The Daily CHEW™
Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals
A client recently asked, “I hear everyone talk about God’s love like they really know it, but for me, it’s just words. How do I actually learn about God’s love in a way that transforms me, not just informs me? Where do I even start?” His question reveals what many Christians experience: we know the doctrine of God’s love, but we haven’t learned it in a way that changes us.
The difference between knowing about God’s love and learning God’s love is the difference between reading a menu and tasting food. One gives you information; the other gives you experience. Learning about God’s love isn’t just accumulating more facts—it’s a journey of discovering His character through Scripture, encountering His presence through prayer, experiencing His faithfulness through circumstances, and having the Holy Spirit make it real to your heart.
The Four Ways We Learn About God’s Love
Scripture consistently shows that God reveals His love through multiple channels, and we need all of them to truly learn who He is and how He loves us. Learning about God’s love isn’t passive—it’s an active pursuit that requires time, attention, and openness to encounter.
1. Learning Through Scripture: The Authoritative Foundation
God’s Word is the primary and authoritative source for learning about His love. “All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness” (2 Timothy 3:16). Scripture doesn’t just tell us that God loves us—it shows us what that love looks like in action.
When you read about:
- God pursuing Israel despite their constant rebellion (Hosea’s entire book)
- Jesus weeping over Jerusalem even as they rejected Him (Luke 19:41)
- The Father giving His only Son for rebellious humanity (John 3:16)
- Christ dying for us while we were still sinners (Romans 5:8)
You’re not just learning facts—you’re seeing God’s character revealed through real stories, real people, and real sacrifices. The more you immerse yourself in Scripture, the more layers of God’s love you discover.
2. Learning Through Prayer: The Relational Channel
Prayer is where you move from learning about God to learning from God. David prayed, “One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in his temple” (Psalm 27:4).
CHEWing is essentially prayer that moves God’s love from head to heart. When you confess honestly, hear God speak through Scripture, exchange your beliefs for Gospel truth, and walk in obedience, you’re not just learning information about God—you’re experiencing His presence, hearing His voice, and encountering His love personally.
This is where theology becomes relationship. This is where “God is love” becomes “God loves ME.”
3. Learning Through Circumstances: The Classroom of Life
God teaches us about His love through what He allows and how He responds. Paul learned this: “Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave me. But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness'” (2 Corinthians 12:8-9).
You learn about God’s love when:
- He provides in unexpected ways during financial hardship
- He gives you peace in the middle of chaos
- He brings healing after you’ve been wounded
- He uses your failures to teach you about grace
- He disciplines you because you’re His child (Hebrews 12:6)
The question isn’t whether God is teaching you through circumstances, but whether you’re paying attention to what He’s revealing about His love in them.
4. Learning Through the Holy Spirit: The Internal Teacher
The Holy Spirit makes God’s love real to your heart. Paul prayed “that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge” (Ephesians 3:16-19).
Notice: the love of Christ “surpasses knowledge.” You can study it forever, but only the Holy Spirit can make you truly know it. This is why two people can read the same Bible verse, but one experiences breakthrough while the other just gains information. The Spirit illuminates truth and makes it personal.
CHEW On This™ in 3–5 Minutes: Actively Learning About God’s Love
Confess (C) to God
“Father, here’s what I’m honestly feeling: I know facts about Your love, but I haven’t learned Your love in a way that transforms me. I confess my tendency to stay in my head rather than pursue encounters with Your heart. I need You to teach me about Your love through Scripture, prayer, circumstances, and Your Spirit.”
Hear (H) from God in Scripture
“Father, what Scripture do You want me to wrestle with about learning Your love?”
“And we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.” (1 John 4:16)
“What is true about You and how I learn Your love? I come to KNOW and BELIEVE it through abiding—through staying connected to You. Your love isn’t just doctrine to study but reality to experience.”
Exchange (E) with God
Option 1 (Beginner CHEWer):
“If I really believed God loves me as much as He loves Jesus, what would change right now?”
Option 2 (Intermediate CHEWer):
“If I really believed God loves me as much as He loves Jesus, how would that change how I approach Scripture, prayer, circumstances, and the Holy Spirit’s work in teaching me about His love?”
Option 3 (Advanced CHEWer):
“If I really believed that learning about God’s love requires not just studying but abiding—staying connected through Scripture, prayer, circumstances, and the Spirit—how would that change my daily rhythms? What would I need to add or remove to create space for encountering His love, not just understanding it?”
Today, Father, I commit to learning Your love through every channel You’ve given me. Teach me through Your Word, speak to me in prayer, reveal Yourself in my circumstances, and make it all real through Your Spirit.
Walk (W) with the Holy Spirit
“Holy Spirit, please guide me in actively learning God’s love:”
- Daily Scripture: “What passage will I read and meditate on this week to learn a new dimension of God’s love?”
- Honest Prayer: “How can I CHEW daily to move from knowing about God to encountering Him?”
- Circumstantial Awareness: “What is God teaching me about His love through my current circumstances?”
- Spirit Dependence: “Holy Spirit, make God’s love real to my heart in ways that surpass knowledge.”
“Holy Spirit, I can’t learn God’s love on my own—teach me.”
Worship: The Student Who Becomes the Beloved
The beautiful paradox is this: the more you learn about God’s love, the more you realize it surpasses knowledge. You can study it your entire life and still discover new depths. You can experience breakthrough after breakthrough and still find that there’s more.
God doesn’t just want you to know about His love—He wants you to know Him as the God who loves you personally, specifically, and eternally. And He’s given you everything you need to learn: His Word, His presence in prayer, His faithfulness in circumstances, and His Spirit to make it all real.
Community + Resources
Community: Learn about God’s love alongside others who are on the same journey from head to heart here.
Want More?
The Daily CHEW™ | Make CHEWing a daily rhythm
Select Resources:
- When God’s Love Hits You at a Deeper Level: The Moment Everything Changes
- Pursuing the Encounter: How God’s Love Breaks Strongholds That Won’t Budge
- Going All-In: Why Pursuing God’s Love Unlocks Your Boldest Life
With you on the journey,
Ryan
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