{"id":11702,"date":"2023-09-04T09:52:30","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T13:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/?post_type=oyb&#038;p=11702"},"modified":"2023-09-04T09:52:30","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T13:52:30","slug":"meditating-on-gods-unfailing-love","status":"publish","type":"oyb","link":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/meditating-on-gods-unfailing-love","title":{"rendered":"MEDITATING ON GOD&#8217;S UNFAILING LOVE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><\/p>\n<cite>&#8220;O God, we meditate on your unfailing love as we worship in your Temple\u201d (Psalm 48:9 NLT).<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n<p>Meditating on God\u2019s \u201cunfailing love\u201d is an appropriate act of worship. What kind of love is this? The Hebrew word is \u201cchesed,\u201d which may be translated \u201clovingkindness\u201d or \u201ccovenantal love.\u201d In the Greek New Testament, the word \u201cagape\u201d would be its equivalent. This kind of unconditional, unmerited, and unchanging love is worthy of our meditation. <br \/><br \/>The psalmist spoke of his meditation of it in worship, yet it\u2019s supreme revelation isn\u2019t found until the cross of Christ. It is in Jesus that we see God\u2019s unfailing love made manifest. As John said, \u201cThis is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins\u201d (1 John 4:10). <br \/><br \/>Beloved, let us meditate on this unfailing love of God revealed in Jesus Christ!<br \/><br \/>PRAYER: Dear Father, when we consider Your unfailing love for us as revealed through Jesus, we are overwhelmed with gratitude and praise. Thank You, Lord. Now pour out Your love and grace through us to others as we share the Good News of Your great love to the world. In Jesus&#8217; name, amen.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;O God, we meditate on your unfailing love as we worship in your Temple\u201d (Psalm 48:9 NLT). Meditating on God\u2019s \u201cunfailing love\u201d is an appropriate act of worship. What kind of love is this? The Hebrew word is \u201cchesed,\u201d which may be translated \u201clovingkindness\u201d or \u201ccovenantal love.\u201d In the Greek New Testament, the word \u201cagape\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"scripture-book":[1286],"scripture-chapter":[1381],"oyb_day":[1774],"location":[],"class_list":["post-11702","oyb","type-oyb","status-publish","hentry","scripture-book-psalms","scripture-chapter-1381","oyb_day-september-4"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb\/11702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/oyb"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11702"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-book?post=11702"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-chapter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-chapter?post=11702"},{"taxonomy":"oyb_day","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb_day?post=11702"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=11702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}