God's Love for You

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God's Love for You

"Something is wrong with the human race. We all sense it. Things aren't the way they should be. Not in the world. Not in our neighbors. Not in ourselves.

"We aren't as kind, as generous, or as loving as we should be. We do things we shouldn't. We are selfish, arrogant, sometimes even cruel. We use other people for our own ends. We fall short even of our own low standards.

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"THE LOVE OF GOD

"God has not abandoned us, because God is love. He loves the world he made, and he loves us, broken though we are.

"God loves us so much that he sent his only Son to become one of us and to save the human race.

"His Son was born in the village of Bethlehem two thousand years ago. He grew up to become the most important person in history: Jesus of Nazareth, the Messiah, the Christ.

"In his ministry, Jesus traveled the hills of Galilee and Judea. He taught the word of God, healed the sick, gave sight to the blind, and even raised the dead. In every way, he demonstrated God's love for us and his desire to heal us spiritually as well as physically.

"Jesus opened the way for us to have eternal life.

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"WHAT WILL YOU CHOOSE?

"God respects our freedom to choose. He gave man free will, and if anyone chooses to spend eternity apart from God, he will let him do so. The question is what each of us will do. What will you choose?

"Will you choose sin and separation? A life of selfishness, greed, and anger? A life of bitterness, frustration, even despair?

"Or will you choose to become what you should be? Will you choose to embrace God's love (even through the carrying of your own cross), to receive his forgiveness and healing, and to live as he made you to live--the only way you can be truly happy?

For the entire article, see: http://www.catholic.com/library/gods_love_for_you.asp

-- Bill Nelson (bnelson45-nospam@Hotmail.com), March 30, 2004

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-- Bill Nelson (bnelson45-nospam@hotmail.com), March 30, 2004.

16. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18. He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

-- ZAROVE (ZAROFF3@JUNO.COM), March 30, 2004.

Praise the LORD! AMEN!

-- Jason (Enchanted fire5@aol.com), March 30, 2004.

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