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Thank You Lord

This morning I want to declare that  I love God and am amazed at His great love for us. My heart's cry is to feel His love more and more. I want to know this God who gave up His one and only son for me to have life and have it more abundantly. 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"...such great love for me .

Yesterday in church, we studied Jonah 3 and I was so captivated with the fact that God..had mercy on Jonah , asked the fish to vomit him to dry land (that was grace..he could have been vomited back to the waters and asked to find his way to dry land...just a thought) and God's word came upon him a second time.He gave him a chance to go to Nineveh and warn them about the looming punishment.  Once they heard what God had said, the people and their King repented and God had compassion and forgave them..BUT GOD...I can't explain how But   changes the whole story..God loves us so much and when we say we are sorry..our merciful father forgives and forgets...

Jonah goes ahead and tells God , when he choses to forgive the people of Nineveh.."I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God,slow to anger and abounding in love, a God who relents from sending calamity"..Imagine it just calls for us to pray and God who is compassionate can turn things around..let us cease the moment, let us not loose this great opportunity to know God so personally.

I want to know this God who can give up his son for me a sinner. This Easter means so much to me, because I can somehow identify with losing a son..my one and only son..the pain of losing him..I cant imagine God turning a blind eye on Jesus when he carried all our sins..so that we/I can be set free. ..Dear Lord thank you for that deep love, and being a God of compassion.

Blessings to you all

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