God loves each person unconditionally from the moment they are born, just as a mother loves her newborn baby. God's love is perfect and limitless, regardless of anything a person has done. Some people try to block God's love through sin, which separates them from God, but God's love continues to pour down on everyone. The only way to experience God's transforming love is to abandon sin and fully open one's heart to receive His love.

1. Loves You More Than You
Can Imagine
God
LOVE SOME ONE TODAY: Lesson 2
One-to-One Discipleship for Catholics by Bo Sanchez

2. Ask any mother.
When she gave birth to her baby, she already loved her
child. The baby didn’t do anything good yet. The infant didn’t
learn to say, “I love you, Mommy.” Neither has she won any
medals in school yet. In fact, the baby didn’t come out cute
and cuddly. It came out covered in blood and screaming.
Yet the mother loved her baby from the very start.
Here’s
my point:
If an imperfect
mother can give
“unearned” love to her
child, how much
more can God love you
even before you do
anything
good?
God delights in you.
More than you can imagine.

3. No matter who you are or what you’ve done, He
loves you. He will always love you. Yes, you can
shut out that love from your life but you cannot
do anything to decrease His love for you.

4. Imagine a man using an umbrella in the rain.
He has no control over the rain. But he can hide
beneath his umbrella so he won’t get wet.
But this unearned
love of God
is very disturbing
To many people.

5. Perhaps some were
raised by unloving
parents or
in broken homes.
Perhaps some were
raised in religious
legalism.
Perhaps they were taught that
God is an insecure.
Which is a LIE.

6. But the only way you can ever change your life is
to accept this relentless affection of God for you.
Open yourself to Him. Let His powerful love
transform you completely.
Jesus showed us an incredible love
for sinners. No matter who you are or
what you have done, God loves you
and wants to give you a new life.

7. Matthew 9:10-12
Later, Jesus and His disciples were having dinner at
Matthew’s house. Many tax collectors and other
sinners were also there. Some Pharisees asked Jesus’
disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax
collectors and other sinners?” Jesus heard them and
answered, “Healthy people don’t need a doctor, but
sick people do.”

8. Throw Away Your Umbrella
People wonder why, despite their sins, they still receive God’s love.
Imagine a man holding an
umbrella amidst a great
storm. No matter how much he
tries, he will still get wet.
Romans 3:23
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
Your umbrella is your
sin that tries to block God’s
love from your life. According
to the Bible, all of us use
umbrellas of sin...

9. The big problem is that sin multiplies. We drift away from God
so much, our conscience becomes so weak, we no longer see
sin as sin. In the end, our sin has become a gigantic umbrella
made of steel and concrete. The love of God continues to rain
on us but we can’t even feel a single drop of God’s downpour.
That is what the Bible calls spiritual death...

10. Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is
death, but the gift of
God is eternal life in
Christ Jesus our Lord.
Sin separates
you from God.
Make a
decision now
to throw away
your umbrella.
Get very wet.
Better
yet, swim in
the ocean of
His love.
2 Timothy 2:19
Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord must turn away
from wickedness.

11. Go to God as You Are — As Is, Where Is
Some people say, “I’ll go back to God when I’ve
cleaned up my act.”
That’s foolishness. You can’t do it on your own.
Go back to God now — as is, where is. With all your garbage. Let
Him be the one to cleanse you. Let Him be the one to wash you.
Let Him be the one to give you a new life.

12. Application:
Do you remember events in your life where you
experienced God’s personal love for you in a very real
way?
What “umbrellas” of sin prevent you from receiving
more of His love into your life?
Make a decision now to give your whole life to God.

13. Prayer:
Lord Jesus, I thank You for
loving me. Forgive me for
rejecting Your love by my
sins. I now repent. I throw
away all sin from my lift. I
want to receive all Your
love. I now open my heart
to You. I accept You as my
personal Lord and Savior. I
will live for You for the rest
of my life. Bless me, in
Jesus’ name.
Amen.
One-to-One Discipleship for Catholics by Bo Sanchez