What Is This Love — Who Is Love

Before I Understood Love

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• “I believed in God…”

• “powerful force…”

​​I didn’t know God was love.

I believed in God—
but more as a powerful force
that I didn’t understand.

 

When God Began to Reveal Himself

• “it was beautiful…”

• difficult season

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However… when the Lord first began
to reveal who He is to me—

it was beautiful.

And it came
at a very difficult time
for me and my family.

 

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From Fear to Life

• fear of death

• John 17:3

• “I wasn’t scared anymore”

   This is a turning point

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You see… as a child,
and even as an adult—

I didn’t understand death.

I was afraid of death.

 

But once God showed me life…

I wasn’t scared anymore.

 

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The Moment Everything Changed

• call about my dad

• Holy Spirit speaking

• beginning of journey

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John 17:3 (KJV)
“And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.”

 

It was a process.

A real process of growth.

And I have been growing in my faith
every day since that day.

I used to say—
and I meant it from the depths of my heart:

“I couldn’t handle it
if anything ever happened
to my mom or my dad.”

 

And then…

my worst fear faced me.

 

I got that call.

And before I even knew
the Holy Spirit by name—

He told me it was my dad.

 

That began a journey.

Over a decade of processing salvation
in my heart.

Learning to trust God
more than my emotions—

which desperately wanted
to control me.

And this, my friend…

is where it began.

 

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The Day I Saw His Love

• clover story

• prayer moment

• Romans 5:5

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That day—
looking for four-leaf clovers.

 

I prayed.

And when I opened my eyes—

it was there.

 

A four-leaf clover
that was not there before.

Standing strong—perfect.

 

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That was the moment I realized—

God is not just powerful… God is love

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And in that moment…

His love fell over me.

 

Romans 5:5 (KJV)
“…the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost…”

 

His love melted into my heart—and I believed.

 

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What I Learned About God’s Love

• “pure and perfect”

• 1 John 4:8

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That was the day I learned:

I can trust God.

Because He taught me how to trust Him.

 

It was a miracle.

And this is what I first learned:

God’s love is both
pure
and perfect.

 

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How This Ministry Began

• “How do I tell a million people…”

• Hope in Today

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1 John 4:8 (KJV)
“…God is love.”

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Oh… we can say so much about this.

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Because God is love
is the foundation of this ministry.

 

Every good and perfect thing
that has come to pass—

before, during,
and ever since that day—

could never fit on this page.

 

But as the Lord leads,
I am placing these life lessons here…

in the ministry
God named:

Hope in Today

 

Because I asked Him—

“How do I tell a million people
what I know about Jesus?”

 

And He gave me the name.

Before I even knew
what a ministry was.

And after all of this—

I prayed:

“God… just tell me what to do.”

 

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When God Corrected Me

• “You are not ready yet…”

• Bible moment

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And I still smile…

because I thought I was ready.

Ready to go.

Ready to do something big.

 

But do you know
how God answered me?

 

He said:

“You are not ready yet.
You haven’t even read My Bible.”

And He was right.

 

I respected the Bible.

I dusted it.

I scanned pages
I couldn’t understand.

 

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But the next day—

something changed.

 

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When the Word Became Alive

• Hebrews 4:12

• “The Bible was written for me”

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When I picked it up
and asked God
what He wanted me to learn—

everything became different.

 

Hebrews 4:12 (KJV)
“For the word of God is quick, and powerful…”

 

I began to understand:

The Bible was written for me.

 

And I began to see my heart
through the eyes of God.

 

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Learning to Love Like God

• loving others

• transformation

• 1 John 4:16

 

 

And that’s when I started
taking steps…

to love people
as God had first loved me.

Even as I write this…

I see it more clearly.

 

Knowing and believing
the love God has for us—

is the root

of being able
and willing
to love others.

 

1 John 4:16 (KJV)
“And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us…”

This has become my life verse.

And I hope this encourages you
to know His love for you too.

 

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What Happens When You Believe His Love

• expectancy

• thanking Him

• growth

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All I did…

was look for His love
with expectancy.

 

And thank Him
every time I saw it.

 

And then—

God did the rest.

And now…

He is working patience in my heart.

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Peace That Comes From His Love

• peace becoming stable

• Philippians 4:7

 

And now…

He is working patience in my heart.

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In a way where the peace of Jesus
has become a staple in me.

 

And a direction for my soul —

to follow Him
in all that I do.

 

Philippians 4:7 (KJV)
“And the peace of God… shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”

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​​God is love