Blessed, Highly Favored, & Deeply Loved

Ephesians 3:16-19 (TPT) And I pray that he would unveil within you the unlimited riches of his glory and favor until supernatural strength floods your innermost being with his divine might and explosive power. Then, by constantly using your faith, the life of Christ will be released deep inside you, and the resting place of his love will become the very source and root of your life. Then you will be empowered to discover what every holy one experiences—the great magnitude of the astonishing love of Christ in all its dimensions. How deeply intimate and far-reaching is his love! How enduring and inclusive it is! Endless love beyond measurement that transcends our understanding—this extravagant love pours into you until you are filled to overflowing with the fullness of God!

Do you realize how deeply the Lord loves you? You were created with amazing purpose by the Creator of the Universe! That was just the beginning... He made a way for you to be adopted into His family and He didn't call you His servant but a friend. The price of your adoption? The greatest price ever paid! You in exchange for the life of His Son. He felt the pain of the sacrifice, yet He still thought YOU were worth it!

If you are like I once was... you'll agree with what I'm saying yet, you'll think I'm talking about everyone but you... you are well aware of your weaknesses and every sin and mistake you've ever made... Yes! God is too, that's actually why this supreme sacrifice was made. He knew you could never be good enough to deserve eternal life or a relationship with Him, but the blood of His Son bridged the gap and brought you into right standing with Him!! He accepts you just as you are while He's changing you into who He designed you to be.

Still find it hard to believe? Study His Word and spend more time developing your relationship with Him. As you do, you'll find His peace is flooding your soul as you're becoming stronger in your faith. It's much easier to trust the intimate love of your life than it is a long-distance relationship.

His love for you never changes... it's sheer perfection... but you must study His Word and get close enough to experience it first-hand. It's more than words on a page, it's life! It's where we find our identity, joy, peace, and fulfillment!! Those powerful Words on those pages are full of life and when you combine them with the passionate pursuit of His presence there will be no denying, YOU ARE BLESSED, HIGHLY FAVORED AND DEEPLY LOVED!!!

Psalm 84:4 (AMP) Blessed and greatly favored are those who dwell in Your house and Your presence; They will be singing Your praises all the day long. Selah

John 15:15 (KJV) Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.

2 Corinthians 5:21 (NLT) For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ.

Ephesians 1:3-8 (TPT) Every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realm has already been lavished upon us as a love gift from our wonderful heavenly Father, the Father of our Lord Jesus—all because he sees us wrapped into Christ. This is why we celebrate him  with all our hearts! And in love he chose us before he laid the foundation of the universe!  Because of his great love, he ordained us, so that we would be seen as holy in his eyes with an unstained innocence. For it was always in his perfect plan to adopt us as his delightful children, through our union with Jesus, the Anointed One, so that his tremendous love that cascades over us would glorify his grace —for the same love he has for the Beloved, Jesus, he has for us. And this unfolding plan brings him great pleasure! Since we are now joined to Christ, we have been given the treasures of redemption by his blood—the total cancellation of our sins—all because of the cascading riches of his grace.