When no one else understands, the Creator of my very heart does and he sends the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, to help me. When my heart is broken, God is there, and his heart is broken too. When I think about God’s unconditional love for me and what it looks like, I think about companionship. #Today promise in jesus redeems pdfUse this free PDF to devote yourself to prayer and scripture reading: Trusting God When Life Hurts: A 30 Day Prayer and Scripture Guide Promise #2 - You Are Never Alone Wherever you are feeling unloved today, drink it in. The Apostle Paul, who founded the early church, writes, "For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Jesus Christ our Lord" ( Romans 8:38-39). And the love we were made to need is strong and unshakable. That's what theologians have meant over the years by saying that we have a God-shaped hole in our heart there's a space we were created with that only God can fill. God provides us with that as no one else can. Further, we want to be supported and inspired by that love to not only become better people but to also leave lasting impressions on this earth. We want to be loved with a perfect, sacrificial, forever kind of love in spite of our faults by someone who knows us intimately. Despite this reality, our greatest need is to be loved unconditionally. Sometimes even those closest to us let us down. We live in a sinful world that is fraught with conditional promises and relationships. So I invite you to read these words anew, words that were written about you long before your birth in our Bible: Promise #1 - God Loves You Unconditionally Even though we may already be able to recite them by heart, really believing and living these promises can still be a challenge. Here are 11 promises of God from Scripture that He wants each of us to know. "Fear not, for I am with you be not dismayed, for I am your God I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand." ~ Isaiah 41:10 11 Promises of God in the Bible "By which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire." ~ 2 Peter 1:4
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