God’S Perfect, Persistent Love for All People

By Dr. Victoria Ireoluwa Amedu

God loves us with a perfect, unconditional love. It is an agape lovea love that is sacrificial, nonjudgmental, uncondemning, and unwavering. But God not only wants us to embrace this love he has for us, he also wants us to love both him and other people with the same kind of perfect love.

In Gods Perfect, Persistent Love for All People, author Dr. Victoria Ireoluwa Amedu invites all of Gods children to take on Gods perfect, persistent love and to rely on it to help overcome all kinds of calamity, destitution, persecution, and hungerboth in our own lives and in the lives of others. Through both struggle and triumph, our loving God is always there to see us through lifes challenges and bless us with success. But he also gives us a command:

This is My commandment: that you love one another [just] as I have loved you. No one has greater love [no one has shown stronger affection] than to lay down (give up) his own life for his friends. (John 15:1213 AMP)

Gods Perfect, Persistent Love for All People reminds us of Christs example and of his commandment, and just as God loved us so much that he gave his only begotten Son so that we all may be saved and have eternal life with him in heaven, we too must give of ourselves to share this love with our earthly brothers, sisters and all humanities.

• Language: English
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Release date: Mar 20, 2017
• ISBN: 9781532013522

Dr. Victoria Ireoluwa Amedu

Dr. Victoria Ireoluwa Amedu currently holds a PhD in business management, and she and her husband, Jonah, are blessed with six children. She and her family currently reside in Calgary, Canada.

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CONTENTS

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1

God’s Consistent Love for Everyone

Youth for God

Devoted David

Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego

God’s Gracious, Steadfast Love Never Ends

Chapter 2

By God’s Grace We Are Saved

The Depravity of Humanity

Jesus Paid It All

Chapter 3

Jesus Christ, a Perfect Ransom for Sinners

Silence Is Splendid: A Perfect Example in Christ

Victory through Jesus Christ

God’s Impeccable Love: Redemption by Grace

Chapter 4

Walking after God’s Holy Spirit

God’s Loving Thoughts toward Us

Ask, Seek, Knock (ASK)

We Can Do All Things through Jesus Christ

God’s Excellent Love

Conclusion

This book is

dedicated to God Almighty and to my beloved parents, the late Pastor Daniel O. Olorunyomi and Mrs. Hannah E. Olorunyomi, who told me about God’s love, showed me how to love God, others, self, and taught me so many other good things.

PREFACE

I like reading books and enjoy writing. I started writing in school, doing articles for newspapers. For me, the greatest book is the Bible, the Word of God. It offers believers insight, instruction, and inspiration, allowing them to live virtuous lives on earth, ensuring eternity with God. The Bible offers all the goodness of God, providing assurance, answers, divine directions, divine presence, powerful promises, protection, inspiration, and encouragement. The Good Book contains everything the human race needs.

From childhood, I prayed to God that one day I would write a book. I thank almighty God for making my dream possible for the glory of His holy name. I thank Him for all the people He has used to accomplish His perfect plan. May God bless them all. I give glory to our great and gracious God for His perfect, persistent love for me and for all people.

I have seen little children happily share their last material possessions. Many have shown love, care, and compassion to others in various ways. I learned and grew by observing my parents’ kindness, love, respect, and benevolence for all. My parents were always willing to do anything to make me happy. They fed and clothed us before thinking of themselves. We children were their first priority after God. They always waited for us to be securely asleep before they went to bed. They tried to meet our needs and aspirations and to provide a better life for us than for themselves.

My parents patiently guided me in the right direction by instruction, by action, by practical example, and by constructive correction, sometimes overlooking my childish mistakes. They trained me always to do what is right in God’s sight. They pointed me toward the Lord and led me to God’s saving grace through faith in atonement by the blameless blood of Jesus Christ. They taught me how to read the Bible before I was in primary school, to pray, and to love, praise, obey, and trust God. My parents obeyed God’s Word to the later, utmost and took Him seriously when He said, Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it (Proverbs 22:6 KJV). Also, said, How beautiful upon the mountain are the feet of him that bringeth the good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tiding of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth! {Isaiah 52:7 KJV}. They loved others as themselves, sharing the good news of God’s love for all and enthusiastically and joyfully offering whatever they had to others for His glory. I saw how they consistently loved God and all people no matter the challenges or circumstances.

I do not take lightly the privilege of my parents’ godly example. This basic stepping-stone has inspired me to remain in Christ Jesus and in God’s gracious love. I will continue to cherish my parents as one of God’s great gifts to me and to apply what I learned from them in living my life. I give God glory and praise for all His perfect plans. His love, saving grace, favors, and divine presence make all things work together for everyone’s good.

God loves us beyond what words can describe. His perfect love and divine grace have worked miracles in my life and have brought miracles through me and through other people. We cannot comprehend the multiplied effect of loving, helping, and uplifting people one at a time. The consequence is enormous. That little smile offered to someone, a show of compassion and kind-heartedness, and persistent prayer with faith in God’s love whatever the circumstances—all this has a tremendously far-reaching impact.

We do not realize how much God can do in us and through us with all that He has given us. There is no end to the list: His perfect love, His victory over sin