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Why do you love the Lord?

Hmm, where to begin? There are so many wonderful reasons why I love the Lord. Not only has he been my protector, provider, and very best friend, but he has given me the wonderful gift of salvation which is something I could never earn on my own. He gave me this amazing opportunity to know him. I could be one of those people walking around without a clue and no desire to serve him. Sometimes I just sit and really think about it. He has had mercy on me, given me grace, and shown me favor. On top of all of that he actually wants to have a real relationship with me. One where he talks to me, walks with me, directs my path, and gives me peace that surpasses all understanding. I do not deserve his goodness but I am so very thankful because I desperately need it. I love him because he saw that I could not come to him on my own so he made a way for me to be able to come to him, to be forgiven, and have enteral life. He is so good.
 
Before I knew Him the well inside of me was broken. I filled it with everything I could seeking fulfillment but everything would leak out and I'd find myself just as empty as when I started.

Then Jesus came and repaired the leak and filled me with living water. He anointed my head with oil. He put a ring on my finger, a robe on my back and sandals on my feet.

Even in my wickedness and my sin He has shown me great things and made my heart more receptive to His word.

Although I know I'm not where I should be He meets me where I am and accepts my pleas for forgiveness when I'm not ready to forgive myself.

He has drawn me and revealed Himself to me not because of who I am but because of Who He Is... He gave me forgiveness and taught me how to forgive. I needed to learn how in order to move forward.

I love God so much in my heart... I hope and pray I learn to love Him more in action.
 
Noone else has ever came after me ,fought for me ,and accepted me as I was .Not only did God do all of that he told me he made me the way I am on purpose and through the years even though the refining process can seriously suck it has polished this way he made me and is making me become more natural ...in the strangest way I enjoy it so much.I am becoming more and more intimate with him over time because he cares so much and has gone out of his way in little and big ways everyday to show me he sees me he knows me and will always go before me .He is all I need and I dont have to worry about my life or search anymore.Ive always had a home.
 
OK. I was irreparably broken, dead in my sins, and an utter wretch He saved me anyway. I felt un-forgivable, and He forgave me anyway, despite anything.

He's in the process of working with me on the "renewal of my mind." To be in the world, and not of the world is something I've always wanted. I always sensed that the world just wasn't what it was cracked up to be, but I couldn't find any viable alternative with substance, with meaning. The One True Living God has forgiven me, saved me, and put me on the path not only to life everlasting, but also to a more Christian worldview, a heart of flesh, not of stone, so I can view the world around me appropriately and act accordingly, more in line with His laws and ways.

Jesus has changed me from the inside out. I'm not just a "better person" by normal standard, I'm a completely different person, and that's something I've always wanted. To have moral fiber, to be a decent human being, to have meaning in my life. Psychology, psychiatry, New Age stuff failed me miserably, as they tend to fail a lost (most?) of people. Christ has never failed me, not a single time. To be an object of God's agape love is to be slowly transformed into someone entirely different, "better," yes, but transformed to the point of being nearly unrecognizable in many respects. Comparing who I was even 2 years ago, before I got saved, to who I am now, is increasingly like "comparing apples to oranges." Its not improvement, its not behavioral modification, its not a patched up and rehabilitated old me, its a whole new person. The best part is..."its no longer I who lives, it is Christ who lives in me." The old me, the wretch, is gone. The process of "putting off the old and putting on the new" is ongoing, and some stretches of time seem more productive than others, but..."he who has begun a good work in you shall see it through to the end," right?

Plus, there's other things in my case. God deals with each of us differently, for He sees to the heart of man and our situations. I'm more normal, even in the face (I used to be too pretty in the face). I'm physically healthy, where before I was sickly and looked liked I had serious health problems. I'm intelligent enough for college-level work. I can understand and engage in the world around me, which definitely wasn't the case for a season in my existence, pre-Christ. My family...cares for me. Forgiveness is hard to come by, and full forgiveness may never happen with us, but...there's warmth, where before there was an cold, icy distance.

Finally...I used to meet the criteria for Narcissistic Personality Disorder. I don't like saying "I was narcissistic" anymore, because Narcissism is obviously lifted out of the pagan narrative and the concept has its origins in old school psychoanalysis (Freud wrote on it), both of which are decidedly anti-Christ in outlook. Having said that...I had pride, self-love, and self-centeredness to the poin that I was obviously disordered, and I was incapable of saving myself. Jesus saw fit to save me from a lot of things, but saving me from myself, after mental health "professionals" had deemed me not only incurable, but not worth their time and resources...that was a supreme act of love, and most appreciated blessing.
 
First of all i would like to say wow, to all of the above posts and answers. Awesome testimonies of God's goodness! For me i love God, because He saw fit to send His One and Only Son to the Cross, to take the punishment of my sins, so that i can walk on this earth in right standing with The Father. Jesus who was perfect, and knew no sin, allowed Himself to be punished in some very horrible ways just so that i wouldn't have to. And why? Just because He loves me and does not want to spend eternity without me (or any of His created beings).
God's grace means His overwhelming desire to treat you and me as if sin never happened.
Blessings
 
I love the Lord because of His initiation towards me (all of us) and because He revealed Himself to me at a young age, He was the first One who I knew loved me. He comforted me when I needed it, He didn't and doesn't reject me when I say or do something stupid. He is the only constant in my life and my teacher, leader and friend.
 
Because He loves me. Here I am, this minuscule living thing on a large ball of rock among billions of other rocks in a universe so vast it defies my own imagination and yet, the creator of it all loves ME, pays attention to me, wants a relationship with me!!! And all this despite my many faults and failings.
 
I'm still learning to Love the Lord. But what I've found over the years is that God is patient and for that I am thankful. At a young age I had a relationship with the Lord, but that relationship became tainted with academic knowledge and indoctrinations. It stopped being about relationship and started becoming about having the right answers void of love... and I found my words we but clanging cymbals.
So yeah... I love the Lord because he made me a promise that he would never leave or forsake me and I've found that he is patient and long sufferings. You see, I found that yes, He first loved me and when I really started to understand that, how could I resist?
 
if a man prefers to cause evil/harm/death to its neighbor(cohabitant), then it is certain he does not love the life (completely)

Blessings
 
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His nail prints in His hands tells it all!
His wound on His side tells it all!
His nail prints on His feet tells it all!
His stripes on His back tells it all!
His head, which bore the crown of thorns tells it all!

At the cross, at the cross where I first saw the light,
And the burden of my heart rolled away,
It was there by faith I received my sight,
And now I am happy all the day!

It was at the cross where I was justified by grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.

The scripture says, "Yet God, with undeserved kindness, declares that we are righteous. He did this through Christ Jesus when he freed us from the penalty for our sins." Romans 3:24 NLT

This is why I love the Lord!!!!!!!
 
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