1 John 4:9-10
4:9 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.
4:10 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 3:1
3:1 (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 3:16
3:16 We have come to know love by this:
that Jesus
laid down
his life for us; thus we ought to lay down our lives for our fellow Christians.
Psalms 18:1-3
Psalm 18
For the music director; by the Lord’s servant David, who sang to the Lord the words of this song when the Lord rescued him from the power of all his enemies, including Saul.
18:1 He said:
“I love you, Lord, my source of strength!
18:2 The Lord is my high ridge, my stronghold, my deliverer.
My God is my rocky summit where I take shelter,
my shield, the horn that saves me, and my refuge.
18:3 I called to the Lord, who is worthy of praise,
and I was delivered from my enemies.
Psalms 31:19
31:19 How great is your favor,
which you store up for your loyal followers!
In plain sight of everyone you bestow it on those who take shelter in you.
Psalms 36:7-9
36:7 How precious is your loyal love, O God!
The human race finds shelter under your wings.
36:8 They are filled with food from your house,
and you allow them to drink from the river of your delicacies.
36:9 For you are the one who gives
and sustains life.
Isaiah 64:4
64:4 Since ancient times no one has heard or perceived,
no eye has seen any God besides you,
who intervenes for those who wait for him.
Isaiah 64:1
64:1 (63:19b) If only you would tear apart the sky and come down!
The mountains would tremble before you!
Colossians 2:9
2:9 For in him all the fullness of deity lives
in bodily form,