First John 4:19 (ESV) says, “We love because [God] first loved us.” The marvelous and encouraging truth is that God Himself loves us. Please don’t skip past this. Pause and let it sink in ...

From this passage, John gives us some essential aspects of God’s infinite love that we would do well as Christians to embrace. First of all, God is love. He is the ultimate expression of love.

Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest ...