{"id":2563,"date":"2023-04-25T04:48:43","date_gmt":"2023-04-25T04:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/?p=2563"},"modified":"2023-04-21T15:52:01","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T15:52:01","slug":"beloved-you-are-loved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/beloved-you-are-loved\/","title":{"rendered":"Beloved, You Are Loved"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Tuesday,\u00a0April 25<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Beloved, You Are Loved\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Beloved, since God loved us so much, we also ought to love one another. <\/em><strong>1 John 4:11<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Love is a funny thing. We love ice cream, cars, football teams, and music. All of us love using the word love. But what does it really mean to love? Does saying you love someone truly mean that you do?\u00a0 When we come to Christ, our old nature dies. It\u2019s gone. Past sins forgiven and we are given a new heart and a new spirit. This is how God shows His love for us.<\/p>\n<p>It doesn\u2019t matter how often we tell others we love them; what matters is how often we show them our love. Words are important, but actions are the proof of our words. We hear this all the time and it is true \u2013 actions speak louder than words.<\/p>\n<p>This is what God did for us. He did not just say, &#8220;I love you.&#8221; He showed us His love by sending His Son so we might live through Him. In 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 we read: <em>\u201c\u2026You do not belong to yourself, for God bought you with a high price\u2026\u201d<\/em> We are valuable because we belong to God. We were bought at a price \u2013 a very high price.<\/p>\n<p>God has already shown you His love by sending Jesus. Now it is your turn. When we love one another, all people will be able to see God through us. Who do you need to show the love of God to today?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prayer for today<\/strong>: <em>God of Love, thank you for coming to me to show me Your love. Help me now to show this same love to others as I represent you. Amen<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday,\u00a0April 25 Beloved, You Are Loved\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Beloved, since God loved us so much, we also ought to love one another. 1 John 4:11 Love is a funny thing. We love ice cream, cars, football teams, and music. All of us love using the word love. But what does it really mean to love? Does saying [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2294,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2563"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2563\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2570,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2563\/revisions\/2570"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}