In January our church held its annual congregational fast. For 21 days we prayed together, fasted together and meditated on 1 John . Here are my thoughts from those times of devotion in 1 John.

See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. ² Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears,^[a] we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. ³ All who have this hope in him purify themselves, just as he is pure. 1 JOHN 3:1-3

MEDITATIONAL THOUGHT:See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God.

MY THOUGHTS: It is such an amazing thought to me that God’s initial reaction towards us is love… For God so loved the world that He gave… While were were yet sinners Christ died for us…No greater love has a man than this that he would lay down his life for his friends… And on and on it goes. God loves us and there is nothing we can do about that!