Day 28

As we finish up our fourth week of the 40-Day Journey, we are going to turn to another simple prayer: “Jesus, I love You.”

This prayer is first and foremost a response to God’s Love poured out in our lives. John wrote, “We love because he first loved us” (1 John 4:19 NIV). God took the initiative to love us, and as we experience that Love and feel the safety and strength that it gives us, our natural response is to love Him too.

It’s important to keep this divine order in mind because prayer is not about getting God to love you more. When you praise God, thank Him, and express your love for Him, it should not be from a place of insecurity or fear. You are safe in His Arms and His Love. He will never love you more or less than He loves you today.

Paul’s prayer in Ephesians 3:18–19, which we looked at earlier in the 40-Day Worship Experience, emphasizes the profound depth of God’s Love: “May you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep His love is. May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully.”

I encourage you to surrender your heart to God today and allow His Love to fill you. You can’t earn it and you don’t have to understand it. You just have to accept it. This surrender activates the love center deep within your emotions, dispelling fear and energizing faith.

Take a few moments this morning to receive God’s Love and to express your love for Him. If it’s difficult for you to feel loved, let God heal that part of your heart. Allow Him to quiet the voices of fear, shame, and stress, and replace them with a certainty that you are loved by God, and you are safe in that Love.

Questions for Reflection

1. How do you feel when you contemplate the depth and breadth of God’s Love?
2. Is it difficult for you to believe God’s Love for you? Why or why not?
3. How could you grow in your perception and experience of His Love toward you?