There’s a concept taught here at G42 that doesn’t
come easy for me. I struggle with believing it. And for the last few
days I’ve been listening to a song/message from Graham Cooke every
morning and every night. I felt led to write it out so it would stick
more. And I’m going to post what Graham says, mainly because I’m a
narcissistic blogger and I like to read and re-read what I write to make
sure I get it right. So, I guess what I am doing is trying to listen to
this message..even though I’m still struggling with it, to see if it
becomes clearer to me.
It’s what I’m told is the point of my existence: to be loved by God.
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The Lord says there is nothing that you can do that would make Him love you more.
There is also nothing that you can
do that would make him love
you less.
He loves you because He
loves you.
Because He loves you.
Because He loves you.
Because He loves you.
Because He loves you.
Because He loves you.
Because He loves you.
Because He loves you.
Because He loves you.
Because He loves you.
Because.
That.
Is.
What.
He.
Is.
like.
It is His nature to love.
And you will always
be the Beloved.
And His love is unchanging.
And He loves you 100%.
He won’t love you any better when you
become better.
He loves you 100% right now.
And even if you have no plans to become
better, He will still love you 100%.
Because He loves you.
Because that’s the way
that He is.
And even if you don’t want to change
He will love you 100%.
Even if you have no plans to walk with Him
He will love you 100%.
Because that’s his nature.
He loves all the way. All the time.
His love is unchanging.
What will change,
says the lord,
is your ability to receive my
love.
And… I want to crown
some more of that ability inside you.
So I challenge you,
says the Lord, open your heart to me.
Open your heart to me. And you’ll receive more of my love than
you’ve ever experienced before.
I dare you.
Give me your heart.
Give
me whatever your obstacle is. I’ll
take it. I’ll remove
it out of the way because I love you as you are… right now.
I love you100% as you are right this moment.
I love you as you are.
So be loved.
You are the beloved.
It is your job says the Lord
to be loved outrageously.
It is why I chose you.
That’s why I set my
love upon you. So that you would live as one who is outrageously loved. That you would receive a radical love.
So radical that it would
blow all your paradigms of what you
think love is.
And know, says the
lord, I will love you outrageously all the days of your life.
Because
I don’t know how to be any different.
This is who I am.
And this is
who I will always be.
This is the I AM that I promised you.
I am He that loves you outrageously.
And you may love me back with the love I give you.
You may love me back outrageously with the
outrageous love I bestow on you.
And know this says the
Lord, you can only
love me
as much as you love yourself.
So my love comes to set
you free from yourself. To set you free
from how you see yourself. To set you free from the smallness of your own thinking about yourself. My love comes
to set you free from rejection and
from shame and from low self-esteem and from despair and from abuse.
Because when I look at you says
the Lord, I see
something that I love. I see someone that I can love outrageously, and I have so much
to bestow upon you.
So much to give you, so many places to take you in my heart.
But you can’t go there unless you allow me to love you.
And my love for you will
break
every barrier,
will bring
every wall crashing down.
And know this says
the Lord,
my love
damages fear.
My love hates fear.
My love will fight fear.
It will fight fear in you.
it will fight fear around you.
and if you have fear…
know that you have a
treat in store,
because my perfect love
Casts.
Out. Fear.
There is no fear where I
am present. Because my love casts out fear.
Beloved. You are
my beloved. You are my beloved.
And in
my love I want you to feel good
about yourself…
