Every conversion cost the same amount of Christ's blood shed on the cross.

Each of us craves utterly unfailing love: a love that is unconditional, unwavering, radical, demonstrative, broader than the horizon, deeper than the sea. And it would be nice if that love were healthy, liberating rather than suffocating, and whole. Interestingly, the Word of God uses the phrase "unfailing love" thirty-two other times, and not one of them refers to any source other than God, Himself.

God proves His own love for us in that while we were still sinners Christ died for us. Romans 5:8

We have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and the one who remains in love remains in God. 1 John 4:16

This is how we have come to know love: He laid down His life for us. 1 John 3:16 You may say, "You don't know what I've been through." Please hear my heart. I am completely compassionate, because I've also been hurt by people who were supposed to love me. But let me say this: no matter how many people have made you feel unloved, the heavenly Father has done so much more to show you that you are loved. If need be, make a list of ways you've

In love I am blessed, chosen, adopted, favored, redeemed, and forgiven. Your soul is not the only one that needs to hear them. Keep these truths on the tip of your tongue so you can spit them at the accuser the next time you sense his condemnation (Rev. 12: 10— 11).

This is how we have come to know love: He laid down His life for us. 1 John 3:16

This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. . . . If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in him and he in God. (1 John 4:10—15)

All our lives God retains the strong feelings toward us that infants evoke in their parents. He never has to let us go.

Look at how great a love the Father has given us, that we should be called God's children. And we are! 1 John 3:1

God is so inconceivably good. He's not looking for perfection. He already saw it in Christ. He's looking for affection. That's why every lasting change in every home will invariably be a change of heart.

For God loved the world in this way: He gave His One and Only Son. John 3:16