Clear Focus, Part 3: God Loves Us (#960)

Clear Focus, Part 3: God Loves Us (#960)
God bless you, wonderful saints. We’re here again for another wonderful session in God’s word. I may be teaching, but obviously what we are focusing on is God and His word; I’m just the guy reading it to you and making a few comments. God’s word is where the power and the strength lies.
We started in December on a new topic called: “Clear Focus.” We have to know where to focus our thoughts, there are so many things to think about everyday. Just think about it, tomorrow is a new day; some people are going to school, some people are going to work, some people are working at home, some people just have a big long to-do list that takes them all over the place. Everybody’s got a little bit different situation, but tomorrow’s a new week and the way of the world and our adversary is to get us to focus on many negative things that tend to get us negative, perhaps scared, but God wants us to focus on Him and His ability to take care of us. We’ve already had a few sessions on having a clear focus and we’ll have several more where we’ll focus on different aspects of what God’s word wants us to think about. And today we have a very, very, simple, wonderful focus that’s at the basis of really everything we do, which is acknowledging that God loves us. And that’s very important to focus on, because in the days ahead you will be around people that don’t love you very much. It could be that they’re just neutral and don’t care and don’t want to help you, it could be they’re actively working against you, we run into both of those things from time to time. But, we want to focus on how much God loves us, and it is good to remember that. So, when you’re in one of those situations where perhaps the people around you aren’t quite as nice as you’d like, you can remember, and at least focus on God’s love.
Because He always loves you. People are going to come and go; sometimes you’ll be surrounded by wonderful people that love you and take care of you, sometimes you’ll be surrounded by people that are just neutral, they don’t care about you one way or another and may ignore you; sometimes you’ll be around people actively antagonistic towards you. We will have all three happen to us. It depends on the week and the day and who you are and who you are around; its not always going to be consistent, but all three of those will happen. But the great thing is that no matter whether you’re surrounded constantly by people that love you, which is the best. Or constantly surrounded by people who hate you, which is the worst. Or like most people where its somewhere in between; some people are very kind and helpful, some people ignore you, other people are somewhat antagonistic. It doesn’t matter, because God loves you and He’s always there. Enjoy it when people love you and help you, and when they don’t, just realize, God is still there and He still loves you and He will help you though whatever challenges you might have.
So, we know this, we’ve read this, but we tend to forget it sometimes and our minds get dragged off to focus on other things in this world that aren’t as positive and uplifting, which is why we’re going to read several scriptures today about God’s love for us. Let’s start with a very favorite one we read all the time in Deuteronomy; Deuteronomy chapter seven…
As taught by Bruce Mahone, 20190113.  All rights reserved.
Verse Listing and Notes
Deuteronomy 7:8        God’s motives
Deuteronomy 23:5      God turned the curse (of Balaam) into a blessing, because He loved
Psalms 13:5-6               I have trusted in thy steadfast love
Psalms 34:8-10             O taste and see that the Lord is good; they that seek the Lord shall not lack any good thing —
Psalms 36:7-9               How excellent (precious) is thy lovingkindness
Psalms 92:1-2               To shew forth (declare) thy lovingkindness in the morning
Psalms 119:165            Great peace have they which love thy law, and nothing shall offend
Jeremiah 9:23, 24         He knoweth the Lord which exercises lovingkindness (vs 24)
Jeremiah 31:3                With lovingkindness He drew us.
Romans 8:28                 All things work together for good
Romans 8:38, 39           Nothing can separate us
Ephesians 1:4-6             Holy and without blame, lovely and acceptable
I Thessalonians 4:9-12  You are taught of God to love one another (vs. 11 – aspire to lead a quiet life, aspire to live quietly, let it be a point of honor with you to keep calm)
Teaching
Clear Focus, Part 3: God Loves Us (#960)

 

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