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There are certain things that you need when you go on a journey, trip, or a vacation. You need to bring your clothes, your money, you passport if you are leaving the country, and your medicine. In our spiritual journey we need some important things for the journey.
In Paul’s prayer in Ephesians 3: 18-19; he prays for this for every person on the journey of following Jesus. “And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep His love is. May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God.”
Many people have the wrong image of God. How many feel that God is mean, hurtful, and just wants to get back at us, because of our sin. When we need to come to understand that God loves me! God loves you! God loves all people, of all nations, walks of life, and He is not willing that any should perish but that all should come to everlasting life.
Something changes in us, and helps us in the journey of life, when we know that God loves me! Jesus loves me! Jesus gave His life to save me, to strengthen me, to support me on the journey of life.
Paul was revealing the immense love that God has for me today. He prays, that we would know how wide, how long, how high and how deep is His love for us. That nothing can compare to the love that God has for us!
Today, I pray that I would just accept His love for me and know that His love is for me and not against me!
God loves you today! What will you do with His love today? Will you accept it or will you reject it!
“For God so loved the world, that He gave His One and Only Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” John 3:16
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Pastor Ronald Squibb has been the International Christian Church (ICC) Lead Senior Pastor at Staten Island, New York, since 2011. He draws many experiences from his over 40 years as a pastor and significant emotional life experiences.
His new book, Following the Journey with Jesus, which he co-authored with Daniel McNaughton, was recently published and is getting rave reviews. His daily devotional appears in this publication.
