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NASB | Matthew 22:37 And He said to him, "'YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.' |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 22:37 And Jesus replied to him, " 'YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.' [Deut 6:5] |
Bible Question: What do you do when you feel as if knowone loves you not family not friends and not even God. I feel like I have used up all of my chances to try and make things right with God and I just feel like he has given up on me. I know in my head as a christian that this is not true but in my heart I can no longer feel love for or from anyone or anything. What do I do? |
Bible Answer: Dear Amanda - Don't take counsel of your feelings! God loves you and His love for you does not depend on your feelings. Many years ago the great reformer Martin Luther sat alone in a church pew, his eyes gazing on a cross that hung on the wall behind the chancel area. As he gazed, tears began to stream down his face. He stood and with arms outstretched toward the cross, he whispered to himself over and over, "Fur mich! Fur mich!" [For me! For me!]. Later Luther related this experience that he had while sitting alone in an empty church sanctuary. He explained that for the first time in his life he realized that Jesus loved him so much that had he, Martin Luther, been the only sinner on earth, the Lord Jesus still would have gone to the cross and died for him so that he, believing in Christ, would have forgiveness for his sins and eternal life in heaven. As He did Martin Luther, God so loved you, Amanada, that He gave His only begotten Son so that you, believing on Him, should not perish but have eternal life. (See John 3:16). ...... Why not try this -- go to "Get Bible Text" at the right of this screen and type in the words _God love_. You will be led to over 100 passages of Scripture. Some of them command us to love God and some of them affirm God's love for us. Pick from among this large list a few verses that seem especially meaningful to you personally and commit them to memory. Saturate your mind with God's precious word. I could recommend no better antidote to the terrible and lonely feeling of being unloved. ...... Talk with God. Pray. Pour your cares out to Him and humbly ask Him to restore your heart to joy and gladness and to the confident faith that He loves your with an intensity that passes human understanding. "Cast your burden on the Lord, and He will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be shaken." [Psalm 55:22]. ..... As for feeling unloved by family and friends, the surest way to snap out of that feeling is to obey Christ by loving your neighbor as yourself. In Mark 12:31 Jesus called this the second greatest commandmant, second only to loving God. Ben Franklin said, "People who are wrapped up in themselves make small packages." -- And they make themselves miserable too! ..... What follows is one of the lovelist of prayers in all the world. It is by St. Francis of Assisi. I hope that it speaks to you in a special way, Amanda ....... "Lord, make me a channel of thy peace, that where there is hatred, I may bring love ..... that where there is wrong, I may bring the spirit of forgiveness .... that where there is discord, I may bring harmony ..... that where there is error, I may bring truth ..... that where there is doubt, I may bring faith ..... that where there is despair, I may bring hope ..... that where there are shadows, I may bring light ..... that where there is sadness, I may bring joy ..... Lord, grant that I may seek rather to comfort than to be comforted ..... to understand than to be understood ..... to love than to be loved ..... For it is by self-forgetting that one finds ..... It is by forgiving that one is forgiven .... It is by dying that one awakens to Eternal Life." ...... The Lord bless you and keep you, the Lord shine His countenance upon you, the Lord be gracious unto you and give you peace. --Hank |