As sinful human beings living in a fallen world we can’t love anywhere close to what God originally intended before the fall of man. Nor can we comprehend the magnitude of God’s love for us. Only when we get to heaven will we fully realize the depth of God’s love for us. If God could be described in one word it would be “love”. The Bible says clearly that “God is love”. The Bible doesn’t say God feels love. The Bible says God “IS” love. Let that profound statement sink in. We need to meditate often on God’s love for us which should, in turn, help us to keep our love for God alive and growing. The fear of the Lord should our goal and it should permeate every fiber of our being once we understand God’s abiding love for us.
14. John 8:42-43 – (Jesus speaking) – If God were your Father, you would love me, for I proceeded forth and came from God; nor have I come of Myself, but He sent Me. Why do you not understand My speech? Because you are not able to listen to My word.
15. 1 John 4:16 – And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.
16. 1 John 3:1 – Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.
17. Matthew 7:11 – (Jesus speaking) – If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!
18. Matthew 5:48 – (Jesus speaking) – Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.
19. James 1:17 – Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.
20. Matthew 6:31-33 – (Jesus speaking) – Therefore do not worry, saying, “What shall we eat?” or “What shall we wear?” For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.
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