The Father HIMSELF: His Love

…  for the Father himself loves you,
because you have loved me and have believed
that I came from God. John 16:27 ESV

Me and my earthly dad

Do you know in the depths of your being that God your Father loves you and even likes you? Or do you feel like He just tolerates, puts up with you?

Does negative self-talk dog your steps? Are these your thoughts and maybe even words out of your mouth:

I’m an imposter, a nobody.
I’m stupid, and no one loves me.
If I could just “get my act together,” God would love me and maybe even like me.
My sins are standing between me and God.
I’m a failure.

STOP!

Jesus assured His followers the night before He died.

…  the Father himself loves you,
because you have loved me and have believed
that I came from God. John 16:27 ESV

He wanted them to experience their Father God’s love, not just His own. And His presence, through the indwelling Spirit.

Later that evening He prayed a revealing truth:

O righteous Father, even though the world does not know you, I know you,
and these know that you have sent me.
I made known to them your name, and I will continue to make it known,
that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them.
John 17:25-26 ESV

Did you see that? The Father loves us with the same love that He has for His perfect Beloved Son!

You and I are our Father’s beloved ones.
He Himself loves us …
EMBRACE His LOVE today!

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