As we continue our week on God's heart to meet with man, today we'll look at the best example I can think of.

Many of us doubt the love of God due to all kinds of circumstances, but I

pray today that you become even a little bit more convinced and sure of his pursuit and

unconditional love for you specifically.

Open your heart today and allow God to give you a renewed sense of how much you mean to him.

Welcome to the First of Team Podcast. Our verse for today comes from Matthew 1 verse 23.

Scripture says, behold, the Virgin shall conceive and bear a son,

and they shall call his name

Emmanuel which means God with us.

There is no more powerful depiction of God's love for us than Jesus stepping off his throne

To humble himself take on flesh and dwell among men

Jesus coming down to us perfectly demonstrated God's grace and desire

to meet with man. Imagine for a minute the sacrifice of Jesus. Prior to coming down to us he was spirit like God the

Father and the Holy Spirit. He dwelled everywhere in every point of time. He was in perfect communion with the Father and the Holy Spirit.

Jesus gave up the very nature of his existence that we might walk in restored relationship with God.

He sacrificed being Spirit, that we might simply know God's love.

Jesus was the heart of God perfectly personified.

And everything he did, he clearly displayed God's heart for mercy, grace, justice,

redemption, and empowerment for his people. He's the center of all history. All of

creation looks to him as king of kings and lord of lords.

Isaiah 96 tells us for to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government shall

be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called wonderful counselor, mighty God, everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

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