an article by Amanda
"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life."
Hey, Jesus loves you. I know, you've heard it before, and you've seen it on bumper stickers and t-shirts and notebooks and TV and just about everywhere else. But you know why? It's because it's the simple truth. It's the most straight-forward way to minister to anyone who doesn't believe in God (and some who do and have fallen away) because it's something that they need to grasp and take hold of. If you just knew what kind of love God has for you, you wouldn't be able to resist Him. He aches for those who don't love Him, because we are all God's children, and any real parent wants their children to love them.
For many Christians, all it took to get saved was a revelation of God's love for them. Just a glimpse into Heaven and what it's like to be in God's presence. The amazing feeling of knowing that you are loved by the only thing in this life that is perfect. And the true feeling that someone cares about you. They became Christians because they caught it: God loves you.
And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.... We love him because He first loved us.
If you are not a Christian and you are reading this, I just want to let you know that God loves you! His Son died to pay for the sins you've committed and the sins you have yet to committ. God has a heart after you and He wants you to love Him back. He yearns for a personal relationship with you. He aches to see you saved. I know, because God is on the inside of me, He lives in my heart and there is an aching in my heart to reach out to those who don't know or don't care about God.
Trust me, if I didn't love God, and if I didn't think His word was worth sharing, this website would not exist and you would not be reading this. But I wanted to go through all this trouble just to give you the opportunity to read it and consider what God has done for you and what He wants from you in return: your heart. He will even return your love in the afterlife by taking you to Heaven and giving you an eternity of bliss.
I know that I am saved and I am going to Heaven. I know that when the end of the world finally comes, I will be on my way to meet my God and my Savior. And I want as many people as possible to be there with me. I want any unbelievers (non-Christians) reading this to PLEASE just consider how deep these words really are: Jesus loves you!
If you want to pray and ask Jesus to be the Lord of your life, you want to become a Christian, look at these and consider praying the sinner's prayer or something similar to it.
If you don't want to become a Christian, I feel sympathy for you, but it's your choice. Just remember, God still loves you, and He will still be there for you many many years down the road should you ever decide to become a Christian and give your life to Christ.
God bless!
~John 3:16
~1 John 4:16 and 19