Oh How I Love Jesus

Oh how I love Jesus; Oh how I love Jesus Oh how I love Jesus because He first loved me! I’ll never forsake Him; no I’ll never forsake Him; I’ll never forsake Him; because He first loved me; To me He is so wonderful; To me He is so wonderful; To me He is so wonderful; because He first loved me.

I remember singing this precious little song as I child and doing the motions to it and loving to sing that song, but not really knowing the full meaning. Now I listen to this song or sing this song and I think of how much I love Him because Oh How Much He loves me! Just like the song by John Mark McMillen “How He Loves” -- it says Oh How He Loves Us so – when I think about the words to those two songs my mind goes to one of the most powerful scriptures in the Bible to me. How He loves – Oh how and why I love Jesus. Such a simple message but such a powerful word John 3:16 - “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” John 3:17 goes on to say “For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.” Oh How He Loves Us – He laid down His life for us – before we were born – while we were yet sinners – Christ died for us!

Oh How I love Jesus – Oh How I love Jesus – Oh How I love Jesus – because He first loved me – He laid down His life for me. This week is Passion Week for the Christian world – yesterday symbolized the day we call “Palm Sunday” when Jesus made His entry into the city on a colt and a parade was given for Him calling Him Hosanna and waving palm branches at Him – by the end of this week – Jesus will have been betrayed by Judas – and He will be beaten and bruised and then He will lay down His life for us – and in 3 days rise again victorious over death, hell, and the grave.

As we go through this week, this “Passion Week” – let us not forget – that Christ – Oh How He loves us – He laid down His life for us! What are we going to do for Him?

Let's Celebrate the Risen Savior!

Trish D