"(In love,) He predestined us to be adopted as his sons and through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will" Ephesians 1:5
It was God’s pleasure and will to adopt us as His children! WOW! God took great joy in making you His child.
It was God’s idea to make you one of His children long ago! Think of how much you love your children, or if you don’t have children, think of someone you love the most. That is just a taste of how much God loves you!
It has been said that there is nothing you can do to make God love you more and there is nothing you can do to make God love you less- He loves you! He showed that love to you by Jesus dying on the cross for you –to pay for your sin. What greater act of love could He have done?
On this mission trip God wants to use each of us to share His love. Everyone we meet will be someone for whom Jesus died and a potential child of God. Our job is to join God in what He is doing, rejoicing in His love for us and sharing that love with others.
If your own child did something wrong or messed up in some way would you love him or her less? No – you would hurt for them and want to help them. God is a perfect parent and loves you just like you are. God is pleased to have you as one of His children!
My prayer is that I will rejoice in God’s love so much that it overflows to others in Canada and everywhere I go. Ask God to help you embrace His love and allow it to overflow to others!
-Garry Gates
Great word brother, Thanks for the prayers
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