Acceptance

acceptance - Can God really accept me, even after all I’ve done?

God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.

Romans 5:8

This is a trustworthy saying, and everyone should accept it: “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners”—and I am the worst of them all.

1 Timothy 1:15

God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him. This is real love—not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.

1 John 4:9-10

GOD’S ACCEPTANCE is based not on what a person does but on faith in Jesus Christ. Even the most saintly human being is found lacking in comparison to God’s holiness. Nothing we do could ever compensate for the sins that have separated us from God, who is perfect. Fortunately, God’s forgiveness flows from his love for us, which is why he gave his Son, Jesus, to redeem us before we were even born or had committed our first sins. God’s acceptance has been waiting for you your whole life. When you receive his forgiveness, he welcomes you into his presence. What a wonderful moment it is when you realize how fully God accepts you, freeing you from the burden of trying to earn God’s love.

Prayer Prompts

Lord, sometimes it is hard for me to receive your acceptance because . . .

Your Word tells me this is why you accept me: . . .