We love Him because He love us.
1 John 4:1
JESUS JUST PREPARED BREAKFAST of bread and fish for the disciples. When they finished eating. He asked Simon Peter, "Somon son of John, do you love me more than these?"
Peter must have been surprised that Jesus should ask,!"Do you truly love me?" For three years they had been together, Peter had seen Jesus transfigured before them. He had distributed the bread and fish feeding the multitude, He had deen Jesus heal the sick. Why did Jesus need to hear Peter say he loves Him?
One of your fundamental emotional needs is to give as well as to receive love, and the fact that even Jesuswanted a commitment of love is a reflection that God wants to know that we love Him. In His ministry Jesus taught that loving God was the greatest of all the commandments,,but how does rhis translated into our lives today?
Telling God that you love Him is part of it, but allowing His love to flow through you as you love others demonstrates that love. Should Jesus appeaf to you and ask the same question, how would you answer? Saying, "Of course, you know that I do," wouldn't satisfy Him. He wants to know. On a scale of 1to 10, how would you rate your love for Him?
John wrote that "We live because He first loved us" (1John 4:19). Tell God that you love Him too. He wants to know tha you do.
1 John 4:1
JESUS JUST PREPARED BREAKFAST of bread and fish for the disciples. When they finished eating. He asked Simon Peter, "Somon son of John, do you love me more than these?"
Peter must have been surprised that Jesus should ask,!"Do you truly love me?" For three years they had been together, Peter had seen Jesus transfigured before them. He had distributed the bread and fish feeding the multitude, He had deen Jesus heal the sick. Why did Jesus need to hear Peter say he loves Him?
One of your fundamental emotional needs is to give as well as to receive love, and the fact that even Jesuswanted a commitment of love is a reflection that God wants to know that we love Him. In His ministry Jesus taught that loving God was the greatest of all the commandments,,but how does rhis translated into our lives today?
Telling God that you love Him is part of it, but allowing His love to flow through you as you love others demonstrates that love. Should Jesus appeaf to you and ask the same question, how would you answer? Saying, "Of course, you know that I do," wouldn't satisfy Him. He wants to know. On a scale of 1to 10, how would you rate your love for Him?
John wrote that "We live because He first loved us" (1John 4:19). Tell God that you love Him too. He wants to know tha you do.
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