God as friend (2/4)

Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on… Song of songs 8:6

Place me like a seal over your heart,
like a seal on your arm;
for love is as strong as death,
its jealousy unyielding as the grave.
It burns like blazing fire,
like a mighty flame.
Song of songs 8:6 love heart death
For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God.
Romans 8:14 obedience Spirit children

Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.
Ephesians 4:32 forgiveness compassion goodness
If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.
Romans 12:18 peace life neighbor
Seek good, not evil,
that you may live.
Then the Lord God Almighty will be with you,
just as you say he is.
Amos 5:14 holiness reward seeking
There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from their works, just as God did from his.
Hebrews 4:9-10 sabbath rest work
Know then in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so the Lord your God disciplines you.
Deuteronomy 8:5 Father learning punishment
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.
When can I go and meet with God?
Psalm 42:2 soul nearness seeking
If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in them and they in God.
1 John 4:15 Jesus life acknowledging
I rejoice in following your statutes
as one rejoices in great riches.
Psalm 119:14 law money joy
Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.
Luke 6:36 goodness neighbor Father
As for God, his way is perfect:
The Lord’s word is flawless;
he shields all who take refuge in him.
Psalm 18:30 blameless Word of God protection
Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
1 John 4:8 love God
When times are good, be happy; but when times are bad, consider this: God has made the one as well as the other. Therefore, no one can discover anything about their future.
Ecclesiastes 7:14 joy life dependence
As for God, his way is perfect:
The Lord’s word is flawless;
he shields all who take refuge in him.
2 Samuel 22:31 blameless Word of God protection
“Come now, let us settle the matter,”
says the Lord.
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
they shall be as white as snow;
though they are red as crimson,
they shall be like wool.”
Isaiah 1:18 sin forgiveness purification
And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.
1 John 4:16 trust love God
The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.
Luke 2:20 worship christmas praise
I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing!
Galatians 2:21 grace righteousness law
Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will perish by following their example of disobedience.
Hebrews 4:11 sabbath obedience rest
For who is God besides the Lord?
And who is the Rock except our God?
Psalm 18:31 reliability God strength
This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.
1 John 4:10 sin love Savior
For who is God besides the Lord?
And who is the Rock except our God?
2 Samuel 22:32 reliability God protection
How great you are, Sovereign Lord! There is no one like you, and there is no God but you, as we have heard with our own ears.
2 Samuel 7:22 God worship
After Job had prayed for his friends, the Lord restored his fortunes and gave him twice as much as he had before.
Job 42:10 prayer blessing money

Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

Bible verse of the day

And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.

2 Corinthians 3:18 Spirit transformation