God's eye.
I didn't receive what God had said to me because I felt condemned thinking such nice things about myself. About two days later I opened my Bible to Psalm 17:8, and there it was staring me in the face: "Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings." I said, "Oops, that was really God. I am the apple of God's eye." For the longest time, I felt so special every time I thought about it.
People have a craving, and a longing, and a desire in their hearts to be loved. God made us that way. Many people believe that God loves the world and that He loves Jesus, but they have a hard time believing that God loves them. Yet the Word teaches that God loves them as much as He loves Jesus. He loves you as much as He loves Jesus.
Let's look at John 5:20:
"For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel."
God says here, "I'm doing all these great things through Jesus, and greater things than this through Jesus, that you may marvel" (author's paraphrase). Do you know that it is fine to marvel at something, to be in awe of what God is doing?
We read these Scriptures, but we often miss what God wants to do for us. He wants us to look at the great works He did through Jesus and just marvel and say, "Boy, God, that's wonderful what You did through Jesus." Then He wants you to turn in the Bible to John 14:12 where Jesus says:
"He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father."
God will do the same things through you, and greater works than these shall you do because Jesus went to His father. Do you believe that? Do you really believe that God loves you and will use you?
The Lord ministered to me one day when I was studying and said, "Joyce, I do so many things for people every day because I love them, and they don't ever see it. They don't recognize it at all. I'll give you just one example. Every day when I speak to the sun and say 'Rise,' I did it for Joyce, for Betty, for Jamie, for (fill in your name here)."
Stop and think about that. The sun rises in the sky every day for you. Yes, the sun! And we just take that for granted. We know the sun is going to come up every day, but it rises for you. When the rain comes in its season, it rains for you. When the snow comes, it comes for you. God loves you that much.
Deuteronomy 7:9 says,
"Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations."
Do you think that a thousand generations is long enough for you to get in on the love of God?
You see, He is an everlasting God, and you can't wear God out. A lot of us think that we have just worn God out with our failures and messes, but you can't do that. Love can't be worn out, and you can't get God not to love you. Love is not something God does. It is Who He is.
Even the dirtiest, rottenest sinner that ever walked the face of this earth and would spit in the eyes of Jesus and say, "I want nothing to do with you; I'm perfectly satisfied to go to hell"—God loves him. So how could He not love those who have been chosen and set apart for God's purpose?
You may have already said, "I receive Jesus into my heart, and I love Him." But I ask you, how much do you believe God loves you?
This is a very simple message to you: God loves you. But this is the basic foundation that God has to lay in you for you to understand everything else.
No matter what else you learn and how hard you study and seek the things of God, if you can't accept the fact that God loves you, you are not going to get very far. God's love for you is the foundation for your faith, for your freedom from sin and for your ability to step out in ministry to others without fear. Will you receive His love for you?
God loves you!
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Am I Good
I didn't receive what God had said to me because I felt condemned thinking such nice things about myself. About two days later I opened my Bible to Psalm 17:8, and there it was staring me in the face: "Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings." I said, "Oops, that was really God. I am the apple of God's eye." For the longest time, I felt so special every time I thought about it.
People have a craving, and a longing, and a desire in their hearts to be loved. God made us that way. Many people believe that God loves the world and that He loves Jesus, but they have a hard time believing that God loves them. Yet the Word teaches that God loves them as much as He loves Jesus. He loves you as much as He loves Jesus.
Let's look at John 5:20:
"For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel."
God says here, "I'm doing all these great things through Jesus, and greater things than this through Jesus, that you may marvel" (author's paraphrase). Do you know that it is fine to marvel at something, to be in awe of what God is doing?
We read these Scriptures, but we often miss what God wants to do for us. He wants us to look at the great works He did through Jesus and just marvel and say, "Boy, God, that's wonderful what You did through Jesus." Then He wants you to turn in the Bible to John 14:12 where Jesus says:
"He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father."
God will do the same things through you, and greater works than these shall you do because Jesus went to His father. Do you believe that? Do you really believe that God loves you and will use you?
The Lord ministered to me one day when I was studying and said, "Joyce, I do so many things for people every day because I love them, and they don't ever see it. They don't recognize it at all. I'll give you just one example. Every day when I speak to the sun and say 'Rise,' I did it for Joyce, for Betty, for Jamie, for (fill in your name here)."
Stop and think about that. The sun rises in the sky every day for you. Yes, the sun! And we just take that for granted. We know the sun is going to come up every day, but it rises for you. When the rain comes in its season, it rains for you. When the snow comes, it comes for you. God loves you that much.
Deuteronomy 7:9 says,
"Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations."
Do you think that a thousand generations is long enough for you to get in on the love of God?
You see, He is an everlasting God, and you can't wear God out. A lot of us think that we have just worn God out with our failures and messes, but you can't do that. Love can't be worn out, and you can't get God not to love you. Love is not something God does. It is Who He is.
Even the dirtiest, rottenest sinner that ever walked the face of this earth and would spit in the eyes of Jesus and say, "I want nothing to do with you; I'm perfectly satisfied to go to hell"—God loves him. So how could He not love those who have been chosen and set apart for God's purpose?
You may have already said, "I receive Jesus into my heart, and I love Him." But I ask you, how much do you believe God loves you?
This is a very simple message to you: God loves you. But this is the basic foundation that God has to lay in you for you to understand everything else.
No matter what else you learn and how hard you study and seek the things of God, if you can't accept the fact that God loves you, you are not going to get very far. God's love for you is the foundation for your faith, for your freedom from sin and for your ability to step out in ministry to others without fear. Will you receive His love for you?
God loves you!
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Am I Good
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