It Is The Love Of God

 It is the love of God that causes the Father to give His only begotten Son to die as the one and only perfect sacrifice for our sin. It is the love of God that caused the Lord Jesus to willingly stretch out His innocent hands and have them driven through with cruel nails. It Is The Love Of God that sent the Holy Spirit to be our ever-present, Comforter.  It is the love of God that has bestowed on all that believe on Christ Jesus as our sin-bearing Redeemer to be called God's children.
 Because the Lord Jesus was despised and rejected of men, so are we. But also, because the Lord Jesus is the beloved Son of God and rests in the bosom of the Father, so do we. Because we are in Christ and members of His Body, we who were dead in trespasses and sins and without hope in the world are now called God's children.
1 John 3:1 Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.

Our United Prayer:
Loving Father, we praise Your name for Your great love toward us. Thank You for loving us enough to save us and thank You that in Christ, we are called Your children. In Jesus' name we Pray, AMEN.