Passion for Praise: 'True Love, Truly God'

Saturday, February 14, 2026

God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him. This is real love — not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.
— 1 John 4:9-10

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Passion for Praise is a daily devotional consisting of a passage of Scripture that emphasizes praise to our God.

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