Conversations
with God
God's reply: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness. Long before I laid down earth’s foundations, I had you in mind, had settled on you the focus of my love, to be made whole and holy by my love. Long, long ago I decided to adopt you into my family through Jesus Christ. (What pleasure I took in planning this!) I wanted you to enter into the celebration of his lavish gift-giving by the hand of my beloved Son.
Since you are precious and honored in my sight, and because I love you. I, God demonstrates my love for you in this: While you were still a sinner, Christ died for you. Because of the sacrifice of the Messiah, his blood poured out on the altar of the Cross, you are free —free of penalties and punishments chalked up by all our misdeeds. And not just barely free, either. Abundantly free!
I, God have made you my friends again. I did this through Christ’s death in the body so that he might bring you into (my) God’s presence as a person who is holy, with no wrong, and with nothing of which I can judge you guilty. Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
My love has been poured out into your heart through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to you. I, the Lord your God is with you; the mighty One will save you. I will rejoice over you. You will rest in my love; I will sing and be joyful about you. Be still, and know that I am God.”
Malachi 1;2 (MSG) Jeremiah 31;3 (NIV) Eph. 1;3-6 (MSG) Isaiah 43:4 (NIV) Rom.5;8 (NIV) Eph. 1;7&8 (MSG) Col. 1;22 (NCV) Rom. 8;1 (NIV) Rom.5;5 (NIV) Zeph.3;17 (NCV) Ps. 46;10 (NIV) in all passages I took the freedom to adopted the pronouns accordingly and made slight changes, without distorting the meaning of scripture.
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