The love of Christ.

Who will separate us from the love of Christ.

Rom:8:35.

A self answering question. Nothing.

Not tribulations. Not distress.

Not persecution. Not famine.

Not nakedness. Not peril. Not sword.

Rom:8:38

For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers nor height, nor depth nor any created thing will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord

Amen.

God's love will never fail you. It will never leave you.

His love is always there. No matter wherever you are.

But what if you deliberately choose to walk far away from His love? His love is still there. Like the Father of the prodigal son, He would be waiting. His love will not push you far away but hold you close to His bosom than ever before.

His love will be there, but it is your choice to stay in it that determines whether you experience it. His love will not grow cold. But will you choose to receive it?

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Rom:1:8

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