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The law of reciprocity is the feeling that when you receive something, you feel obligated to give something back.

God’s love doesn’t work like that. There aren’t strings attached. God offers a far-reaching, never-ending, no questions asked, love. The best part is, you have God’s love no matter what you do with it. But when you understand it, you can’t help but live a life in gratitude for it. John, who wrote this, spent three years living with Jesus and then decades telling others about what he experienced with Jesus. He’s an expert. What he saw in Jesus was the very definition of love. The question is, with such amazing love freely given, how do we respond? God’s love isn’t going anywhere. But what about us? How will we behave knowing this love is already ours?

Write down ways you have experienced God’s love. Do you feel like you HAVE to live a certain way to earn it? Or are you living out of gratitude for it? How are the two different?