You are so Valuable to God

You are extremely valuable in God's eyes.

God is constantly interested in you. He thinks about you every minute.

God created humanity, but to God you are not just a mere specimen of humanity. God loves every human being like a good mother loves her own child.

That is why God suffers with deep heartache when we distance ourselves from His love, when we want to live as if He did not exist.

Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love. 1 Jn 4:8 NRSV

God created Adam and Eve and they were totally good in the beginning. God made them without fault.

So God created humankind in his image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. Gen 1:27 NRSV

God saw everything that he had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day. Gen 1:31 NRSV

We know our ancestors went wrong because the Bible tells us the sad story, but if we want confirmation, we need only look at the horrible state of the world.

You and I need only consider the inadequacy of our own lives and we know that we have all gone wrong.

If we are not merciful and faithful, God still loves us totally because He cannot help but be faithful and merciful.

Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love. 1 Jn 4:8 NRSV

• God loves you because He created you and He created you because He loved you.

• God saw you and loved you before the creation of the world.

• God loved you when you were conceived.  

For it was you who formed my inward parts; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. Ps 139:13 NRSV

My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. Ps 139:15 NRSV

He loved you in the womb.

He loved you when you were born and he never stopped loving you.
But maybe you were conceived in a car. Maybe you began as an unwanted pregnancy, but God wanted you and he still wants you.

That makes no difference to God's love. He does not blame you for your parents’ mistakes.

Were you then abused as a child? God is just. What was done to you does not affect his love for you in the slightest.

You are not responsible for your parents’ mistakes but you are responsible to God for your own life. We have all gone wrong and we need God’s forgiveness, but God loves you and He wants to forgive you for everything. He is waiting to hear the cry of your heart.

Living in Love

 God created us in love and for love. If we all loved as God wants us to, no one would be lonely.

But even if you love and are full of love, you will sometimes suffer from the unkindness of others who are not loving.

Jesus himself was a victim of rejection when he was brutally crucified.

But Jesus had to endure misunderstanding and rejection all his life.

Jesus taught that we must love everyone, even our enemies, or our friends when they misunderstand or even betray us.  

Jesus himself always loved in this way. Jesus is our example.

We are all learning to live a life of love.

God is love. He made you to live in love. When we do not live in God's love, we do not function properly. Our thoughts, feelings and physical health cannot be optimal.

If you are driving a Formula One car and you put in poor quality petrol, your racing car will not work properly.

You are meant to love and love must be the fuel of your life.

God is love itself. When we are connected to God, God's love flows in and through us like a river of living water that never runs dry.

On the last and greatest day of the Feast, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink.

Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him.”

By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified. Jn 7:37–39 NIVUK84

When you entrust your life to Jesus, you always have access to the source of life.

But it doesn't happen automatically.

•     How do you react when your boss bullies you?

•     What do you think when you hear the news that terrorists are taking hostages and probably torturing them?

 Jesus told us to love our enemies. How did Jesus himself react when he was slowly dying on the cross?

 Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” And they divided up his clothes by casting lots. Lk 23:34 NIVUK84

You may be appalled by a political party and its policies. How do you respond in your spirit? Like Jesus on the cross? I often don't, but we are in a learning process.

God Heals Broken Hearts

He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. Psalm 147:3 (ESV) 

God is our loving heavenly Father. 

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16 (ESV) 

If you don’t love Jesus, He still loves you as His child but you are estranged from His love. Oil and water just don’t mix. God’s Holy love cannot mix with our selfish mistrustful nature. 

God sacrificed His only Son in heaven to win you back to Himself. When you and I live according to our faulty human nature, we get hurt and we hurt others without even trying. The world is full of broken hearted people. Our dear Father in heaven wants so much to heal our broken hearts but He is waiting for us to come to Him and trust Him.

If you really know Jesus, you cannot help but love Him. You have experienced His love and encouragement but He wants something from you. He wants you to look and see who is broken hearted. He wants to go with you to comfort and heal broken people.