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Friday... There really is a difference.


Psalm 91:14 (NLT), "The Lord says, 'I will rescue those who love me. I will protect those who trust in my name."

Friday... There really is a difference.

Look at Psalm 91:14 (NLT), "The Lord says, 'I will rescue those who love me. I will protect those who trust in my name."

Yes loving God really does make a difference in our lives, now and forever.


Look at verses 14-16, "The Lord says, 'I will rescue those who love me. I will protect those who trust in my name. When they call on me, I will answer; I will be with them in trouble. I will rescue and honor them. I will reward them with a long life and give them my salvation."

Yes, God rewards those who love him. Verse 15 in the Amplified Bible says, "He will call upon Me and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will rescue him and honor him."

Yes loving God really does make a difference here on earth. It really does. And loving Him also makes a difference throughout our whole existence. You see He shows His love by preparing a place for those of us who love Him where we will live forever but we also must see that this life here on earth is a time for us to experience His love for us and for us to show our love for Him. 

Verse 14 says, "Because he set his love on Me, therefore I will save him; I will set him [securely] on high, because he knows My name [he confidently trusts and relies on Me, knowing I will never abandon him, no, never]." and verse 16 "With a long life I will satisfy him and I will let him see My salvation."

Yes there are benefits, there really is a difference in my loving God and His loving me. John 3:16-17 (NLT) says, "For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him."

The Amplified Bible says, "For God so [greatly] loved and dearly prized the world, that He [even] gave His [One and} only begotten Son, so that whoever believes and trusts in Him [as Savior] shall not perish, but have eternal life. For God did not send His Son into the world to judge and condemn the world [that is, to initiate the final judgment of the world] but that the world might be saved through Him."

Yes, our loving God really does make a difference for us in this world and in the next. So let's believe in Him and really, really love Him. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning



 



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