{"id":23510,"date":"2014-12-21T00:20:39","date_gmt":"2014-12-21T05:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=23510"},"modified":"2014-12-21T00:01:31","modified_gmt":"2014-12-21T05:01:31","slug":"gods-love-abounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2014\/12\/21\/gods-love-abounds\/","title":{"rendered":"God\u2019s Love Abounds"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SHadventlovegraphic\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. <\/span>
\nEveryone who loves has been born of God and knows God. <\/span>
\n1 John 4:7<\/span><\/h4>\n

In the last week, many parts of the world have been in turmoil. \u00a0Terror has stricken many people in our Allies across the world. \u00a0The world is in chaos, and it is going to get even more chaotic as the prophecies of the Bible come true. \u00a0However, as the world starts to wither, there are people out there who are still showing love<\/span> <\/strong>during the thick of the trouble.<\/p>\n

When Jesus was born, the world was a whole lot quieter than it is now. \u00a0The only real chaos that was facing Mary and Joseph was the fact that they had to report to Bethlehem as Jesus\u2019 birth neared. \u00a0They were required to be counted as part of the Roman census. \u00a0Just Mary being pregnant by the Holy Spirit had already made life chaotic! \u00a0Joseph loved Mary, but he was going to divorce her because of the pregnancy. \u00a0However, God\u2019s love<\/span> <\/strong>and Joseph\u2019s love<\/strong> <\/span>for Mary saved Mary and Jesus. Jesus was given an earthly father\u2014one that God approved of from the start.<\/p>\n

As the world continues to live in chaos, there are people who are following Mary and Joseph\u2019s example. \u00a0They are showing God\u2019s love<\/span> <\/strong>through the turmoil of life in today\u2019s violent and noisy world. \u00a0In Australia and across the world, people are praying for and helping those who have been effected by this week\u2019s tragedies. \u00a0People here in the United States are trying to help those that are less fortunate through donations and sponsoring families to help them have a good holiday season.<\/p>\n

God loved<\/span> <\/strong>us so much He sent His son to live among us and to die for us. If we love<\/span> <\/strong>God then we should show that same love<\/strong> <\/span>to our neighbors. We should be helping our neighbors when trouble hits as well as during the good times. This is showing godly love<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n

Loving<\/em><\/span> God means knowing<\/em> God.
\nKnowing<\/em> God means showing it through prayer and service to others.<\/h4>\n

\u00a0* \u00a0 \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0~ \u00a0\u271d \u00a0~ \u00a0\u2605 \u00a0 \u00a0* <\/span><\/p>\n

Dear Heavenly Father, thank You for showing us Your love<\/span> <\/strong>through the birth and death of Jesus. \u00a0Without Him, we would not know You or be able to show Your love<\/span> <\/strong>to others. \u00a0We would not have the ability to love<\/span><\/strong>. In this season of hope, peace, joy, and love, please bless those who need it the most and show Your love<\/span><\/strong> in ways that we can\u2019t imagine. \u00a0In Jesus\u2019 name, Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 1 John 4:7 In the last week, many parts of the world have been in turmoil. \u00a0Terror has stricken many people in our Allies across the world. \u00a0The world is in chaos, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":90,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3020],"tags":[8075,4866,4651,3367,441,8076,4816,3211,620,3174,4803],"class_list":["post-23510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-devotions","tag-1-john-47","tag-4th-week-of-advent","tag-advent","tag-daily-devotions-2","tag-gods-love","tag-gods-love-abounds","tag-jesus-is-gods-love","tag-laura-pattillo","tag-love","tag-seeking-him-devotional","tag-showing-gods-love","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p39pHp-67c","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/90"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23510"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23514,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23510\/revisions\/23514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}