A Love

Beyond Reason

Part 3

Ephesians 1:17-18 NIV

I keep asking that the God of

our Lord Jesus Christ, may

give you the Spirit of Wisdom

and Revelation so that you

may know Him better … and

the riches of His glorious

inheritance …

“The best and most beautiful

things in the world cannot be

seen or even touched. They

must be felt with the heart.”

-- Helen Keller

1 John 4:18

1 John 4:18-19

… we love Him because He

first loved us.

John 3:16 (NASB)

16 “For God so loved the

world, that He gave His [a]only begotten Son, that

whoever believes in Him

shall not perish, but have

eternal life.

Jeremiah 31:3 (NKJV)

3 The LORD has appeared [a]of old

to me, saying:

“Yes, I have loved you with an

everlasting love;

Therefore with lovingkindness I

have drawn you.

Psalm 33:22 (NLT)

22 Let Your loving kindness and

unfailing love be upon us

because we have put our hope

in You alone.

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John 15:13 (NKJV)

13 Greater love has no one than

this, than to lay down one’s life

for his friends.

1 John 4:9 (NKJV)

9 In this the love of God was

manifested toward us, that God

has sent His only begotten Son

into the world, that we might

live through Him.

Romans 5:8 (NASB)

8 But God demonstrates His own

love toward us, in that while we

were yet sinners, Christ died for

us.

Ephesians 5:1-2 (NKJV)

Walk in Love

5 Therefore be imitators of God

as dear children. 2 And walk in

love, as Christ also has loved us

and given Himself for us, an

offering and a sacrifice to God

for a sweet-smelling aroma.

“The supreme happiness of life is

the conviction that we are loved.”

Hosea 2:19

“I will make you my wife

forever, showing you

righteousness and justice,

unfailing love & compassion.”

“If the written word of the Bible

could be changed into a single

phrase and become one voice –

this voice more powerful than the

roaring of the sea would cry out, ‘

The Father loves you!’ ”

-- Saint Augustine

Barriers to Experiencing

God’s Love

• Language Barriers

• Family History

• Negative Emotion Experiences

• Control Issues

• Demonic Strongholds