You may find it difficult to believe but it's true God loves you, I realize from the look in your eyes and tone of your voice you don't believe a word coming from my mouth. You see God the Father as having been an absentee Father. That my child is a life from the pit of hell. His love for you is not based on your appearance or your performance but on the fact that you are His creation His child. I know you have prayed and He never seemed to come when you wanted Him to, but trust me He was there and He has counted ever tear you have shade and He will wipe away ever tear you have shade and the joy that the enemy has stolen away The Heavenly Father can give it back to and more joy than the world can understand. But you must walk by faith and trust in Him even when you can't see Him or a way out, for His word tells me He did not bring us this far to leave us. Just as a good parent loves their children, so God loves His children and even more so, He sacrificed His only begotten son for you and I. You will not be able to make God stop loving you, no matter what you do or don't do. You can displease Him, you can disappoint Him, you can anger Him but you can't make Him stop loving you. What are the practical consequences of God loving you? First, it means you can trust Him. No one who truly loves you will mistreat you. Second, it means God is doing all He can to help you and bless you. "Then why am I going through this?" We must learn to cooperate with God to receive His blessing. That is why we need continuing instruction from the Bible so we can know how to receive all that God has for us. The promise of Jesus is that if we continue in His Word it will reveal the truth to us and make us free. That is the blessing which God has provided for you through Christ because He loves you: true freedom! Freedom from fear, freedom from confusion, freedom from lack, freedom from sickness, freedom from strife, freedom from sin.
38. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come,
39. nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans8:38-39).
Lord I know that there are many among us tonight that feel like you abandoned them, I'm guilty of this, when my PTSD episodes happen, in the middle of the night the wife the children and friends and family are all asleep, even the dog and the cat and I feel all alone. Even though we can't feel your not far, help us to reach out into the darkness and take hold of your unchanging hand. Let us not fear the dark but know that you are with us.
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