“For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, so that everyone
who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.”
— John 3:16
What Jesus did for us at the cross is the most powerful thing that has ever happened in all of history. God manifested Himself as a man, coming into the earth to live a perfect life on our behalf and then going to the cross to pay the penalty so that all sin for all time and all people could be forgiven. Truly astounding.
As Christians, we are often so understandably overwhelmed by what Jesus did for us at the cross, that we can sometimes miss the profoundly simple truth of why He did it – LOVE!
The “what” of the cross is forgiveness of sin. The “why” of the cross is love. Jesus did the amazing thing that He did so that you would know this amazing truth: YOU ARE LOVED!
Isn’t that glorious?
Isn’t that wonderful?
Meditate on that for a moment.
Jesus did all that He did here on earth, and at the cross, for one simple reason. He loves you!
Our God is so completely, totally, and utterly in love with you that He came to die on the cross to restore you to holiness in Him, so that He could be restored to relationship with you. He did it all for you, because He couldn’t stand the idea of spending another moment without you. He did all that He did at the cross so that He could once again be in relationship with you. That is how in love with you He is. That is how deeply, fully, and overwhelmingly loved you are.
Yes, God loves the world. Yes, God loves everyone. Yes, He loves the Church. And He loves the sinner. That’s all true. But here is the message of the cross, it is the most profound revelation in all of Christianity, and it may be the most important thing you ever hear: God loves YOU!
The cross declares throughout all time – in a voice louder than any lie of the enemy or the chatter of any tribulation in your life – the truth that you are loved. Look to the cross today. Celebrate what Jesus did for you. And rejoice over why He did it!
The message of the cross is that YOU ARE LOVED!
Make these simple but powerful decrees over yourself each day this month:
[1] God loves me.
[2] God wants relationship with me.
[3] I am a friend of God.
[4] I know the voice of my Lord, and He knows mine.
[5] I grow closer to God each day.
[6] Thank You, God, for loving me so richly, radically, and ridiculously!
[7] Thank You, God, for the privilege of not only serving You, but also of knowing You!
ENGAGING WITH GOD – MP3 from Robert Hotchkin
You are God’s beloved child, and there is nothing He wants more than to draw you into the fullness of His love and engage you in a lifestyle of never-ending intimacy. Truly knowing the Lord in this place of deep communion is the key to living a Kingdom life. That is why the devil works so hard to whisper lies to you that would keep you from fully engaging with God. But in this message, Robert Hotchkin exposes the lies of the enemy that separate us from God and reveals how simple it is to fully respond to the Lord’s invitation to know Him intimately and engage with Him powerfully. Don’t spend another moment feeling separated from the Lord. Begin engaging with God today!
THE POWER OF HIS LOVE –MP3 teaching from Robert Hotchkin
In one of his earliest messages, Robert Hotchkin reveals the power that comes from knowing the Father’s love for us. When we are truly rooted and grounded in a deep revelation of His love, we begin to flow in the same unlimited anointing that Jesus did when He walked the earth. Healing happens. Deliverance happens. Miracles happen. The Kingdom happens. And it’s easy. In this message, Robert Hotchkin shares aspects of his testimony along with revelation from Scripture that will release you into a new experience of God’s love for you and a new ability to allow His love to flow through you and impact the world around you. If you grab hold of this message, it can truly change your life!
EVERLASTING LOVE – Book by Robert Hotchkin and Patricia King
This beautiful hard-cover book with a gold-foil stamp is full of the revelation of God’s everlasting love. Designed to be a 31-day journey into the depths of God’s heart for you, each devotional has space for your personal journaling insights. The Lord’s loving arms are extended to you through the pages of this devotional. His desire is to draw you into an intimate embrace each and every day. May you be revived, refreshed, and restored as you grow in the revelation of His glorious and eternal love for you.