will you expect GOD to love you?…

again GOD says in exodus 34.6 (nlt), I am the LORD, the merciful and gracious GOD. I am slow to anger, rich in unfailing love and faithfulness. and again I want to emphasize that GOD is not waiting to get you. HE’s waiting to love you.

so why don’t you step over the line and say, “GOD, instead of living in fear of YOU, i want to get to know YOU better, the ONE who loves me the most.”

we’ve talked about how you and i can begin to break through this thing of becoming so easily angered. to do that, you have to trust GOD. you can’t do it on your own, on your own strength. you ask GOD for the strength to break that pattern of anger. then you get in with a group of people who are trusting HIM to encourage patience rather than encourage anger. you pray to HIM about your problems and you find his peace in your life. then ask for HIS wisdom when it comes to the need to get some rest, to slow down a little bit. you expect GOD’s love to strengthen you in the realities of life.

will you expect GOD to love you?

if that’s your desire, if you’d say, i want to break through that. i want to be a different person, just tell GOD that. say something like, “GOD, i don’t want to be an angry person.” pray that to GOD. “i want to be a loving person. i choose to expect YOUr love to not only forgive me but to direct and to guide me. beginning today, give me the faith that i need to focus on that which is good and right and pure. to focus on you.” we pray this in JESUS’ name. amen.

just a thought from the front porch…