Hawkinge Baptist Church (February 2012)

Here we go! All you need is love, Love me tender, Can’t buy me love, Love is a many splendid thing, Power of love, A crazy little thing called love, The greatest love of all…..just some of the songs that have been written over the years that speak about human love. And we seem to like the idea of love don’t we? The gift and card industry makes millions of pounds out of people this month as they show people they love them with flowers, heart shaped balloons and chocolates.

But as we come to the day that celebrates the love that humans have for each other, I want to ask you to spend a moment to think about a different kind of love. That is the love that God has for those He has created. Such love is unlike anything you have experienced before. In fact the writers of the New Testament, created a whole new word, Agape, to describe God’s love, because all the other words just didn’t do the love of God justice. You see, sometimes human love can be conditional. We can fall in love, but we can also fall out of love. But God doesn’t. Someone once wrote, ‘There is nothing you can do to make God love you more than He already does, and there is nothing you can do to make Him love you less’. God loves you and he showed that love by the life, death and resurrection of His son Jesus. In fact, there are some very famous words from the Bible that speak about this…

For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16

This February, I hope you will find a few moments to stop and think about what I believe is the greatest gift of love that has ever been given. – Jesus.

If you would like to have a chat about Christianity or you would like to know more about the Christian faith or would like to see what our services are like, then why not pop along on a Sunday morning for the service at 10.30am, or contact our minister Ali on 07584 062866 or at aliboddington@yahoo.co.uk