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Week of August 23, 2026
Apostle Paul wrote, “I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Romans 8:38-39) God’s unconditional love is one of the most difficult things for us to understand. God doesn’t love us because of who we are or what we have. He loves us because He is God.
Something to understand is that God doesn’t love you more when you read His Word and pray a lot and He doesn’t love you less when you don’t. God cannot love you sometimes, and not at other times. Paul said the love of God compels us and drives us. (2 Corinthians 5:14). When God lives in us, we can’t help but love. When we look at ourselves, the enemy will try to make us see a mess and think that’s how God feels about us. But the Bible says that God demonstrates His love for us in this: while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. It’s only the love of God that keeps you strong.
No matter how many times you think you have failed as long as you hold onto God’s unchanging hand, He’ll be strong in your life. You may still struggle with the love of God, because you’re looking at how often you’ve failed. Don’t let the enemy torment you over whether or not God loves you. He’s God. It’s His nature. I have said many times that God loves us as we are but loves us too much to leave us as we are. He loves us enough to go prepare a place for us that where He is we can be too! (see John 14:1-6). And not only that, He is coming back for us. 1 Thessalonians 4:16- 17 tells us, “For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.” Have you received the gift of salvation that God loved us enough to give? If not, let today be that day you receive the greatest expression of God’s love.
Pastor Dave
