God is love and whoever abides in love abides in God and God abides in him (1 John 4:16). God's love for us is so great that he was willing to sacrifice his Son for us (John 3:16). We know that love to be complete needs to be both ways; we desire those we love to love us in return. God is no different; as he loves us, with a love that is beyond our comprehension, he longs for us to love him in return with all of our heart and with all of our soul and with all of our might. God does not need our love to continue to be God, but it is the desire of his heart that we love him.
Prayer
Father, your love is clearly a sacrificial love; a love that is willing to give for the benefit of the one being loved. You were willing to sacrifice your Son on the cross so that we could have salvation and thus love you in return. Lord Jesus, with such great love for us, you were willing to suffer and die for us. You left us an example that if we truly love you as you loved the Father, then we also would be willing so suffer and die as your witness. We see this sacrificial love being lived out daily by those living under persecution. Lord, please extend your mercy to them as they face things too difficult for us to describe or understand.
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