1. To believe God is love and thus loves you is a miracle wrought by the Holy Spirit.
  2. 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.
  3. “So loved,” then isn’t about how much but instead simply how.
  4. 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).
  5. Even as he was dying, the heart of God poured itself out for the sake of sinners.
  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. Rejoice with Mary as she would rejoice with you. Be blessed, like her, with humility from God, so that you may serve joyfully and willingly wherever and in whatever role God has placed you.
  9. For with God we look not for the order of nature, but rest our faith in the power of him who works.
  10. We live again, not so that we will now pay our debt, but to proclaim that we live because our debt was paid!
  11. We don’t start with behavior and work toward Christ. We start with Christ and everything works out from there.
  12. The good news is that with our God there is always more: more than we deserve, dare, ask, or expect, more than we can see, hear, feel, or think.