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GOD

WHO IS THIS GOD WE SERVE?
All of our painful circumstances can't alter who God is. Nothing we can do, nothing we say, NOTHING changes God. The Lord is good and His mercies endure FOREVER! He is always there for us, picking us back up off the ground, dusting us off, healing our wounds, wraps a loving arm around us and loves us back to health.

John 14:8-9 8 Philip said, "Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us." 9 Jesus answered: "Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?

All of the loving, wonderful things we attribute to Jesus, are the Father, too! We must realize that! God reached down to us in the form of Jesus so we can know who He is!

God is:

Eternal: Psalms 90:1,2 Lord, you have been our dwelling place throughout all generations. 2 Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the whole world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.

Unchanging: Malachi 3:6 "I the Lord do not change.

A Spirit: John 4:24 God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth."

Loving: John 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

Psalms 145:8 The Lord is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in love.

God will never lie. He is always true to His word. He will never do anything contrary to His nature. We can trust Him because He will never fail us.

God didn't invent love for us, HE IS LOVE! He desires relationship with us. He didn't create us as puppets to do things for him, but gave us a free will. That is where we are free to show our true love for Him in return. We also have the free will to turn away from Him. Love is what gives us a choice. Do we love Him or not? Spend time in prayer, talk to Him like you would a loving father, read the bible and you can't help but fall in love with Him!

Matthew 7:11 11 If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!

Isaiah 9:6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

2 Corithians 1:3,4 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.

Psalms 91:1,2 Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. 2 I will say of the Lord, "He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust."

2 Corinthians 6:18 "I will be a Father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty."

Now who wouldn't love a God like this!

Prayer:

Father, You are love. Please pour your love out on me and teach me and show me how to love you and others. Amen!