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Key Bible Verse: We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in him. God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them 1 John 4:16). Bonus Reading: 1 John 4:15-19

A stalwart believer who worked in the mines was injured at a young age and became bed-ridden. Life passed him by.

When he was old, a young-er man visited. "I hear that you believe in God," he said. "How can you with what's happened to you? Don't you sometimes doubt God's love?"

"Yes," the old miner admitted. "Sometimes Satan sits by my bed where you're sitting now. He points out my window to the strong, still-active men I once worked with, and asks, 'Does Jesus love you?' Then he casts a jeering glance around my tattered room, points to the fine homes of my friends, and asks again, 'Does Jesus love you?' Finally Satan points to the grandchild of a friend of mine—a man who has everything I don't—and whispers, 'Does Jesus really love you?' "

"And what do you say?" asked the young man.

"In my mind," the old miner said, "I take Satan by the hand to Calvary. There I point to the thorn-tortured brow, to the nail-pierced hands and feet, and to the spear-wounded side. Then I ask Satan, 'Doesn't Jesus love me?' "

—Bryan Chapell in The Wonder of It All

My Response: When I can make no sense of my circumstances, I can rely on God's love because …

Thought to Apply: The fact of Jesus' coming is the final and unanswerable proof that God cares. —William Barclay (Scottish theologian)

Adapted from The Wonder of It All (Crossway, 1999) by permission.

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Prayer for the Week

Lord, this week enlarge my comprehension of, and appreciation for, Your self-giving love.

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