TRUST #5: Trust in God's Love for You

As Valentine's Day approaches, allow me to share with you 15 verses about the best kind of love there is - GOD'S LOVE. 

When you doubt God's love for you, read over these verses and TRUST that His steadfast (firm, unwavering) love for you is abounding (much, many, great), and will endure forever.

Nehemiah 9:17 (ESV) - ...but you are a God ready to forgive, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love...

Psalm 36:5 - Your steadfast love, O LORD, extends to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds. 

Psalm 63:3 - Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you.  

Psalm 86:15 - But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.  

Psalm 107:8 - Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works to the children of man! 

Psalm 119:64 -  The earth, O LORD, is full of your steadfast love; teach me your statutes!

1 Chronicles 16:34 - Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever!  

Song of Solomon 2:4 -  He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.

John 3:16 - For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

John 13:34 - A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.

Romans 5:8 - But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Galatians 2:20 - I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Ephesian 5:2 - And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

1 John 3:1 - See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God;

1 John 4:7-8 - Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.

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Unconditional Love

The word of the week is UNCONDITIONAL

not limited in any way : complete and absolute

Today is Valentine's Day. What better day than today to talk about unconditional love. 

Did you know there are promises in God's Word that tell us He does, and always will, love us unconditionally? His love is not limited in any way. It is complete and absolute. It is not based on anything we do or don't do for Him. He loves us simply because He created us and we are His people.

Romans 5:8 - But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. (ESV)

Jeremiah 31:3 - The LORD appeared to him from afar, saying, "I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore I have drawn you with lovingkindness. (NASB)

Titus 3:4-5 - But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit,  (ESV)

Isn't it wonderful to know that God loves us unconditionally? I think it is. But, now, here's some food for thought:

Do we love Him back with that same kind of unconditional love?

It is easy to love a God who favorably answers our prayers, am I right? But, what about when our prayers are not answered to our liking, or if we think He is not answering them as soon as we think He should? Do we still love Him and serve Him, JUST BECAUSE HE IS OUR CREATOR?

One of my favorite lines from the movie "Facing the Giants" is when the main character asks his wife:  "If God doesn't give you what you want, will you still love Him?"  She had no answer at that moment, because her earthly desires were overpowering her thoughts. It was hard for her to love Him unconditionally. As time went on, she did finally realize that God's plans for her life may not be what SHE had envisioned. So, she chose to love Him no matter the circumstances. 

What about you? If God doesn't give you what you want, will YOU still love Him?

Verses for Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day, everyone!

As we think about those we love, let's not forget the ONE who loves us most of all - our Heavenly Father... the One who sent His only Son to die for us... the one who will never leave us or forsake us... the One who wrote the greatest love letter of all - The Holy Bible!

Because HE first loved us, we should love Him back, and love OTHERS as well. Here are several verses from God's Word that talk about this kind of love we should have for each other:

Matthew 22:37-39 - And He said to him, 'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, ad with all  your mind.' This is the great and foremost commandment. The second is like it, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'

John 13:34 - "A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another."

Romans 12:9-13 - Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil; cling to what is good. Be devoted to one another in brotherly love; give preference to one another in honor; not lagging behind in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord; rejoicing in hope, persevering in tribulation, devoted to prayer, contributing to the needs of the saints, practicing hospitality.

I John 4:21 - And this commandment we have from Him, that the one who loves God should love his brother also.

I Timothy 1:5 - But the goal of our instruction is love from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.

Hebrews 13:1-2 - Let love of the brethren continue. Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by this some have entertained angels without knowing it.