God’s Great Gift of Love - June 2
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🗓️ 2 June 2019
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
In today’s podcast we’re going to create space to talk about and receive God’s great gift of love. You and I were made to be loved by God. And until we make room to receive the unselfish, steadfast, tangible love of God, we’ll spend the rest of our lives striving, vying for affection from others. May striving cease today as we receive the lavish affection of our good and loving God.
Our Scripture for today comes from 1 John 4:19, and today's worship is Lover by Capital City Music featuring Dion Davis.
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| 0:00.0 | In today's for Sotene Podcast, we're going to create space to talk about and receive God's great gift of love. You and I were made to be loved by God and until we make room |
| 0:16.0 | to receive the unselfish, steadfast, tangible love of God, we'll spend the rest of our |
| 0:21.2 | life striving, lying for affection from others. |
| 0:25.0 | May striving cease today as we receive the lavish affection of our good and loving God. The scripture at the foundation of today's devotional comes from 1st John 419. |
| 0:51.9 | God's word says we love because he first loved us. |
| 0:57.6 | You need to experience the love of God. |
| 1:00.8 | The single most important part of your day is receiving the love of your Heavenly Father. |
| 1:06.0 | Without being loved by God, you can't fully love Him or others. |
| 1:11.0 | And the Bible says in 1st Corinthians 13. |
| 1:13.4 | 1. If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I'm a noisy gong or a clinging |
| 1:20.6 | symbol. You are called to live your life in response to God's love |
| 1:25.1 | because God asks that everything you do be done in love. If what you're doing |
| 1:30.4 | isn't done in love, it's not pleasing to him, and you can't live a lifestyle of loving |
| 1:34.7 | others without being loved by him first. And what's more, God's desires to completely overwhelm |
| 1:41.7 | you with his love right now. He doesn't want to love you |
| 1:45.6 | just so you love him back or love others around you. Loving God and others is a natural |
| 1:51.0 | byproduct of receiving God's love. He loves you just because he loves you. |
| 1:57.2 | He longs for you to live a lifestyle of love because he knows that's the absolute most fulfilling, purposeful, and peaceful way of life for you. |
| 2:06.8 | He longs to set you free from the burdens of living for your own gain. |
| 2:11.5 | He longs to lead you to the path of abundant life, but it all starts with simply |
| 2:16.4 | receiving his love. The love of God will guide you, establish you, empower you, and fully delight you. His love will free |
| 2:26.1 | you, compel you and sustain you. His love for you is eternal, real, and right now. All you need to do is simply open your heart to him and |
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