Because I am united to Christ, God__ love for me is not as variable as my loyalty to him_. God will not love me more because I do better. He will not love me less because I stumble. His love is based not on my behavior but on my union with his Son _ a union built on trust in his grace, not my goodness.
Jesus designed the Lord's prayer to reveal His desire to give us more fully, graciously, and suitably the very things we most want but seek elsewhere. He does not want to deny us our desires but helps remove the false objects of our affections so that we will have the greater blessings he longs to lavish on us.
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Jesus designed the Lord's prayer to reveal His desire to give us more fully, graciously, and suitably the very things we most want but seek elsewhere. He does not want to deny us our desires but helps remove the false objects of our affections so that we will have the greater blessings he longs to lavish on us.
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