When I receive God’s love, what changes?
Lamentations 3:25-66

Pastor Nate Herrlin

As you grow in your grasp of the depth of God's love for you, what does that do to a person?

The better I comprehend God's love for me, the more my heart wants to MOVE TOWARD HIM.

When I receive God’s love, what changes?

1. I will instinctively PUT MY HOPE IN HIM.

“Waiting is one of the greatest applications of the Christian faith.”
Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy, p115

2. Like a child, I will TRUST HIS WAYS.

3. When I’ve drifted, I will feel compelled to TURN BACK TO HIM IN REPENTANCE.

True repentance is recognizing where my will, my actions, and my heart are not in line with God’s. It's wanting to live in line with God and purposely making changes (in thinking, acting, and wanting) to align my life with God's will.

WHY would I REPENT?

1. Because of God’s GREAT LOVE FOR ME
2. Because I’m convinced GOD KNOWS BETTER THAN I DO
3. Because I TRUST HIM
4. Because I KNOW GOD WILL NOT REJECT ME

God’s CHARACTER (love, holiness, mercy, justice, wisdom)

God’s PRIORITIES (His Kingdom come, glorify Himself, people being restored to loving relationships with Him and each other)

God’s PLAN (the ups & downs of life, painful things & delights, and ultimately the establishment of God’s Kingdom on earth with Christ as King and all people in His Kingdom willingly surrendered to Him)

My Next Steps with God this week:

- Take some time to finish the exercise of drawing my line as it compares to the “God’s Will” arrow, followed by a time of praise & thanks for God’s love & patience in my life, or a time of repentance if appropriate.

- Other…