1 John 4:10 –\u00a0<\/b>This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us\u00a0and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.<\/i><\/p>\n
It\u2019s not about us.\u00a0 It\u2019s not about me and it\u2019s not about you. Long before we were born, many others were born and died. Before the first man and first woman were created by God, the animals of the land and sea were created.\u00a0 Before the animals of land and sea were created, the earth and all the universe were created.\u00a0 Before all of creation God was.\u00a0 God has no beginning and no end (since we are finite and He is infinite, some things we are to know that it is so and not know how it is so).\u00a0 God is before all, above all, and He made all.\u00a0 Family, it\u2019s not about us, it\u2019s about Him. \u00a0Of primary importance is that in infinity past He knew each of us and loved us.\u00a0 Because He loved us He created us.\u00a0 If He had not loved us we would never have been.<\/p>\n
God created mankind because He loved each and every one.\u00a0 Even after the first of mankind rejected Him, He still loved them.\u00a0 All the heavenly onlookers wondered what would become of mankind.\u00a0 God had a plan.\u00a0 He always has a plan.\u00a0 He always had a plan for you and He always had a plan for me.\u00a0 Yes, God has a plan.\u00a0 Though no heavenly being knew how to save mankind, God knew, and the plan was already in place, and the plan was already unfolding.\u00a0 God had a plan to save mankind because God loves mankind.\u00a0 Before man sinned God loved mankind.\u00a0 When man sinned, God loved mankind.\u00a0 After man sinned, God loved mankind.\u00a0 He loves mankind so He sent Jesus to rescue us.\u00a0 So Family, more important than that we repented and loved, and love, God, is that God first loved us.\u00a0 If He did not we would never have come into existence.\u00a0 If He did not love mankind He would never have made a way for mankind to be redeemed from the darkness of rebellion.\u00a0 Yes, God first loved us and because He did, because He is love, we able to love Him.\u00a0 He knew us first and loved us first and we are because He loved us.<\/p>\n
Everything began with God.\u00a0 Sure, all things are not as God made them, but all things are because of God. Everything is about God!\u00a0 The focus of our life should be on God.\u00a0 He is our creator and the fulfillment of our lives.\u00a0 He has always loved each one of us.<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s make it easy on ourselves.\u00a0 Let\u2019s remember the truth.\u00a0 It\u2019s not about us, it\u2019s all about God.\u00a0 Life is easier that way.\u00a0 God wants our lives to be about Him, not because of an ego or power trip, but because it is best for us.\u00a0 Remember that He first loved us.\u00a0 Let\u2019s not worry about ourselves, let\u2019s focus on God and pursue Him.\u00a0 The more we trust Him and not ourselves, the better it is for us.\u00a0 It\u2019s not about me.\u00a0 It\u2019s not about you.\u00a0 It\u2019s all about God.\u00a0 Let\u2019s keep that in mind and truly enjoy life.<\/p>\n
God is good all the time and all the time He loves us!\u00a0 Praise God! Thank you Lord! Praise you Lord.<\/p>\n
Psalm 150:6<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.\u00a0 Praise the Lord!<\/p>\n
Micah 7:7<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0But as for me, I watch\u00a0in hope\u00a0for the\u00a0Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear\u00a0me.<\/p>\n
Micah 6:8<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0He has shown You, O man, what\u00a0is\u00a0good; And what does the\u00a0Lord\u00a0require of You but to do justly, to love mercy, And to walk humbly with Your God.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
1 John 4:10 –\u00a0This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us\u00a0and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. It\u2019s not about us.\u00a0 It\u2019s not about me and it\u2019s not about you. Long before we were born, many others were born and died. Before the first man and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1192],"tags":[100,94,17],"class_list":["post-1184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotion","tag-john","tag-micah","tag-psalm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1184"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1184\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1185,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1184\/revisions\/1185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}