When you don’t feel like God loves you is when you’d better declare by faith that He does. When you don’t feel like He cares about you is when you’d better believe “the love that God hath to us” (1 John 4:16) and say to the devil, “Satan, don’t you come around here telling me that Jesus doesn’t care! How dare you insult Him like that in my presence! I love Him with all my heart, all my soul, all my mind and all my strength. What’s more important, He loves me with all His heart, all His soul and all His strength. That’s why He went to the Cross. It’s why He became a man, suffered, died and rose again, and now ever lives to make intercession for me. He did it all because He loves me!”
As Much As He Loves Jesus
I’ll never forget when I first started to catch hold of this. It was back in my early days as a student at Oral Roberts University. I was at home one day studying my Bible and I started reading the prayer Jesus prayed in John 17. I’d just learned about the power of agreement, so I said, “Since this is Jesus praying here, and I know He was praying in faith, as I go through this I’m just going to agree with everything He said.”
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Points to Get You There:
The Apostle John was a powerful example of a world overcomer. He outlived all the other disciples and survived the devil’s every attempt to kill him, all because of his faith in God’s love. Here are some points to get you there:
1) God doesn’t just have love, HE IS LOVE. 1 John 4:8
2) God loves you just as much as He loves Jesus. John 17:23
3) Even when you don’t feel like God loves you, you can choose to believe it. 1 John 4:16
4) You can receive His love the same way you received salvation, by confessing with your mouth and believing in your heart. Romans 10:9
5) Operate by faith in God’s love by saying over and over, “God loves me!” Mark 11:22-23
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