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Love continued
you enjoy his wisdom and guidance, and you are assured of living forever with him. God
does, however, require your love for him to be sincere and consuming—with all your heart,
soul, mind, and strength.
• PSA L M 1 1 6 :1 | I love the Lord because he hears my voice and my prayer for mercy. (See
note on page 541.)
We love God because he listens to us.
• 1 J O H N 3 :1 | See how very much our Father loves us.
• 1 J O H N 4 :1 9 | We love each other because he loved us first.
We love God because he loves us.
• J O H N 1 5 :1 0 -1 1 | “When you obey my commandments, you remain in my love. . . .
I have told you these things so that you will be filled with my joy. Yes, your joy will
overflow!”
We love God because doing so will bring overflowing joy to our lives.
Does God really love me? How can I know?
• H O S E A 2 :1 9 | “I will make you my wife forever, showing you righteousness and justice,
unfailing love and compassion.”
• J O H N 3 :1 6 | “For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that
everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.”
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• 1 J O H N 4 :9 -1 0 | God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into
the world so that we might have eternal life through him. This is real love.
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• R O MA NS 8 :3 8 | Nothing can ever separate us from God’s love.
God loves you so much he sent his son Jesus to earth to die for you. Jesus took the punishment you deserve for your sins. His forgiveness is so complete that it is as though you
never sinned at all. His love for you can never be changed or broken.
• R O MA NS 5 :5 | [God] has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love.
The Holy Spirit’s presence in your heart shows God’s love for you, because he is always
with you, always helping you, always showing you the best way to live.
• E PH E S I A NS 3 :1 8 | And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should,
how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is. (See note on page 1067.)
The more you get to know God, the more you see how inexhaustible his love is for you.
How should I show my love to God?
• MAT T H E W 1 0 :4 2 | “And if you give even a cup of cold water to one of the least of my
followers, you will surely be rewarded.”
By showing love to needy people, who God loves.
• J O H N 1 4 :2 1 | “Those who accept my commandments and obey them are the ones who
love me.”
By obeying him.
• J O H N 2 1 :1 5 -1 7 | “Do you love me . . . ?” . . . “Feed my lambs.” . . . “Take care of my
sheep.” . . . “Feed my sheep.” (See note on page 977.)
• H E B R E W S 6 :1 0 | He will not forget . . . how you have shown your love to him by caring for
other believers.
By guiding and helping Jesus’ followers.
• PSA L M 1 2 2 :1 | I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the Lord.”
By worshiping him and praising him for his love to us.
What kind of love does God expect husbands and wives to show to each other?
• SO NG O F S O NG S 8 :6 | Place me like a seal over your heart . . . For love is as strong as death.
Song of Songs is a book about the romantic and sensuous love husbands and wives