GOD’S WORD FOR OCTOBER 20

We are reading from a daily devotional  called “Running To Win” written by Erwin Lutzer  and the late, great D.L. Moody.   Erwin Lutzer is a light in our day as D.L. Moody was in his.  Besides his many ministries, and many books, Pastor Lutzer was Senior Pastor at Moody Church in Chicago for 36 years and now serves as Pastor Emeritus there.  He is  Chancelor and a former professor at Moody Bible Institute, where he taught Theology and Ministry, and now has numerous radio teachings.

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NO LONGER AN ENEMY

But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8

D.L. MOODY

I know of no truth in the whole Bible that ought to come home to us with such power and tenderness as that of the Love of God. There is no truth in the Bible that Satan would so much like to blot out. For more than six thousand years he has been trying to persuade men that God does not love them. He succeeded in making our first parents believe this lie; and too often he succeeds with their children.

The idea that God does not love us often comes from false teaching. Mothers make a mistake in teaching children that God does not love them when they do wrong, but only when they do right. That is not taught in Scripture. You do not teach your children that when they do wrong you hate them. Their wrongdoing does not change your love to hate, if it did, you would change your love a great many times. Because your child is fretful or has committed some act of disobedience, you do not cast him out as though he did not belong to you! No! He is still your child, and you love him. And if men have gone astray from God, it does not follow that He hates them. It is the sin that He hates.

ERWIN LUTZER

God loves the world at large, but His love is particularly focused on those who are His. We believers find it difficult to believe God loves us as much as He loves Jesus. Deeply ingrained within us is the false belief we must earn God’s love. Yet we, as God’s chosen, can confidently say, “Father, you love me as if I am Jesus”(John 17:23–26). Read Romans 8 and Paul’s assurances that believers cannot ever be separated from the love of Christ. When we or our circumstances are out of control, let us remember that God still loves us.

PRAYER

Father, thank you that I am loved because I am joined to Christ, your Beloved Son.

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2 Corinthians 5:14

“For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died.”

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1 Peter 5:7

“Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.”

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Psalms 147:11

“The Lord delights in those who fear him, who put their hope in his unfailing love.” 

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Isaiah 54:10

“Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed,” says the Lord, who has compassion on you.”

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Psalm 100:5

“For the Lord is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.”

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Psalm 136:1

“Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good. His love endures forever.”

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1 Chronicles 16:34

“Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.”

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Deuteronomy 7:9

“Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments.”

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Romans 8:38-39

“For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

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