1 Corinthians 1313 says so now faith hope and love abide in these three but the greatest of these is love

the greatest of all aspects of the Christian life is love love is to be at the foundation of all we do, all we are,

and all we hold on to. If we focus on love and allow the Holy Spirit to strip everything else

away, what will be left is a life of blessed simplicity, rooted, and face-to-face relationship with our Heavenly Father.

As we spend time this week looking at the simplicity of love, I pray that the weighty, frivolous

things of the world that rob you of an abundant life fall away in the light of the glorious

goodness of God's unconditional and holy available love

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The fact that we are pursued by the creator of the universe is an unfathomable truth, perfectly illustrating the

amazing love our Heavenly Father has for us.

Ephesians 2.8 says, for by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your

own doing. It is the gift of God. Those of us who have believed in and accept the free gift of salvation

have been lifted out of the world's foundation of workspace living and ushered into a new

standard of grace. By grace alone, we have wonderful restored relationship with a God who passionately

pursues us in every season of life.

And by grace alone, our lives are now based on the unconditional love of our good father.

1 John 4.8 says, anyone who does not love does not know God because God is love.

All that God does is love because

it's in his very nature. Every word of scripture was authored because he loves us. Every good thing

we have in life is only available to us because he loves us. The fact that you and I have air in our lungs

is a miraculous demonstration of God's overwhelming faithfulness.

The fact that we can enter into such a depth of relationship

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