Love So Amazing

But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.  And since we have been made right in God’s sight by the blood of Christ, he will certainly save us from God’s condemnation.  For since our friendship with God was restored by the death of his Son while we were still his enemies, we will certainly be saved through the life of his Son.  So now we can rejoice in our wonderful new relationship with God because our Lord Jesus Christ has made us friends of God.

—Romans 5:8-11 (NLT)

Loving Father,

Thank You for the amazing way that You reached out to me in love—when I was Your enemy—and not only saved me from death, but through Christ, made me Your friend!

Even though I was lost in the filthy grip of sin and even though I was Your enemy in every way, You touched me with a love so amazing—by the sacrifice of Your own Son.  

I was cleansed from my sin and made right in Your sight—by the blood of Christ—so that I could be called Your friend.

Thank You that Your love did not first demand that I love You—that Your love for me is constant and without condition.

Thank You that I now live because the life of Christ lives in me—and I am saved by that life.   

Let me never cease rejoicing in the friendship I have with You.

Thank You for the amazing way that You reached out to me in love—when I was Your enemy—and not only saved me from death, but through Christ, made me Your friend!

In the name of Jesus, Amen.