Charles Stanley Daily Devotional (July 30, 2025) No Exceptions to God’s Love.
God has proven and repeatedly affirmed His great and eternal love for you—open your heart to receive it.
Romans 5:6-9 - For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For one will hardly die for a righteous man; though perhaps for the good man someone would dare even to die. 8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him.
If you’ve been to church, then you’ve likely heard that God loves you and has a plan for your life. Do you believe that? Some, sadly, have decided verses like “For God so loved the world ...” (John 3:16 - ``For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.) don’t apply to them. They think they’re too weak, sinful, or broken to merit the Lord’s love.
God thinks you are special. Because of the heavenly Father’s love for the world, He sent His Son to die on the cross as a sacrifice for the sins of everyone living in the past, present, or future. None of us deserve His care and protection, but thankfully, deserving isn’t the basis for His love. In fact, God’s very nature is love (1 John 4:8 - The one who does not love does not know God, for God is love), which He demonstrated through Christ’s death “while we were yet sinners” (Rom. 5:8).
God cares so much for His children that He gives each one a unique place in His plan for the world. His followers are gifted with the specific abilities and attributes needed to carry out His individualized purpose for them in His kingdom (1 Corinthians 12:11 - But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually just as He wills).
The Lord loves you. He says so again and again in the Scriptures. That may be challenging to accept, especially if you’ve been mistreated by others—but don’t let those experiences detract from how He wants to bless you. Read His Word for yourself and see how deeply He cares for you, His beloved child.
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