Keep Displaying Love-It Builds Up - BE BUILT UP BY JEHOVAH'S LOVE

Jehovah builds up his worshippers by reassuring them of his unfailing love. How encouraging it must have been for faithful Israelites to hear Jehovah's words:  "You became precious in my eyes, you were honored, and I have love you . . . . Do not be afraid for I am with you "!  (Isaiah 43:4, 5)  As one of Jehovah's servants, you can be sure that Jehovah loves you most tenderly."  God's Word promises concerning those pursuing pure worship:   "As  a mighty one he will save. He will exult you with great joy." - Zephaniah 3:16, 17. 

No matter what trials his people face, Jehovah promises to sustain and comfort them.  "You will nurse and be carried on the hip, and you will be bounced on the knees.  As a mother comforts her son, so I will keep comforting you."  (Isaiah 66:12, 13) What a heartwarming scene-a loving mother carrying a baby on her hip or bouncing him on her knees!  In this way Jehovah touchingly illustrates the intensity and tenderness of his love for true worshippers.  Never doubt that you are personally very precious and dear to Jehovah. -Jeremiah 31:3.  

True Christians  also have this reason to draw close to God's love:  "He loved the world so much that he gave his only-begotten Son, so that everyone exercising faith in him might not be destroyed but having everlasting life."  (John 3:16)  What love Jesus also showed in giving his life for us!  And what a powerful motivation that love is for us!  God's Word promises that not even "tribulation or distress" can "separate us from the love of the Christ." - Romans 8:35, 38, 39.

When we grapple with trials that are physically, or spiritually draining, the compelling force of Christ's love can give us the strength to endure.  (Read 2 Corinthians 5:14, 15)  Jesus' love has the power to sustain us and to motivate us not to give up, even in the face of such trials as disasters, persecution, personal disappointments, or gnawing anxiety. 

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