Thankful For God's Love

Today was the day here in the United States when we celebrate Thanks Giving.  I hope all of my American friends and family had a wonderful day celebrating.  I had a great day spending time with family and friends.  I thinking about things to be thankful for and I found that there is so much to be thankful for everyday.

It's hard to see those things at times especially when we are in pain or life isn't turning out the way we think it should.  Sometimes we fail to be thankful because our pride gets in the way and we become self centered and selfish.

Sometimes we need to take a step back and remember all that the Lord has done for us.  The Lord is the One who is in control of our lives and every situation that we encounter.  We aren't in control of anything.  We may think we are at times, but ultimately it is the Lord that is in control.  We have freewill.  We can decide to follow the Lord and obey Him or reject Him.

The Lord loves us so very much.  He wants to have a relationship with each one of us.  There are many people in our world these days that give no thought of God at all.  They become prideful and angry and they show no love.  Many hearts are growing colder and colder because they don't know how to love.

They don't know how to love because they have never embraced the God that loves them.  God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, Jesus Christ, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life (John 3:16).

The world needs to know the love of Jesus and we believers in Christ have a mission to tell them.  Our job is simple.  We are to tell the world about Jesus Christ and what He did for each one of us on the Cross.  Jesus shed His blood for my sins, your sins, and the sins of the entire world.   He doesn't want anyone to perish and go to hell, but He wants everyone to come to know the truth and come to know Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior.

We should be thankful for God's great love that He demonstrated to each one of us by sending His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ.  I love the Lord Jesus Christ and I am thankful He loves me so much.  I know I don't deserve His love at all.

Let's be thankful everyday for God's love for us.

Lord,
Thank You for Your great love for us.
Help us to love You more and more.
Help us to love each other as You love us so greatly.
I pray for those who don't know You to come to know You.
I uplift those who have strayed away from You O Lord.
I pray they will repent of their sins and turn to You.
Thank You, Jesus, for dying for our sins once and for all.
In Jesus Name I pray,
Amen.