God's love
I will accept you as my wife forever, and instead of a bride price I will give you justice, fairness, love, kindness... ~ Hosea 2:19 (CEV)
God loved the people of this world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who has faith in him will have eternal life and never really die. ~ John 3:16 (CEV)
KEY THOUGHT:
Embrace God and his lavish love.
PRAYER:
God, I feel loved because of you and all that you have given. Forgive me for the times when I feel that I need to prove myself to you when you clearly love unconditionally. Help me to trust you even more. I'm going to wallow in your justice, fairness, love, and kindness. And I'm going to expect that because of that I'll begin to look more like you. Amen.
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase — my own freestyle biblical adaptation — somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
