Weekly "Call To Worship" Encouragement

Do you realize how much God loves you? Maybe you can relate to my mindset, but sometimes I forget how much God loves me, or I don’t think about it, or I don’t think I’m worthy or I don’t think I measure up, or I’ve made too many mistakes.

But really, the reason we are here this morning, together is because God loves us. 

John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life."

Romans 8:35-39  "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written:

“For your sake we face death all day long;
    we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”

No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord."

Ephesians 3:14-20 "For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 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.

Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen."

Let’s continue in prayer together:

Father in heaven, your love is amazing.  You love the whole world and all the different kinds of people in the world, the lovely and the unlovely.  And Father you proved your love by sending Jesus to die for our sins and to be for us the way and the truth and the life. 

Father, your love is the strongest force there is and nothing can separate us from your love for us in Christ Jesus our Lord.  Lord sometimes it feels like we are being torn away from you, but that is just a lie from the evil one.  Nothing can separate us from your love. 

Father we pray that by your Spirit we can know how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ.  Father, your love compels us, help us to feel and know that motivation and to tell others about your love.

Lord, we worship you now, may it be pleasing to you.  In Jesus’ name, Amen.