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When our children were small, I often prayed with them after tucking them into bed. Before <\/span>prayers, I would sit on the edge of the bed and talk with them. I remember telling our daughter, \u201cIf I could line up all the girls in the world, I would walk down the line looking for you. After going through the entire line, I would choose you to be my daughter.\u201d That always put a big smile on her face because she knew she was special.<\/span><\/p>\n

If that was a smile-worthy moment for her, think of the grace-filled fact that the Creator-God of the universe \u201cfrom the beginning chose you for salvation\u201d (2 Thess. 2:13). Before time began, He desired to make you His own. This is why Scripture often uses the picture of adoption to communicate the amazing reality that, through no merit or worthiness of our own, we have been chosen by Him.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is stunning news! We are \u201cbeloved by the Lord\u201d (<\/span>2 Thess. 2:13) and enjoy the benefits of being part of His family. This glorious truth should fill our lives with humility and gratitude. \u201cNow may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and our God and Father, who has loved us … establish you in every good word and work\u201d (<\/span>2 Thess. 2:16-17).  – Daily Bread. Joe Stowell. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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My Lord I Did Not Choose You. Matthew Smith (2009). (“Tis Not that I Did Choose Thee.” Josiah Conder 1789). <\/span><\/div>\n
My Lord I Did Not Choose You<\/a><\/div>\n

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My heart knows none above you;
for you I long, I thirst,
and know that, if I love you,
Lord, you have loved me first. <\/lyrics><\/b><\/div>\n

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It\u2019s God\u2019s choice to love you and to make you part of His family.  <\/span><\/div>\n

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I will be forever grateful that I am Your child,<\/span><\/div>\n
Father, and that You love me! Teach me to remember<\/span><\/div>\n
all the benefits of belonging to You, and may I<\/span><\/div>\n
serve You faithfully as part of Your family.  <\/span><\/div>\n

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AMEN! <\/div>\n

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INSIGHT<\/span>: In Paul\u2019s first letter to the Thessalonians, he assured the believers that they were loved by God and chosen (1 Thess. 1:4). In today\u2019s reading, Paul reiterates this by saying, \u201cGod from the beginning chose you for salvation\u201d (2 Thess. 2:13). That God \u201cchooses\u201d people is taught in Scripture (Deut. 7:6-8; Isa. 44:1-2; Rom. 8:28-33; 9:11; Eph. 1:4-6,11; Titus 1:1; 1 Peter 1:1-2). Although a person is \u201cchosen\u201d before the creation of the world (Eph. 1:4-5; 2 Tim. 1:9), this becomes evident in life when one believes in the Lord Jesus Christ (2 Thess. 2:13-14). <\/span><\/div>\n

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