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Wednesday... Love can be so powerful.



Psalm 44:3 (NLT), "They did not conquer the land with their swords; it was not their own strong arm that gave then victory. It was your right hand and strong arm and your blinding face that helped them for you loved them."

Wednesday... Love can be so powerful.

There is so much love going around. I love coffee but the lid of my coffee cup was not on on tight and I just got it all over me. But there is a love that makes all the difference in our lives. I hope you have experienced this love.


Well the writer of Psalm 44:3 (NLT) says this, "They did not conquer the land with their swords; it was not their own strong arm that gave them victory. It was your right hand and strong arm and the blinding light from your face that helped them, for you loved them." Love can be so powerful.

Now God had promised this land for them. They were slaves in Egypt and because of his love he wanted more for them so he took them through so much to get to this land. And he did it because he loved them.

But they were a mess. His plan was to give it to them as soon as it took them to get there but they were a problem and it took them 40 years but God waited and conquered the land for them. Love can be patient and powerful.

Over in John 3 there is also a reminder to us of God's love. Verses 16-17 says, "For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone 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." Yes love can be so patient and so powerful. But somewhere in all of this we each one need to acknowledge this love to experience the whole power of this love.

Psalm 44:3 in the Amplified Bible says, "For our fathers did not possess the land [of Canaan] by their own sword, nor did their own arm save them, but Your right hand and Your arm and the light of Your presence, because You were favored and delighted in them." There is so much that he wants to do in our life. He really does love us.

And then John 3:16 in the Amplified Bible says, "For God [greatly] loved and dearly prized the world, that He [even] gave His [One and] only begotten Son, so that the whoever believes and trusts in Him [as Savior] shall not perish, but have eternal life." Yes God's love is patient, is powerful and it means that you do not need to perish but have eternal life. But we have to believe and trust in Him as our Savior and accept His love. Yes God wants to save us. We cannot and we don't need to save ourselves.   

As the Psalmist writes, "For our fathers did not possess the land [of Canaan] by their own sword, nor did their own arm save them, but Your right hand and Your arm and the light of Your presence, because You favored and delighted in them." And verse 17 in John 3 says, "God did not send the 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." And that means you and me.

Yes his love can be so powerful and it can save us!. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning



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