the faithful God, who keeps covenant and mercy with
them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand
generations;
Deuteronomy 11:1 Therefore you shall love the LORD your God,
and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments,
and his commandments, always.
Deuteronomy 11:13 And it shall come to pass, if you shall
hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you
this day, to love the LORD your God, and to serve him with
all your heart and with all your soul,
Deuteronomy 11:14 That I will give you the rain of your land
in its due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that
you may gather in your grain, and your wine, and your oil.
Deuteronomy 11:15 And I will send grass in your fields for
your cattle, that you may eat and be full.
Deuteronomy 13:3 You shall not hearken unto the words of that
prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God
is testing you, to know whether you love the LORD your God
with all your heart and with all your soul.
Deuteronomy 30:20 That you may love the LORD your God, and
that you may obey his voice, and that you may cleave unto
him: for he is your life, and the length of your days: that
you may dwell in the land which the LORD swore unto your fathers,
to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.
Joshua 22:5 But take diligent heed to do the commandment and
the law, which Moses the servant of the LORD charged you,
to love the LORD your God, and to walk in all his ways, and
to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve
him with all your heart and with all your soul.
Psalms 5:11 But let all those that put their trust in you
rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because you defend them:
let them also that love your name be joyful in you.
Psalms 31:23 O love the LORD, all you his saints: for the
LORD preserves the faithful, and plentifully repays the proud
doer.
Psalms 69:36 The children also of his servants shall inherit
it: and they that love his name shall dwell therein.
Psalms 91:14 Because he has set his love upon me, therefore
will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he has
known my name.
Psalms 97:10 You that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserves
the souls of his saints; he delivers them out of the hand
of the wicked.
Psalms 116:1 I love the LORD, because he has heard my voice
and my supplications.
Psalms 145:20 The LORD preserves all them that love him: but
all the wicked will he destroy.
Isaiah 56:6 Also the sons of the foreigner, that join themselves
to the LORD, to serve him, and to love the name of the LORD,
to be his servants, everyone that keeps the sabbath from defiling
it, and takes hold of my covenant;
Isaiah 56:7 Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and
make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings
and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon my altar; for
my house shall be called a house of prayer for all people.
Matthew 22:37 Jesus said unto him, You shall love the Lord
your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and
with all your mind.
Matthew 22:38 This is the first and great commandment.
Mark 12:33 And to love him with all the heart, and with all
the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the
strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more than
all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
Luke 11:42 But woe unto you, Pharisees! for you tithe mint
and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over justice and
the love of God: these ought you to have done, and not to
leave the other undone.
John 5:42 But I know you, that you have not the love of God
in you.
John 14:31 But that the world may know that I love the Father;
and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise,
let us go from here.
Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for
good to them that love God, to them who are the called according
to his purpose.
1 Corinthians 8:3 But if any man loves God, the same is known
by him.
Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,
longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
2 Thessalonians 3:5 And the Lord direct your hearts into the
love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.
1 John 2:5 But whoever keeps his word, in him verily is the
love of God perfected: by this we know that we are in him.
1 John 2:15 Love not the world, neither the things that are
in the world. If any man loves the world, the love of the
Father is not in him.
1 John 3:17 But whoever has this world's goods, and sees his
brother have need, and shuts up his heart of compassion from
him, how dwells the love of God in him?
1 John 4:17 In this is our love made perfect, that we may
have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so
are we in this world.
1 John 4:18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts
out fear: because fear has to do with punishment. He that
fears is not made perfect in love.
1 John 4:19 We love him, because he first loved us.
1 John 4:20 If a man say, I love God, and hates his brother,
he is a liar: for he that loves not his brother whom he has
seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?
1 John 5:1 Whosoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is
born of God: and everyone that loves him that begat loves
him also that is begotten of him.
1 John 5:3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments:
and his commandments are not burdensome.
Jude 1:21 Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for
the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
Here
is a song about loving God.
"Now
therefore, our God, we thank Thee, and praise Thy glorious
Name." 1 Chronicles 29:13
"Now
Our God"
Now our God we give thanks to You, for all the things You
have done.
You've shown Your grace in so many ways,
Your mercy and kindness and pow'r.
We thank You, thank You, thank You, Lord,
We thank You, thank You, thank You, Lord.
Now our God we give love to You, for all the things You have
done.
You've shown Your grace in so many ways,
Your mercy and kindness and pow'r.
We love You, love You, love You, Lord,
We love You, love You, love You, Lord.
Now our God we give praise to You, for all the things You
have done.
You've shown Your grace in so many ways,
Your mercy and kindness and pow'r.
We praise You, praise You, praise You, Lord,
We praise You, praise You, praise You, Lord.
Here
is another song about loving God.
"He
that hath My commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that
loveth Me." John 14:21
"What shall I do, my God to love"
What shall I do, my God to love,
My loving God to praise!
The length, and breadth, and height to prove
And depth of sovereign grace?
Thy sovereign grace to all extends,
Immense and unconfined;
From age to age it never ends,
It reaches all mankind.
Throughout the world its breadth is known,
Wide as infinity,
So wide it never passed by one;
Or it had passed by me.
Come quickly, then, my Lord, and take
Possession of Thine own;
My longing heart vouchsafe to make
Thine everlasting throne.
Assert Thy claim, receive Thy right,
Come quickly from above,
And sink me to perfection's height,
The depth of humble love.
God's
love for you is so Great...
A love that you don't have to earn.
An unconditional love that is stronger than any human love.
God is the source of that love. When our lives are open to
Him, God's love can flow to us and through us to others.
God's love is so great that He sent His own Son to bridge
the gap that separates us from Him. The Bible says, "God demonstrates
His own love for us in that while we were yet sinners, Christ
died for us" (Romans 5:8).
That's love! Jesus Christ gave His life so that we would know
His Father's love forever. There is no sin that we will ever
commit that has not been paid for by Christ's death. Nothing
can separate us from His love.
Why not get off the roller coaster today? Only God's love
can give you the security you're really looking for. His unchanging
love can free you to be all you're meant to be. You can be
sure of God's love if you will:
Recognize that your sin separates you from God: "For all have
sinned and fall short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23).
Realize that God loves you, and believe that Jesus Christ
died for your sins: "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" (John 3:16).
Receive Him into your life by faith: "If you confess with
your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord,' and believe in your heart that
God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved" (Romans 10:9).
Jesus
wants you to have his Best promises!