God loves you! Yes He will discipline us but when bad circumstances come our way that does not mean He doesn't love us. When He corrects you, He loves you. It is a sign that He loves you. Our performance does not dictate or control how much God will love us. You may "feel" that way but it is not true. God is all loving and we are valuable. Our relationship with Him is not conditional. He loves us no matter what we think or do. What He does not love is the sin in our lives therefore He hates sin, not man. When we think that God loves us with conditions, then we will rely on the world's standards. Having money, a prestigious career, beauty, the biggest house, constant validation from man and on and on. Our worth and value is in Christ not how we look or feel. We have value and purpose. I want to share something with you...religion is man centered and pride based. It teaches that we can earn our way to God and become in right standing with Him. This is a horrible lie. It is not what we can do for God, it is what God already did for us. Christianity is God centered because we as Christians put our faith and trust in Jesus' finished work on the cross for our salvation. In short we all need to be repented of our religion and we all need to be in a right relationship with God. There is only one name given by men under heaven that saves.
Acts 4:12
We are changed by God's transforming love. We are justified by Jesus' sacrifice and the shedding of His blood on the cross. He paid for our sins and He overcame death for our eternal life.
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