FRIENDSHIP WITH JESUS

My Precious Jesus!

Oh how much I look forward to our special time together each day when I take time to read Your Word and we talk together.   My favourite message about You is John 3:16.   Iliketo make it personal, by reading it like this:   “For God so loved me that He gave His only Begotten Son, Jesus, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish,but have everlasting life,”

Lord do you know how special that makes me feel?  My heart is overwhelmed with gratitude.   Imagine!   The Creator and God of The Universe is always there for me supplying my every need -  just as You have promised in Philippians 4:19.   You are interested in Whatever I am doing, ever cheering me on to my heavenly home.

My lips give praise to You as David did inPraise Psalm 63:3, “Because Your loving kindness is better than life”.  You have taught me what real love is because You are my best friend!   Your Word in John 15:13-15. Speaks to the deepest part of my soul.   You have said, “Greater love has no one than this,  than to lay down one’s life for his friends “.  And Lord, You did that for me!

My heart rejoices and overflows with love for You.   Even though my earthly friends may disappoint me,  I know You never will! I love You my Saviour and dearest Friend!  Amen.

John 3:16 - This is one of the best known verses in all the Bible, doubtless because it states the gospel so clearly and simply. It summarizes what the Lord Jesus had been teaching Nicodemus concerning the manner by which the new birth is received. God, we read, so loved the world. The world here includes all mankind. God does not love men's sins or the wicked world system, but He loves people and is not willing that any should perish.

The extent of His love is shown by the fact that He gave His only begotten Son. God has no other Son like the Lord Jesus. It was an expression of His infinite love that He would be willing to give His unique Son for a race of rebel sinners. This does not mean that everyone is saved. A person must receive what Christ has done for him before God will give him eternal life. Therefore, the words are added, “that whoever believes in Him should not perish.” There is no need for anyone to perish. A way has been provided by which all might be saved, but a person must acknowledge the Lord Jesus Christ as personal Savior. When he does this, he has eternal life as a present possession. Boreham says:

When the church comes to understand the love with which God loved the world, she will be restless and ill at ease, until all the great empires have been captured, until every coral island has been won.