40-Day Worship Experience Youth DevotionalSample

As we finish up our fourth week of the 40-Day Journey, we are going to turn to another simple prayer: “Jesus, I love You.”

This prayer is a response to God’s love poured out in our lives. John wrote, “We love because he first loved us” (1 John 4:19 NIV). When we experience that love and feel the safety and strength that it gives us, our natural reaction is to love Him too.

Prayer is not about getting God to love you more. When you praise God, thank Him, and express your love for Him, it should not be from a place of insecurity or fear. You are safe in His arms and His love. He will never love you more or less than He loves you today.

I encourage you to surrender your heart to God today and allow His love to fill you. You can’t earn it, and you don’t have to understand it. You just have to accept it. This surrender activates the love center deep within your emotions, chasing away fear and energizing faith.

Take a few moments this morning to receive God’s love and to express your love for Him. If it’s difficult for you to feel loved, let God heal that part of your heart. Allow Him to quiet the voices of fear, shame, and stress, and to replace them with a certainty that you are loved by God, and you are safe in that love.

Reflect

How does thinking about the depth of God’s love make you feel? Do you find it hard to believe that God loves you? Why or why not?