Father, before I loved you, you loved me and died for my sins.
Now I have hope because I know that my iniquities have been
washed. The grace the cross has shown to me will continue to
help me show love to others, that they might glorify your name.
Amen.In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world,
that we might live through Him. In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His
Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.