DO YOU LOVE GOD?

So that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord's holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge- that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God, Ephesians 3:17-19 (NIV).

How great and genuine are the love of God to mankind! He sent His one and only son to die on the cross of Calvary for the sake of our sins, thereby making any one who believes in His son to be at peace, as well as have a healthy relationship with Him (God)... He fearfully and wonderfully made us in His own image and likeness... upon that He is daily thinking good thoughts about you and I. What a love! But God demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us, Romans 5:8.

How then do we return all these love He had and continued to shower on us? If I may suggest, though, there is no amount of love we return to Him that can be adequate for His own love for us. But I think we can show our appreciation of His love to us by being all out to His commission for us, like;

Being Born Again: this means repenting of our sins by confessing our sins and believing in His sent son (Jesus Christ). Who you love you obey. The holy Bible has said, If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness, 1 John 1:9. Also, If you declare with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved, Romans 10:9. 

Become His Disciple: if you become His disciple, the works He did while on earth, you shall do also. That is, spreading the good news about Jesus Christ to mankind. Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to to the Father, John 14:12. 

Care For One Another: If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person? Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth, 1 John 3:17-18. 

Therefore, obey God and answer His call. These are some of the least things we can do to show our love and appreciation to Him. Remember to ask for His grace because, it is not by our power nor our might.

Remain blessed.

Your beloved sister,

Ifeoma.