UNDERSTANDING AND EXPERIENCING GOD’S LOVE

Have you ever wondered why you were created?  I believe the number one reason that we were created is because God loves us.  That’s right, you were created by God to love and to be loved. His love for us is probably the greatest thing in the entire universe.  The very essence of God’s being, His personality, His very nature---is love.  The motivation for God sending Jesus into this world was love.  One of the most popular verses in all the Bible is, “God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son.”  (John 3:16)

The truth is that even though many people today have heard that God loves them, they simply don’t believe it.  They just cannot understand or comprehend the reality of God’s love in their lives.  They can’t grasp something they cannot see.  They haven’t learned how to recognize it and experience it and therefore they don’t know how to embrace it, nurture it, grow in it, or truly enjoy it.  And without knowing or realizing that God loves us, we cannot possibly have hope in our lives.  We will not be aware of the purpose or the meaning that God wants us to have concerning our lives.  God wants us to know a lot about Him, but the most important thing that He wants us to know about Him is the tremendous and awesome love that He has for each and every one of us.  That is why the apostle John could write in I John 4:8, “The one who does not love, does not know God, for God is love.”

Prayer:

Heavenly Father, who taught us by Your Son not to be over-anxious about tomorrow, because You care for us and know our needs: relieve us of the burden of the future, and enable us to trust You as Your children, help us not to cling to life, but to lose it; for the sake of Him whose yoke is easy and burden light, Jesus Christ our Lord.

 

 What are some of the attributes and characteristics of God? 

God’s love is absolutely unconditional. 

There are no “strings attached.”  His love is given freely.  He loved us so much that He gave His only Son to atone for our sins on the cross.  Unconditional love is the purist form of love.  There is no price tag, i.e.  If you do this I will do this.  God does not reject us when we sin and fail Him.  He is waiting with open arms to forgive us.  He does not remember our sins.  Isaiah 43:25 I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.

God’s love is perfect and eternal.

Since God is perfect, His love is perfect.  His love is eternal.  God is synonymous with love---God is love.  There is nothing you can do that will cause God to love you less.  God sees you as you are and will be.  David was a shepherd boy but God saw the King in him.  God saw a mighty man of God in a humble servant named Gideon.  Peter was a fisherman, but God saw a leader who would bring the Gospel to the Gentiles.  God saw a lowly maiden named Mary, who bore the Savior of the world in her womb.  Love sees the masterpiece in the lump of clay.

God’s love is personal.

God’s love is personal.  Each and every one of us is special.  Just like each one of our children is special.  God sent Jesus, His Son, to the earth to become like us so we could become more like Him.  He was sent for the atonement of sins.  When Jesus died on the cross, He died for the forgiveness of all sin but it was for each person’s salvation.  That is why it is so important that we have a personal relationship with God through Jesus His Son.  

Without relationship, there is no communication.  Without communication, there is no reciprocity.  How can you love someone if you know them? 

 God’s love is beyond our human understanding.

Trying to understand the love of God through your own understanding is futile.  The world identifies love in so many ways.  In fact, we have brought love down to the level of, “I love ice cream.”  “I love my brand new car!!”  “I love that program on TV.”  It goes on and on.  We have a tendency to cheapen the word love to just a feeling rather than an absolute.  Yes love can be an emotion but when someone you love hurts you, do you fall out of love with them?  1 Cor. Chapter 13 says in essence that you can have spiritual gifts that can do amazing things but do not have love you are nothing.  Love is patient and kind.  It is not envious or haughty.  It does not insist on its own way.  It says that faith, hope, and love abide “but the greatest of these is love. 

God’s love is beyond our human understanding because we look at love through the eyes of our flesh.  God looks at us and He only sees His love for us!!

He is forgiving.

He is always ready to forgive us when we come to Him.  He does not hold our past sins against us.  The only one who does is the enemy, the devil who likes to bring up our past.  Those who think they sit in judgment of others, whether it be the media, politicians, or even some of our so called friends may want to bring up our past but it has already been covered by the blood of Jesus.  So whenever the devil  brings up your past, remind him of his future!!

He answers our prayers.

God answers our prayers.  He may not answer them quickly or the way we want Him to but He answers them.  Sometimes He may say no.  Sometimes He may say yes but it is not the right time.  If we are truly close to the Lord and listen to the Holy Spirit within us then He will give us the desires of our heart because we are in sync with Him.

He heals us.

God is the healer.  It is through Him that we receive healing.  It is not only physical healing but it could be emotional and psychological healing that we are in need of.  Psalm 147:3 says, He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds (curing their pains and their sorrows).  In Exodus 15 it says, “I am the Lord Who heals you.”

We had a miracle in our own family where our granddaughter, Anastasia, was diagnosed with a cancerous tumor on one of her kidneys before she was born.  Our family and friends stood on the Word of God and had faith that she would be healed.  When she was born the doctors had to remove a kidney where the tumor was wrapped around and when they did a biopsy of the tumor, they said that it was benign!!  By the way, Anastasia in Greek means resurrection!!

I am sure many of you have had stories of miracles in your own lives. Some might say why doesn’t God heal everyone?  The answer is we don’t know.  I don’t think anyone can say for sure but we do know that this tent, this body that our spirit lives in is not meant to live forever and there is appointed a time for each person to die.  We just have to live each day to the fullest glorifying Him each day and doing what He has asked us to do which is the great commission to spread the Gospel, heal the sick and cast out demons and live the life that God intended for us on whatever path He leads us.

He is our loving Father.

He is our loving Father.  He knows us better than anyone.  He is always there because He is omnipresent.  We cannot escape the love of the Father.  For some the concept of a loving father is foreign because some have been abused by their own fathers, or they have been abandoned by their own fathers so sometimes it is hard to come into a relationship with a loving father but God’s love is unconditional. 

We have talked about the attributes and the love that God has for us and let’s not forget that His greatest love letter to us is the Holy Bible which declares His love for us by sending His only begotten Son, Jesus to die for us.  We know that God’s love is unconditional, perfect, eternal, personal, beyond our understanding, measureless and limitless.

We can find God’s will for us through scripture; surrendering our will to His; seeking godly counsel; knowing God has a specific plan for our lives; listen to God’s voice; and looking at circumstances.

When God doesn’t make sense we can know that He is always present in our lives even when He seems absent.  We know that God’s timing is perfect even when He appears to be very late.  For inexplicable reasons we know that we are precious to God.  We cannot put God in a box.  Nothing we can ever do will change His love for us and He is always there to welcome us and forgive us because He loves us so much.

Can any of us truly understand Almighty God’s love for us?  I think from eternity to eternity, not one of us will ever fully understand God’s love for us but we can start experiencing God’s love in our everyday lives by getting to know Him better through prayer, and reading and meditating on God’s Word. 

Through knowing Him and His Word we can seek His will for our lives and when God doesn’t make sense, maybe just by our simple surrender to His will, knowing that He has a perfect plan and that through trials and tribulations He is always there.  (song—Always I Am Here)

If you would like to have a personal relationship with God, say this prayer with me:

Dear God,

I come to You in the name of Jesus

I know that I am a sinner

I ask you to forgive me of all my sins

I believe that Jesus Christ died on the cross

To take away my sins

I believe that He was raised from the dead

I ask you Jesus, to come into my heart

Take over my life and make me whole

I surrender to you Jesus now and forever.  Amen

Marcella Ward   May 1, 2020  Author of  "Stolen Identity:Plan of the Evil One"

 

 

  

                                             THE NEW AGE MOVEMENT

 

Marcella Ward July 2, 2025 

Have you ever noticed that Satan likes to package things in beautiful packages to hide the real truth?  He appears as an “angel of light” to deceive people just as he deceived Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden.  Genesis 3:1-5, “Now the serpent was more subtle and crafty than any living creature of the field which the Lord God had made.  And he (Satan) said to the woman, Can it really be that God has said, You shall not eat from every tree of the garden?  And the woman said to the serpent, We may eat the fruit from the trees of the garden, Except the fruit from the tree which is in the middle of the garden. God has said, You shall not eat of it, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.  But the serpent said to the woman, You shall not surely die, For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing the difference between good and evil and blessing and calamity.”  (The Everyday Bible Amplified Ed.)

It was a seed of doubt.  That is what he does.  He twists things around—half truths at best to deceive.  Some are being deceived by the New Age Movement of so to speak theology.  

According to an article by Lynn Stuter, Michael Beckwith, a supporter of the new age and the book, The Secret, stated “God is within,” God dwells within all people and man is divine, self-divination.  This defies the teaching of The Trinity and the ultimate higher Authority.  

People, including Oprah Winfrey, are pushing this agenda.  “In short, it is the intent, the agenda of these people that they will usher in a one-world religion based solely on the New Age world view!” The problem is that even though we may allow them to have their own views, they are not willing to allow us our views.  This view permeates government-run schools, the work place and even some churches.

Is your pastor telling you that contemplative prayer is okay?  This is worrisome because contemplative prayer is nothing more than transcendental meditation ™

Or Yoga, grounded in Eastern mysticism and is totally opposite of Biblical teaching because Yoga and TM use altered states of consciousness, are guided through visualizations to meet spirit guides (demons).  This is actually being taught in some schools.  Teachers in public schools are not allowed to speak about God or Jesus but Islam, Buddhism and Hinduism is allowed.  Of course, the schools are not the only place where God is being pushed out but in the work place, the media and politics.

This is all a part of not only destroying our Judeo-Christian beliefs, but also the Constitution, which is based on these beliefs, so that a One World Religion can be ushered in along with A New World Order which is Globalism. 

What is the most worrisome to me and should be to all believers is the fact that these New Age beliefs are in many Christian Churches.  There is a Catholic Church in my area that actually has Yoga classes. I know personally a friend of mine that was going to Yoga classes and as I told her the truth about Yoga, I told her she needs to renounce any involvement in it.  It appears that some of the problems she was having could have come from going to these classes.  

I also know of someone who is a Christian that has participated in Reike.  What is Reiki?  Moira Noonan who was a former Reiki Master wrote in her book, “Ransomed from Darkness says, “Reiki is a method of healing through the transmission and activation of a person’s spiritual energy…The symbolism of Reiki is deeply influenced by Buddhist traditions and invisible spirit guides.  These spirit guides are specifically invoked by name to confer their healing powers.”

We all need to be aware of how certain New Age practices are filtering not only into our culture as a whole, but our very own Churches.  We need to take a stand and spread the news because there are a lot of people out there who are unaware and are falling into the same temptation as Adam and Eve did with the deceit from the devil. 

If you have been involved in or are now involved in any form of New Age such as Yoga, TM, etc., the following is a prayer you can say along with me for deliverance and to renounce any involvement in the New Age.

 DENOUNCING SPIRITS

Heavenly Father, in the name of your Son, my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, I denounce the sin of idolatry, superstitious practices, and all vows of consecration that I have made to spiritual entities other than the one true God—the Blessed Trinity. I denounce the practice of offering prayers and worship to false gods and selling my soul along with the value of my good deeds to spiritual entities operating under religious-sounding names.

I denounce all forms of divination, seeking oracles from the dead, communicating with mediums, spirit guides, casting spells, automatic writing, astrology, tarot cards, horoscopes, fortune-telling, palm readings, magic charms, and anything associated with the occult or Satan. I denounce all of these practices in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ who came in the flesh, and by the power of his cross, his blood, and his resurrection, I break their hold over me.

O most Sacred Heart of Jesus, fountain of every blessing, I confess all these sins before you and ask you to cleanse and forgive me. I adore you, love you, and need you. O good and loving Jesus, grant that I may always live in you, through you, and for you. Send forth your Holy Spirit and baptize me with power from on high, just as you baptized your disciples on the day of Pentecost.

 

Marcella Ward   Author of "Stolen Identity: Plan of the Evil One" 

 

 

 

                                                      JUSTICE, PEACE AND LIGHT

 

Marcella Ward   May 14, 2025

God’s Glory will permeate the earth.  No one can stop what God is doing and will do to usher in justice, peace and the cleansing of the nations.  Watch and pray.  God’s Glory Light will save the day!!

I AM USHERING IN MY LIGHT   Diana Larkin   “A Watchman’s Journal”    May 14, 2025

“MAKE WAY, MAKE WAY! I AM USHERING IN MY LIGHT! It is My powerful LIGHT of EXPOSURE, of My GLORY, of the REVEALING of mysteries, and the DAWN of the Golden Age. The darkness will be TERRIFIED because My LIGHT of EXPOSURE cannot be stopped by any CORRUPT GATEKEEPER or UNJUST JUDGE. My LIGHT PENETRATES the deepest darkness and UNCOVERS lies, hiding places, and stashes of treasure and supply. What is taken back from the evil empire will FINANCE the BUILDING of the GOLDEN AGE. My LIGHT will PENETRATE and MELT the FACADES of those PRETENDING to be RIGHTEOUS and that covers ALL areas of society—including the Church. I AM the Father of Lights, and My LIGHT is My GLORY. My GLORY HEALS, RESTORES, and MAKES WHOLE. My GLORY is a FIRE that CLEANSES hearts and sets them on FIRE with LOVE for Me and PASSION for My Kingdom. Are you ready to have MYSTERIES REVEALED? My LIGHT will UNCOVER the TRUTH about your world, your history, and the darkness that tried to take CONTROL of it all. My LIGHT will SHINE through the VEIL that the RELIGIOUS SPIRIT has placed over My Word and My character. The result will be the ARISING of POWERFUL Sons and Daughters of LIGHT who live out of the LIGHT of SALVATION, HEALING, and DELIVERANCE in the Blood of My Son. My children of LIGHT who carry My GLORY, will help USHER IN THE GOLDEN AGE. The Golden Age will be in both the SPIRITUAL and the NATURAL REALMS, and it will be a great BLESSING to live on the earth. Declare with Me, ‘MAKE WAY, MAKE WAY for the King of Glory to USHER IN HIS LIGHT””  (www.dianalarkin.blogspot.com )

JUDGEMENT IS COMING   Word received May 13, 2025     Marcella Ward

“My mercy and compassion extend to the ends of the earth BUT I will NOT BE MOCKED!!  The cup of iniquity is overflowing.  REPENT, REPENT, REPENT!  No man, no woman, no entity will circumvent what I am doing and what I am about to do.  Get your house in order.  The time is here.  The time is near.  Judgment is coming and is even at the door.  Buckle up there will be more and more.”

BE STRONG IN THE LORD  Word received May 13, 2025   Marcella Ward

“Be strong in the Lord.  Be confident.  Be free.  The Army of the Lord will set you free.  The armies, the Hosts of heaven, are but a breath away.  So, kick up your heels.  Stand your ground.  The enemy will no longer be found.  The enemy is defeated.  The enemy is like a gnat.  So be encouraged in Me.  The Kingdom of God is at hand.  AMEN AND AMEN.”

God’s Glory Light will shine across the nations to bring justice, peace and cleansing.  God is on the move!!

Marcella Ward   May 14, 2025   Author of “Stolen Identity: Plan of the Evil One”

 

                                                              THE COMING ERA

 

Marcella Ward     March 26, 2025

The Lord is saying that the coming ERA will be a time of reset for the nations.  It will be a time for God to set in motion His Kingdom and His Glory!  There will be winds of change throughout our land.  God is rescuing us and bringing us from darkness to His light!

 

THE RISE AND FALL OF KINGDOMS   March 18, 2025    Diana Larkin

“You are in a season of GREAT CHANGE, UPHEAVAL, and REVOLUTION. You will see THE RISE AND FALL OF KINGDOMS. The mountain of the Kingdom of the Lord is VIOLENTLY PUSHING UP until it FILLS the whole world; while the WINDS OF CHANGE HOST BLOW AWAY the evil kingdoms of the earth who served darkness. The pieces of these kingdoms will be SCATTERED to the winds, BLOWN away floor. The wind blew the shattered pieces away, leaving not a trace behind. But the bo, and you will see them NO MORE. Those who thought they could NEVER BE REMOVED from power will suddenly be EXPOSED, RIPPED OUT of their places of POWER, and the WHIRLWIND of their own making will carry them away into the darkness that they served. DANIEL 2:35 (TPT) ‘Then, all at once, the entire statue collapsed into a heap of rubble. The iron and clay, bronze, silver, and gold were all pulverized as fine as chaff on the summer threshing ulder that hit the statue grew into a massive mountain that covered the whole earth.’ As all this takes place, what will happen to you? I know how to KEEP and PROTECT My own, and it will be like TWO REALITIES—one DARK and one LIGHT—are happening at once. The CONTRAST will be great between what happens to those partnered with darkness and those partnered with My Kingdom of Light. You will see GREAT DESTRUCTION on every side, but it will not come near you. PSALM 91:7 (NLT) ‘Though a thousand fall at your side, though ten thousand are dying around you, these evils will not touch you.’ As KINGDOMS RISE AND KINGDOMS FALL, you who ABIDE in Me will be PROTECTED, PROSPERED, and PEACEFUL in a time of great change from DARK TO LIGHT. ISAIAH 26:3 (NLT) ‘You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in You, all whose thoughts are fixed on You!’ As dark KINGDOMS FALL, the GOLDEN AGE will ARISE and BLESS the whole world.”  (www.dianalarkin.blogspot.com )

 

I AM RESCUING THIS NATION   Word received March 24, 2025   Marcella Ward

 “My child, you need not fear nor be afraid of the coming events that are coming upon this nation. The devil has reared his ugly head and the abomination of the fury of the left is seething.  Don’t fall for the fear and intimidation. I AM RESCUING THIS NATION!”

 

A TIME OF RESET   Word received March 24, 2025    Marcella Ward

“What does reset mean?  It means to set in motion again.  There is a reset for your life.  A reset for your marriage.  A reset in your finances.  A reset in your health.  A reset in your family.  A reset in your emotions. 

You, My children, are in a time of reset.  Get ready, get set and go!  Go with the flow of My Spirit.  Go with the flow of My Kingdom.  Go with the flow of My Power.  Go with the flow of My Grandeur and Majesty.  GO WITH THE FLOW.  GO WITH THE FLOW.  AMEN & ALLELUIA  AMEN!”

THE COMING SEASON   Word received March 24, 2025    Marcella Ward

“THE COMING SEASON WILL BE A TIME OF JOY, PEACE AND EXTRA ORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WILL CATAPULT YOU INTO THE KINGDOM, THE KINGDOM OF GOD, THE KINGDOM OF MY GLORY, THE KINGDOM OF MY MAGESTY, THE KINGDOM OF MY SON, JESUS CHRIST, THE AUTHOR AND FINISHER OF YOUR FAITH!  ALLELUIA & AMEN & AMEN ALLELUIA!”

A “KICK START”   Word received March 24, 2025   Marcella Ward

“I’m giving the world a “kick start” which will be the impetus for My revelation in My coming Kingdom.  A Kingdom of peace, joy and faith.  The coming ERA will spring into action as My Glory and My Majesty pour forth to the nations.  AMEN”

Let us rejoice and be exceedingly glad in anticipation for GOD’S MIGHTY PLAN!

Marcella Ward   March 26, 2025    Author of “Stolen Identity: Plan of the Evil One”