You Lovingly Desire Intimacy with Me
“See what sort of love the Father has given to us: that we should be called God’s children – and indeed we are! For this reason the world does not know us: because it did not know him.” —1 John 3:1
“By this the love of God is revealed in us: that God has sent his one and only Son into the world so that we may live through him. In this is love: not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins.” —1 John 4:9-10
“For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor heavenly rulers, nor things that are present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in creation will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.” —Romans 8:38-39
(John 6:40; Romans 8:16; 1 Peter 1:3-5)
Therefore: I will seek You whole-heartedly.
“When you seek me in prayer and worship, you will find me available to you. If you seek me with all your heart and soul.” —Jeremiah 29:13
“And we have come to know and to believe the love that God has in us. God is love, and the one who resides in love resides in God, and God resides in him. ” —1 John 4:16
“The person who has my commandments and obeys them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and will reveal myself to him.” —John 14:21
“The expert answered, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind, and love your neighbor as yourself.” ” —Luke 10:27
(John 15:8-10; Ephesians 5:1; Jude 1:21)
Father God— You are good, and what you do is good… Psalms 119:68
“All generous giving and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or the slightest hint of change. ” —James 1:17
“ For the Lord God is our sovereign protector. The Lord bestows favor and honor; he withholds no good thing from those who have integrity.” —Psalm 84:11
“For we have all received from his fullness one gracious gift after another.” —John 1:16
“ I will tell of the faithful acts of the Lord, of the Lord’s praiseworthy deeds. I will tell about all the Lord did for us, the many good things he did for the family of Israel, because of his compassion and great faithfulness.” —Isaiah 63:7
(Psalms 145:9; Jeremiah 33:11; Matthew 7:11; 2 Corinthians 1:3)