June 9 Devotion - Why should we love God? - Final Part - God is Faithful

In part 1 to 4 of this series of devotions we covered the first five reasons for loving God.

 Reasons to love God:

1.  

We love Him because He first loved us.

نحن نحبه لانه هو احبنا اولا.

I John 4.19

 

2.  

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

لانه هكذا احب الله العالم حتى بذل ابنه الوحيد لكي لا يهلك كل من يؤمن به بل تكون له الحياة الابدية.

John 3:16

 

3.  

The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms.

فَالإِلَهُ الأَبَدِيُّ هُوَ مَلْجَأُكُمْ، وَتَحْتَكُمْ تَنْبَسِطُ الأَذْرُعُ الأَبَدِيَّةُ،

Deuteronomy 33:27 ﺍﻟﺘﺜﻨﻴﺔ

 

4.

God is my strength and power, And He makes my way perfect

اللهُ حِصْنِيَ المَنِيْعُ.
يُساعِدُ الأنقياءَ ليسلُكوا الدرب الصحيح،

2Samuel 22:33 ﺻﻤﻮﺋﻴﻞ ﺍﻟﺜﺎﻧﻲ

5.

The LORD is compassionate, merciful, gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in love.

اللهُ حَنُونٌ وَرَحِيمٌ
حَلِيمٌ وَمَلِيءٌ بالمَحَبَّةِ.

ﺍﻟﻤﺰﺍﻣﻴﺮ  Psalm 103:8

 

6.

 God is faithful. He has chosen you to share life with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

فَأمِينٌ هُوَ اللهُ الَّذِي دَعاكُمْ إلَى الشَّرِكَةِ مَعَ ابنِهِ يَسُوعَ المِسِيحِ رَبِّنا.

1 Corinthians 1:9  ﻛﻮﺭﻧﺜﻮﺱ ﺍﻻﻭﻝ

 

There are many other verses in the Bible demonstrating who God is and why we should love Him. God never asks us to do something He does not do, and He does it so much better and so much more. So imagine how He loves us when He asks us to love Him. He loves us with all His heart, all His soul, all His mind and all His strength. I invite each one of us to feel and try to comprehend how much God loves each one of us.

 

I invite you to repeat the following prayer for yourself:

Abba Father, thank You for Your abundant blessings. Thank You God that You are trustworthy in all Your promises and faithful to me in all You do. Psalm 145:13 You keep Your covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love You and keep Your commandments. Deuteronomy 7:9 Thank You God that You are compassionate towards me, You show mercy toward me in the most tender and affectionate manner. You are slow to anger and merciful even though I sin toward You, and You are always covering me with Your love. Through Your grace I am saved . Thank You Lord that You are my strength and You make me walk in the perfect path that You have designed for me. O’ my eternal and almighty God, in You my soul reposes. I put my total trust in You. Protect me and comfort me forever in any situation especially during my greatest distresses. Lord, thank You for loving me and for loving me first. Lord I want to love You back with an intense love. Lord if there is anything in my life that is keeping me from loving You the way You want me to love You and to be totally committed to You Lord, then please reveal it to me and erase it from my life. Father, please pour Your love into my heart through Your Holy Spirit like You did with The Disciples in Pentecost. In Jesus’ name I pray. To Him be the power, the glory, the majesty, the blessings, and the dominion forever and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Jesus loves you
In Him,
Wagdi Henein