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