"And we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and the one who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in Him." 1 John 4:16 The greatest truth in all of Scripture is this: God is love. Understanding this in its full dimensions will set you free to enjoy all that is yours as a Christian. But you must accept that God loves you. If you grew up experiencing unconditional love in your family, this may not be difficult for you. However, if your early years were void of love, this truth may be hard to accept. God loves you, not because you deserve His love, but because His nature is love. The only way He will ever relate to you is in love. His love for you gives you an inherent worth that nothing can diminish. If you cannot accept the truth that God loves you, you will be limited in how you can relate to Him. When He disciplines you, you will not take it as an expression of His love. Rather, you may resent Him. When God says no to a request that is less than His best for you, you will conclude that He doesn’t care about you. Without a clear understanding and acceptance of God’s love for you, you will be disoriented to Him and to what He wants to do in your life. If you will accept God’s love, however, you will be able to return love to God as well as to others (1 John 4:19). Are you experiencing the profound sense of joy and security that comes from knowing you are dearly loved by God? Being assured of God’s love for you sets you free to enjoy the numerous expressions of love He shows upon you each day. "Experiencing God da by day devotional" By Henry and Richard Blackaby

I saw this video yesterday talking about who goes to heaven ,who get eternal punishment and one how could be forgiven. This video make think many about life , my current situation and clear my mind about the afterlife. Please don´t bring insults on the commends this my command.

User: Andre Iva This message might seem a little different from the others, but I still feel compelled to write it because I know other people out there need this question answered as well. I was asked how Jesus Christ can be considered 100% God—since He’s an eternal being—and 100% human—since He’s capable of understanding and feeling our emotions better than anyone—at the same time. To answer this question, we must look at two major chapters of the Bible: Genesis 1 and John 1. More specifically, I would like to focus on Genesis 1:26 and John 1:1-5. In the book of Genesis, chapter 1, verse 26, it reads, “Then God said, 'Let us make human beings in our image, to be like us. They will reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, the livestock, all the wild animals on the earth, and the small animals that scurry along the ground.” In this excerpt, God is conveying the idea that we, as humans, are essentially living, breathing reflections of our Heavenly Father. This idea can also be connected with Jesus being 100% human since—although He wasn’t a created being— He’s capable of effectively understanding, feeling, and connecting with humanity on a deeper level because all of humanity is simply a unique projection of our Creator. Additionally, John 1: 1- 5 says that—during the beginning of our world— “the Word already existed”, with the Word (which represents Jesus Christ, God the Son) being with God the Father, implying that—like the Father— Jesus is also an eternal being who brought light into this world amongst the Father. Paul even said in 2 Corinthians 4 that Jesus Christ is “the exact likeness of God” and that the glory of God is “seen in the face of Jesus Christ.” I believe that these two snippets from the Bible provide an effective insight into the dual nature of Jesus Christ, showing that—despite being a man who can perform miracles beyond our human understanding and logic— He’s still someone who displays His humanity through understanding our emotions and even experiencing those emotions through instances like His crucifixion.

Many people chose ego because they think the other ways of going forward like discipline and obsession will eventually fade but the reason why It fades is because they don’t have God in it the reason why I say this is because I have a obsession mentality where I added God to it and let me tell you I was able to get past through stuff that I thought I would never do and those things where doubt from my self and other people and doing hard stuff for what I’m pursuing which you could do the same.the reason why your obsession or discipline may not be working is because you haven’t invited God into it or given it to him

This is a bit of an elaboration from what I posted about 11-12 hours ago. I've been on my wits end today. The temptations with lust have been driving me mad, by God's grace only have I not sinned in this way. From the moment I woke up, I've been engulfed with family drama. My mom's side is at odds with one another. My uncle, his son, and our entire family are at odds. My uncle even went to far as to say that he wished my mother to be never born or something like that. All they care about is inheritance. I've been in the middle of it. My Dad's side of the family is in turmoil also, my Dad has been accused of drug use, his other son jake also. I don't know who to believe, Jake allegedly refused a hair follicle test which would go back years to see if he was doing drugs. He says that his wife is demonized or something. I'm staying out of it as much as I can but it's hard. My old protestant pastor blocked me today for absolutely no reason, we were cool and had a good relationship with one another. It was because of something that happened between him, my mother and someone else. My school has been stressing me out to such a degree that I'm physically exhausted and I drag myself out of bed to get to class or don't show because of insomnia. I've had many other issues that have sprung out of the blue and I don't know what to do with it all. Apologies for being inactive, it's been a lot. Everytime there is a Bible study, I had just gotten home from liturgy so it's hard to make it.