Sunday, December 18, 2022

LOVE from GOD

 


Lamentations 3:22-23

King James Version

22 It is of the Lord's mercies 

that we are not consumed, 

because his compassions fail not.

23 They are new every morning: 

great is thy faithfulness.


The Bible is a LOVE story.

Of how much GOD loves us.

Despite man's unfaithful nature.

Yes, GOD disciplines us, as needed.

But that love remains.

GOD is sure, steady, strong.

He is pure, perfect, and precise.

He is omnipresent, omnipotent, and omniscient.

He doesn't change.

Whether you're a Jew,

Malachi 3:6

King James Version

6 For I am the Lord, I change not; 

therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.


or a Gentile:

Romans 11:19

King James Version

19 Thou wilt say then, 

The branches were broken off, 

that I might be grafted in.


GOD loves us all.

Romans 11:32

King James Version

32 For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, 

that he might have mercy upon all.


Scripture is full of GOD's boundless love.

Let's meditate upon these magnificent verses:

2 Chronicles 6:14

King James Version

14 And said, 

O Lord God of Israel, 

there is no God like thee in the heaven, 

nor in the earth; 

which keepest covenant, 

and shewest mercy unto thy servants, 

that walk before thee with all their hearts:


Psalm 5:12

King James Version

12 For thou, Lord, 

wilt bless the righteous; 

with favour wilt thou compass him 

as with a shield.


Psalm 36:7

King James Version

7 How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! 

therefore the children of men put their trust 

under the shadow of thy wings.


Psalm 63:3

King James Version

3 Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, 

my lips shall praise thee.


Psalm 86:15

King James Version

15 But thou, O Lord, 

art a God full of compassion,

 and gracious, 

long suffering, 

and plenteous in mercy and truth.


Psalm 107:8-9

King James Version

8 Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, 

and for his wonderful works to the children of men!

9 For he satisfieth the longing soul, 

and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.


Isaiah 54:10

King James Version

10 For the mountains shall depart, 

and the hills be removed; 

but my kindness shall not depart from thee, 

neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, 

saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee.


Micah 7:18-19

King James Version

18 Who is a God like unto thee, 

that pardoneth iniquity, 

and passeth by the transgression 

of the remnant of his heritage? 

he retaineth not his anger for ever, 

because he delighteth in mercy.

19 He will turn again, 

he will have compassion upon us; 

he will subdue our iniquities; 

and thou wilt cast all their sins 

into the depths of the sea.


Zephaniah 3:17

King James Version

17 The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; 

he will save, 

he will rejoice over thee with joy; 

he will rest in his love, 

he will joy over thee with singing.


John 3:16-17

King James Version

16 For God so loved the world, 

that he gave his only begotten Son, 

that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, 

but have everlasting life.

17 For God sent not his Son into the world 

to condemn the world; 

but that the world through him 

might be saved.


John 13:34-35

King James Version

34 A new commandment I give unto you, 

That ye love one another; as I have loved you, 

that ye also love one another.

35 By this shall all men know 

that ye are my disciples, 

if ye have love one to another.


John 14:21

King James Version

21 He that hath my commandments, 

and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: 

and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, 

and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.


John 15:9

King James Version

9 As the Father hath loved me, 

so have I loved you: 

continue ye in my love.


John 16:27

King James Version

27 For the Father himself loveth you, 

because ye have loved me, 

and have believed that I came out from God.


Romans 5:5

King James Version

5 And hope maketh not ashamed; 

because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts 

by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.


Romans 8:31-32

King James Version

31 What shall we then say to these things? 

If God be for us, who can be against us?

32 He that spared not his own Son, 

but delivered him up for us all, 

how shall he not with him 

also freely give us all things?


Romans 8:35

King James Version

35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? 

shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, 

or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?


Romans 8:38-39

King James Version

38 For I am persuaded, 

that neither death, nor life, nor angels, 

nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, 

nor things to come,

39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, 

shall be able to separate us from the love of God, 

which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.


Galatians 2:20

King James Version

20 I am crucified with Christ: 

nevertheless I live; 

yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: 

and the life which I now live in the flesh 

I live by the faith of the Son of God, 

who loved me, 

and gave himself for me.


Ephesians 1:3-4

King James Version

3 Blessed be the God and Father 

of our Lord Jesus Christ, 

who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings

in heavenly places in Christ:

4 According as he hath chosen us in him 

before the foundation of the world, 

that we should be holy and without blame 

before him in love:


Ephesians 2:4-5

King James Version

4 But God, 

who is rich in mercy, 

for his great love wherewith he loved us,

5 Even when we were dead in sins, 

hath quickened us together with Christ, 

(by grace ye are saved;)


Ephesians 3:19

King James Version

19 And to know the love of Christ, 

which passeth knowledge, 

that ye might be filled 

with all the fulness of God.


1 John 3:1

King James Version

3 Behold, 

what manner of love 

the Father hath bestowed upon us, 

that we should be called the sons of God: 

therefore the world knoweth us not, 

because it knew him not.


1 John 4:8

King James Version

8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; 

for God is love.


1 John 4:9-10

King James Version

9 In this was manifested 

the love of God toward us, 

because that God sent 

his only begotten Son into the world, 

that we might live through him.

10 Herein is love, 

not that we loved God, 

but that he loved us, 

and sent his Son 

to be the propitiation for our sins.


Jude 21

King James Version

21 Keep yourselves in the love of God, 

looking for the mercy 

of our Lord Jesus Christ 

unto eternal life.


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