Hey everybody! :) The Lord has been impressing something on me pretty strong lately.
I was laying down the other night musing about some things when I suddenly had this thought. It had to be from the Lord because it was one of those thoughts that REALLY REALLY convict you, and leave a major impact on you as well. It also got me thinking, and I couldn't wait to share it with you all out here. My thought was this..... (It's actually a few thoughts.)
"How sad it would be if you really loved someone and they didn't love you!" And then I thought, "Well, God loved the world and even gave his life for it, and boy do they hate him!" And then the thought that hit me (hit me hard!) was this, "God madly loves us as Christians. We are His bride, and beloved, he cherishes us, and takes care of us. He loves it when we talk to Him or read his beautiful love letter (The Bible). But do we love Him that much?
The question, "Do we love Him that much?" has been fresh in my Spirit all week.
Guys, do we REALLY love Jesus as much as we say we do?
No, come on now! Think about it. Let's say you were madly and passionately in love with someone.
I'm sure you'd constantly daydream about them, and greatly desire to be with that person. EVERYTHING they say is just SO cute or SO funny, and you hang on to every word. You think they are just the most handsomest or the most gorgeous person in the world. Every little note or love letter is just SO special and you reread it over and over again. You constantly want to talk to them, learn more about him or her, look at this person, praise them, and you just cherish that person GREATLY. You would never want to do anything to displease this person, and you desire to know what their will is so you can serve him or her in anyway possible. You go after their VERY heart and want to win it. They're your best friend, and your BELOVED. And your biggest day dream is that wedding where you'll FINALLY be united with your Awesome groom or bride.
(I know, by now you're thinking, "Honour, how do you know about all this?" lol Well, my brother is courting a girl and I tell you what, he is ALL of the above plus MORE! I get to see all of that played out before me every single day. =)
But now let's take all this a step forward. Are we that much in love with Jesus Christ? SERIOUSLY. Be honest with yourself!
Do we constantly day dream about Him? Do we greatly desire to be with Him, and look forward to seeing Him AS SOON AS POSSIBLE? Is everything Jesus says SO amazing or SO awesome that we just hang on to every single one of His words? Is Jesus the most handsomest person in all the world AND universe to us? Is Jesus' love letter (the Bible) SO special to us that we just reread it over and over again? Do we constantly want to talk to Him, learn more about Him, see His face, be in His bosom, praise Him, and just CHERISH Him with everything in us? Do we strive to be holy and perfect so we don't diplease our Beloved, and do we desire to know His will so we can serve Him in anyway possible? Are we going after God's VERY heart and trying to win it? Is he our best friend and BELOVED? And is our biggest day dream that meeting in the air, and that marriage supper of the Lamb, where we'll FINALLY be united with our Beloved bridegroom?
Guys, if we can love MERE man that much, how much MORE should we be IN LOVE with our Saviour, and Creator, and Beloved Bridegroom????!!!!!
Jesus Christ has done SOOO much for us, how can we NOT be HEAD OVER HEELS in LOVE with Him?! <3<3<3<3<3
Psalm 31:23 KJV says, "O love the Lord, all ye his saints: for the Lord preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer."
Psalm 73:25-26 KJV,
"Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none
upon earth that I desire beside thee. My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever."
Proverbs 8:17 KJV, "I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me."
The Lord LONGS for us to love Him! He wants to LOVE us back! <3
He also wants us to seek Him so He can shower His beautiful love upon us.<3
You oughta go read Song of Solomon and think of it as You as the bride and Christ as the bridegrooom.
Song of Solomon 2:4 KJV, "He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love."
Song of Solomon 5:16 KJV, "His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem."
Song of Solomon 8:6-7 KJV, "Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong
as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame. Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned."
Another thing we need to be careful of is leaving our FIRST love like the Ephesians did in Revelation 2:4 KJV, "Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent."
Guys, let's be the generation who loves the Lord Jesus Christ with EVERYTHING in us! Go after His heart. Seek Him. Love Him. Cherish Him. Serve Him. Praise Him. All of that over again. Don't waste any time. It's VERY precious and we need to use it WISELY!
Well, I could go on and on about all this, but I better get off now. I really excited about witnessing to someone today, and I'm excited to see what great things the Lord's gonna do. God TRULY is awesome! =) I LOVE YOU ALL in Christ!<3
~Honour Purity<3
I was laying down the other night musing about some things when I suddenly had this thought. It had to be from the Lord because it was one of those thoughts that REALLY REALLY convict you, and leave a major impact on you as well. It also got me thinking, and I couldn't wait to share it with you all out here. My thought was this..... (It's actually a few thoughts.)
"How sad it would be if you really loved someone and they didn't love you!" And then I thought, "Well, God loved the world and even gave his life for it, and boy do they hate him!" And then the thought that hit me (hit me hard!) was this, "God madly loves us as Christians. We are His bride, and beloved, he cherishes us, and takes care of us. He loves it when we talk to Him or read his beautiful love letter (The Bible). But do we love Him that much?
The question, "Do we love Him that much?" has been fresh in my Spirit all week.
Guys, do we REALLY love Jesus as much as we say we do?
No, come on now! Think about it. Let's say you were madly and passionately in love with someone.
I'm sure you'd constantly daydream about them, and greatly desire to be with that person. EVERYTHING they say is just SO cute or SO funny, and you hang on to every word. You think they are just the most handsomest or the most gorgeous person in the world. Every little note or love letter is just SO special and you reread it over and over again. You constantly want to talk to them, learn more about him or her, look at this person, praise them, and you just cherish that person GREATLY. You would never want to do anything to displease this person, and you desire to know what their will is so you can serve him or her in anyway possible. You go after their VERY heart and want to win it. They're your best friend, and your BELOVED. And your biggest day dream is that wedding where you'll FINALLY be united with your Awesome groom or bride.
(I know, by now you're thinking, "Honour, how do you know about all this?" lol Well, my brother is courting a girl and I tell you what, he is ALL of the above plus MORE! I get to see all of that played out before me every single day. =)
But now let's take all this a step forward. Are we that much in love with Jesus Christ? SERIOUSLY. Be honest with yourself!
Do we constantly day dream about Him? Do we greatly desire to be with Him, and look forward to seeing Him AS SOON AS POSSIBLE? Is everything Jesus says SO amazing or SO awesome that we just hang on to every single one of His words? Is Jesus the most handsomest person in all the world AND universe to us? Is Jesus' love letter (the Bible) SO special to us that we just reread it over and over again? Do we constantly want to talk to Him, learn more about Him, see His face, be in His bosom, praise Him, and just CHERISH Him with everything in us? Do we strive to be holy and perfect so we don't diplease our Beloved, and do we desire to know His will so we can serve Him in anyway possible? Are we going after God's VERY heart and trying to win it? Is he our best friend and BELOVED? And is our biggest day dream that meeting in the air, and that marriage supper of the Lamb, where we'll FINALLY be united with our Beloved bridegroom?
Guys, if we can love MERE man that much, how much MORE should we be IN LOVE with our Saviour, and Creator, and Beloved Bridegroom????!!!!!
Jesus Christ has done SOOO much for us, how can we NOT be HEAD OVER HEELS in LOVE with Him?! <3<3<3<3<3
Psalm 31:23 KJV says, "O love the Lord, all ye his saints: for the Lord preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer."
Psalm 73:25-26 KJV,
"Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none
upon earth that I desire beside thee. My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever."
Proverbs 8:17 KJV, "I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me."
The Lord LONGS for us to love Him! He wants to LOVE us back! <3
He also wants us to seek Him so He can shower His beautiful love upon us.<3
You oughta go read Song of Solomon and think of it as You as the bride and Christ as the bridegrooom.
Song of Solomon 2:4 KJV, "He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love."
Song of Solomon 5:16 KJV, "His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem."
Song of Solomon 8:6-7 KJV, "Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong
as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame. Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned."
Another thing we need to be careful of is leaving our FIRST love like the Ephesians did in Revelation 2:4 KJV, "Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent."
Guys, let's be the generation who loves the Lord Jesus Christ with EVERYTHING in us! Go after His heart. Seek Him. Love Him. Cherish Him. Serve Him. Praise Him. All of that over again. Don't waste any time. It's VERY precious and we need to use it WISELY!
Well, I could go on and on about all this, but I better get off now. I really excited about witnessing to someone today, and I'm excited to see what great things the Lord's gonna do. God TRULY is awesome! =) I LOVE YOU ALL in Christ!<3
~Honour Purity<3
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