7-27-20   THOUGHTS

The argument from WERE to ARE.  If God loved us when we were sinners, He surely loves us now that he has saved us!  The discussion of JESUS is SENSE CONDENSED.  We sing the old song...  “He is my everything, He is my all!”  
1Pet 3:15  but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts,    
I ask that for each of us today!   Set Jesus apart in your heart today.  JESUS IS LORD!

Rom 5:8-11   But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. 9  Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him. 10  For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. 11  And not only this, but we also exult [glory]  in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.

The POWER of the words above is amazing.  
We love him because HE first loved us!  1John 4:19
Through Jesus, God not only displayed his great love, but he solved all of our problems relating to sin and eternity!
Gal 6:14   But may it never be that I would boast [same word as exult above], except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
Col 3:3-4   For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God.  4 When Christ, who is our life, is revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him in glory.
My life wanders... not because I want it to, but because I forget to set Christ in His right place in my mind!  I must be reminded CONTINUALLY!  I must remind myself through God’s WORD!
My Prayer:
Oh God of heaven and earth, may we be absorbed by your great love for us in Christ Jesus.  Stay our hearts on you Oh God.  You are the only unchangeable thing in our lives!  Remind us continually of your presence.  You loved us first Oh Lord, teach us to love more fully.  
In Jesus name                    Amen