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1 John 3:1 calls believers children of God. His love for us brings us into the family of God. We are chosen and adopted by Him. God\u2019s love is not dependent upon our behavior or our faithfulness. He loves us unconditionally. We can\u2019t make Him love us more or love us less. His love never changes or ceases, it is steadfast. He shows us His love through His son Jesus Christ. Paul says in Romans 8 that nothing can separate us from the love of God. Love is who God is. It is His nature. The gift of salvation reveals His love. \u201cFor it is by grace\u00a0you have been saved,\u00a0through faith\u2014and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God\u2014\u00a0not by works,\u00a0so that no one can boast\u201d (Ephesians 2:8-9).<\/p>\n
Cut out a heart for each individual family member. Write each person\u2019s name on a heart. Get a lock and label it \u201cGod.\u201d Put a hole in the top of each heart and attach all the hearts to the lock. Close, secure the lock, throw away the key. Then say, \u201cNothing can separate God from the love He has for ______ (speak each family member\u2019s name).\u00a0<\/p>\n
1 John 4:8 tells us, \u201cWhoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.\u201d Scripture tells us our God is love. \u00a0The cross is the place where the greatest act of love occurred. \u201cWhile we were still sinners Christ died for us.\u201d This is great news. Happy Valentine\u2019s Day.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Lori Wildenberg<\/strong>, national speaker,\u00a0<\/em>licensed<\/em>\u00a0family\u00a0<\/em>and<\/em>\u00a0parent educator and parent coach, is passionate about helping families build connections that last a lifetime. She is the author or co-author of five books. Lori\u2019s most recent book\u00a0<\/em>The Messy Life of Parenting: Powerful and Practical Ways to Strengthen Family Connection\u00a0<\/strong>was recently released. \u00a0She loves working with moms and dads to assist them in their quest to be the best parent they can be. Lori and her husband Tom have four young adult children. You can find Lori on Facebook and on Instagram. For more information or to sign up for Lori\u2019s weekly Eternal Moments<\/strong> blog go to\u00a0<\/em>loriwildenberg.com .<\/em><\/p>\n Photo credit: \u00a9Getty Images\/Maria Korneeva<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 1 John 3:1 calls believers children of God. His love for us brings us into the family of God. We are chosen and adopted by Him. God\u2019s love is not dependent upon our behavior or our faithfulness. He loves us unconditionally. We can\u2019t make Him love us more or love us less. His love never<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18482,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[897,47,238,145,2333,4806,154],"class_list":{"0":"post-18481","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-christian-living","8":"tag-children","9":"tag-day","10":"tag-gods","11":"tag-love","12":"tag-teach","13":"tag-valentines","14":"tag-ways"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18481\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}