He’s the first person to ever care
about you, and He cares about you more deeply than anyone else ever could.
He’s been waiting for you to acknowledge Him, to turn to Him
and to thank Him — for He has been faithfully caring for you throughout your
whole life; He alone has sustained you.
Though other people and forces have sought to exploit you,
to undermine you and to steal from you because of greed and a lust for power,
God has protected you so that you could hear this message about His goodness
and great love – so that you can forever escape the weakness, ignorance
and selfishness of this world by running into His arms.
He wants to lift you up; up and out of the “lowest common
denominator” situation that you may be finding yourself in. Though
everyone around you may be devoid of hope, you do not have to “settle”!
God’s desire for you is abundant life – like
a parent’s sincere desire for their child.
Have you ever seen “that look” in your parent’s eyes, when
you know that they just want you to be happy, to be successful, and to have
peace and security in your life?
Imagine this same kind of loving goodwill being directed to
you from God – but much more powerfully, and with none of the “baggage” or
fears that your biological parents are likely to carry with them.
Now turn to Him, talk to Him, acknowledge Him; spend some
time focusing on God. If you have a Bible, read it.
Pray and ask God to help you read it, and to lead you to
where in the bible He wants you to read – God uses the bible as one means
of communicating with us – He can talk through the bible in very specific
ways to meet our immediate needs; if the first one or two times you try this
nothing special seems to be coming, don’t be discouraged, just try again. It
could be that you just need to press into God and ask again.
How do I know that God loves us? He proved it to me by
pulling my life “out of the pit” as it were. I called out to Him and He
answered; He plucked me out of the situation I had found myself in after I
called out to Him in prayer, and set my life on a new unshakable path,
surrounded me with God-loving people, and gave me joy, hope, peace and inner
strength.
He gave me a family as a congregation, and even a personal relationship with
Himself. He gives me heavenly dreams and visions, special gifts, and unending
encouragement.
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