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Day 222  God Loves Us Lavishly

Hosea 14:4-8  The Message (MSG)

I will love them lavishly. My anger is played out.
I will make a fresh start with Israel.

God’s anger was played out the day Jesus was crucified on the cross.  The cross is the ultimate display of God’s love for us. 

Can you even imagine watching your son be crucified.  I cannot!  But God in His mercy and His love for us sent His Son to the cross to die for us—each of us!

We as Christians cut our teeth on John 3:16.  Here it is in paraphrased in The Message Bible:

John 3:16   The Message (MSG)

 “This is how much God loved the world: He gave his Son, his one and only Son. And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life. God didn’t go to all the trouble of sending his Son merely to point an accusing finger, telling the world how bad it was. He came to help, to put the world right again.

The entire Old Testament points us to this day.  This is the day that God’s love was poured out for us!

All we have to do is come to Him and lay the broken pieces of our life before Him and say,  “I cannot do this my way any longer.  I give my heart and my life to You, Jesus.  Do what You want with it.  I am Yours from now on.”

What joy in the courts of God when each of us comes with the broken pieces in our hands.

GPS  (Direction From God’s Word)

·         Luke 15:11-24

·         Hosea 14: 1-9

·         Luke 15:10

Prayer Focus:

Here I am, Lord, ready to accept Your love that was poured out for me….ready to live for You.