Happy Valentine's Day! Love, God

"And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge - that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God."  (Ephesians 3:17-19)

On this Valentine's Day, remember how much God cares for you and about you, how many blessings He's given you, how many hard times He's carried you through, and how many good things He's brought out of the bad.

But above all, remember how much He loves you.  God loves you - us, all of us, each and every person, all sinners, you personally - so much that He sacrificed Himself for you so that He could spend eternity with you and give you the fullest, most meaningful life you could ever have, on earth and in heaven.  He'd rather nail Himself to the cross for the chance that you'd believe in Him and be saved than risk losing you forever.

It wasn't nails that held Him to the cross; it was love.  

Amazing love!  

The City Harmonic's "Oh What Love"

Jeremy Riddle's "Sweetly Broken" 

Michael W. Smith's "Secret Ambition"

Crowder's "I AM"

Cloverton's "Christmas Hallelujah"

Anne Wilson's "Living Water" 

The Kiffness and Rushawn's It's a Beautiful Day (I sing this cute little song a lot)

"This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us...." (1 John 3:16)

“God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” (Romans 5:8)

"Christ suffered for you... When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats... He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed." (1 Peter 2:21-24)

"This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.  For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Jesus Christ, who gave himself as a ransom for all men..." (1 Timothy 2:3-6)

"For God so loved the world that he sent his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him will not perish but have eternal life."  (John 3:16)

[If you don't yet know Jesus as your Lord and Savior, see my post "Starting your own relationship with Jesus (and Why We Need Him!)" and this post with links to two short videos (from Greg Laurie and Tony Evans) that lead you in a prayer to receive Jesus as Lord and Savior: "Becoming a Christian".]