1. His love for you is so deep that in his mercy, while you were yet a sinner, God sent his only begotten Son to die for you.
  2. “So loved,” then isn’t about how much but instead simply how.
  3. Love is pointing to Jesus who said, “Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends” (John 15:13).
  4. Even as he was dying, the heart of God poured itself out for the sake of sinners.
  5. Jesus not only healed her daughter, but he also gave himself to her. Wherever she went from then on, he was with her.
  6. As the writer to the Hebrews affirms, what makes the Christian gospel so much better is that we are no longer dealing with “types and shadows."
  7. Who would ever want all these screamers and haters? It turns out that Christ does.
  8. The lesson of Malachi reveals God’s love for his people. When the people ask for proof of God’s love, he reminds them of their election.
  9. We will not become hopeless because the Lord is with us.
  10. For with God we look not for the order of nature, but rest our faith in the power of him who works.
  11. While the world is full of horizons and endpoints, for Christians, there is always tomorrow, and there are people in that tomorrow waiting for us as we wait for them.
  12. We ache in eager anticipation as we see Christ in action and as we take in the snapshots of his life, death, and resurrection.