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An
Adventure
Knowing that God loves you is a growing
adventure. Most
people, if they are church-going people, or ever have
been, will readily agree, “Yes, I know God loves
me.” But this is most usually a mind thing, and it
hasn’t affected the heart at all. The way to know is
to ask yourself some questions:
Am I at peace with myself and my life? Do I
worry, or get upset over things that I cannot control?
Does anything or anybody make me afraid? Are there
people I don’t like very much ~ or even a lot?
Knowing God’s love deep in your heart brings
peace and firm confidence. Nothing is worth getting
upset about. No
one can upset me because I know that I’m loved.
Furthermore, I know that as long as I obey God,
He will take good care of me and do whatever I ever
need. After
all, I’m
special to God. He
loves me!
Are you wanting to get started on this
adventure? Then use these verses as food for your
thoughts, and nibble on them all day. Whenever your
mind is idle, mull over one of these verses.
Chose one for the day, and purpose to dwell on
it at every idle moment. The idea is to squeeze every
bit of good from one verse that’s possible.
God’s word is oh, so rich.
Meditating on God’s Word (what
this is) brings blessings galore. Joshua 1:8 and Psalm
1:2-3 explain that. I John 4:18 says that perfected or
full-grown love drives out fear.
That’s why I said it’s a growing thing.
One more hint: Saying them softly, but out-loud benefits you by helping
faith or believing to grow. Faith comes by hearing and
hearing, with your ears,
Rom. 10:17.
As long as you are hearing the Word, faith is
coming. More
Word equals more faith ~ that God loves you!
Some
Verses
John
17:23, (Jesus prayed that the world would know that
God loves us THE SAME AS HE LOVES JESUS.)
John
3:16 (Amp) “God so greatly loved and dearly prized
the world …”
Eph.
2:4 (Amp) “But God! So rich is He in His mercy!
Because of and in order to satisfy the great and
wonderful and intense love with which He loved
us…”
Rom.
8:38-39, “I am persuaded that (absolutely nothing)
shall be able to separate us from the love of God.”
III
John 2, “Beloved, I wish above all things that you
would prosper and be in health, even as your soul
prospers.”
Eph.
3:20, “Now unto Him who is able to do exceedingly
abundantly above all that we ask or think, according
to the power that works within us …”
John
10:10, “The thief does not come except to steal,
kill, and destroy. But I have come that they might
have life, and that they might have it more
abundantly.”
Eph. 1:19, (Paul prays that we
would know) “what is the exceeding greatness of His
power toward us who believe.”
Rom. 8:32, “He who did not spare
His own Son, but gave Him up for us all, how will He
not also, along with Him, freely give us all
things?”
II Chron. 16:9 “The eyes of
the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth to
show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is
loyal to Him.”
I Pet. 5:7, “Casting all your
care upon Him, for He cares for you.”
Psa. 23:1, 6, “The Lord is my
Shepherd, I shall not lack. … Goodness and mercy
follows me all the days of my life.”
I Tim. 6:17, “… God Who
gives us richly all things to enjoy.”
Psa. 37:4, “Delight yourself
in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your
heart.”
Psa. 84:11, “No good thing
will He withhold from those who walk uprightly.”
(with integrity)
Prov. 10:24, “The desire of
the righteous will be granted.”
Psa. 145:19, “He will fulfill
the desire of those who fear (respect and obey)
Him.”
Ex. 19:5-6, “If you will obey
my voice… then you will be a special treasure to me
above all people…”
Jer. 31:3, “Yes, I have loved
you with an everlasting love; therefore with loving
kindnesses have I drawn you.”
Lam. 3:22-25, “His compassions
fail not. They are new every morning.
Great is Your faithfulness…
The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, to
the soul who seeks Him.”
Psa. 103:2-4, “Bless the Lord,
oh my soul, and forget not all His benefits: Who
forgives all your iniquities, who heals all your
diseases, who redeems your life from destruction, who
crowns you with loving kindness and tender mercies
…”
Verse 8, “the Lord is merciful
and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in mercy.”
Verse 11, “For as the heavens
are high above the earth, so great is His mercy toward
them that fear Him.”
Verses 17-18, “But the mercy
of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on
those who fear Him; and His righteousness to
children’s children, to such as keep His covenant,
and to those who remember His commandments to do
them.”
Psa. 34:8-10, “Oh taste and
see that the Lord is good. Blessed is the man who trusts
in Him. Oh, fear the Lord, you His saints.
There is no lack to those who fear Him.
The young lions do lack and suffer hunger, but
those who seek the Lord shall not lack any good
thing.”
Psa. 36:7, “How excellent is
Your loving kindness, Oh God!”
I John 3:1, “How great is the
love the Father has lavished upon us, that we should
be called the children of God.”
Rom. 8:15, “… you received the
spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, ‘Abba
(daddy), Father.’”
II Cor. 6:18, “I will be a
Father to you, and you shall be My sons and daughters,
says the Lord Almighty.”
Matt. 7:11, “If you then,
being evil, know how to give good gifts to your
children, HOW MUCH MORE will your Father in heaven
give good things to those who ask Him.”
Psa. 103:13, “As a father has
compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion
on those who fear Him.”
Jer. 29:11, 13, “’I know the
plans that I have for you,’ declares the Lord,
‘plans for welfare and not for calamity, to give you
a future and a hope…
And you will seek Me and find Me when you
search for Me with all your heart.’”
Heb. 4:16, “Let us therefore
come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain
mercy and find grace to help in time of need.”
Psa.3:3, “You oh Lord, are a
shield for me; my glory and the lifter up of my
head.”
Jer
32:27, “I am the Lord, the God of all flesh.
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