Question: since we\u2019re naturally drawn to people who love us, why is it so difficult for us to go to God in prayer? <\/p>\n
Answer: because we need a fresh revelation of His love for us!<\/i> <\/p>\n
Paul prayed that the Ephesian church would \u2018be able to understand how wide, long, high and deep His love is.\u2019<\/i> (Ephesians\u00a03:18\u00a0GWT) It\u2019s multi-dimensional, going to the ends of the universe and back, above and beyond all that we deserve. The truth is, God couldn\u2019t love you more than He does.<\/p>\n
What\u2019s His love like?<\/i> Look at the cross. Had you been the only<\/i> person who ever lived, Jesus would have died just for you. <\/p>\n
What does His love cost?<\/i> Nothing! It comes with no strings attached. You didn\u2019t do anything to deserve it, and when you mess up, you don\u2019t forfeit it. \u2018Nothing in all creation can separate us from God\u2019s love.\u2019<\/i> (Romans\u00a08:39\u00a0CEV) Once you accept that, you can acknowledge your weaknesses, seek God\u2019s help, grow strong, and use the talents He has given you. <\/p>\n
When you believe God loves you based on who you are in Christ, you have the ultimate self-esteem\u2014born of God\u2019s esteem for you. And since His is the only \u2018perfect love\u2019<\/i>, it removes your \u2018fear\u2019.<\/i> So, what are you afraid of? That you won\u2019t get what you need? That you will lose something you have? John tells us: \u2018His perfect love for us eliminates all dread\u2026 If we are afraid, it\u2026 shows\u2026 we are not fully convinced that He really loves us.\u2019<\/i> (1\u00a0John\u00a04:18\u00a0TLB) Ask God today for a fresh revelation of His love for you, bearing in mind that what He loves, He prizes, protects, and provides for. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Question: since we\u2019re naturally drawn to people who love us, why is it so difficult for us to go to God in prayer? Answer: because we need a fresh revelation of His love for us! Paul prayed that the Ephesian church would \u2018be able to understand how wide, long, high and deep His love is.\u2019 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1901"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1901"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1901\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}