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What God Did to Win Your Heart

Contents

Acknowledgments

1.
You Did This for Me?
2.
“I Will Bear Your Dark Side”
God’s Promise in the Soldiers’ Spit
3.
“I Loved You Enough to Become One of You”
God’s Promise in the Crown of Thorns

4.
“I Forgive You”
God’s Promise in the Nails
5.
“I Will Speak to You in Your Language”
God’s Promise Through the Sign
6.
“IWill Let You Choose”
God’s Promise Through the Two Crosses
7.
“I Will Not Abandon You”
God’s Promise in the Path
8.
“I Will Give You My Robe”
God’s Promise in the Garment
9.
“I Invite You into My Presence”
God’s Promise Through the Torn Flesh
10. “I Understand Your Pain”
God’s Promise in the Wine-Soaked Sponge
11. “I Have Redeemed You and I Will Keep You”
God’s Promisein the Blood and Water
12. “I Will Love You Forever”
God’s Promise in the Cross
13. “I Can Turn Your Tragedy into Triumph”
God’s Promise in the Burial Clothing
14. “I Have Won the Victory”
God’s Promise in the Empty Tomb
15. What Will You Leave at the Cross?
Final Words

Long ago, even before he made the world,
God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy
and without faultin his eyes.
His unchanging plan has always been to adopt us into
his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ.
And this gave him great pleasure.
So we praise God for the wonderful kindness he has poured
out on us because we belong to his dearly loved Son.
He is so rich in kindness that he purchased our freedom
through the blood of his Son,
and our sins areforgiven.…
God’s secret plan has now been revealed to us;
it is a plan centered on Christ,
designed long ago according to his good pleasure.
And this is his plan:
At the right time he will bring everything together
under the authority of Christ—everything in heaven and on earth. Furthermore, because
of Christ,
we have received an inheritance from God,
for he chose us from thebeginning,
and all things happen just as he decided long ago.

Ephesians 1:4–7, 9–11 nlt

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You Did This for ME?

The gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 6:23 niv

Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!
2 Corinthians 9:15 niv

And God has reserved for his children the priceless gift of eternal life; it is kept in
heaven for you, pure and undefiled,beyond the reach of change and decay. And
God, in his mighty power, will make sure that you get there safely to receive it,
because you are trusting him. It will be yours in that coming last day for all to
see.

1 Peter 1:4–5 tlb

Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the
heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. He chose to giveus
birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he
created.

James 1:17–18 niv

He deserves our compassion. When you see him, do not laugh. Do not mock. Do not turn
away or shake your head. Just gently lead him to the nearest bench and help him sit
down.

Have pity on the man. He is so fearful, so wide-eyed. He’s a deer on the streets ofManhattan. Tarzan walking through the urban jungle. He’s a beached whale, wondering
how he got here and how he’ll get out.

Who is this forlorn creature? This ashen-faced orphan? He is—please remove your
hats out of respect—he is the man in the women’s department. Looking for a gift.

The season may be Christmas. The occasion may be her birthday or their anniversary.
Whatever the motive, hehas come out of hiding.
Leaving behind his familiar habitat of sporting goods stores, food courts, and the big-screen television in the appliance department, he ventures into the unknown world of women’s wear. You’ll spot him easily. He’s the motionless one in the aisle. Were it not for the sweat rings under his arms, you’d think he was a mannequin.

But he isn’t. He is a man in a woman’s...