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Belief No.1 - Based on the following scriptures, I believe God loves me, and that I am valuable. Ex. 34:6 - And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, "The LORD , the LORD , the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, Num. 14:18 - 'The LORD is slow to anger, abounding in love and forgiving sin and rebellion. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation.' Deut. 7:9 - Know therefore that the LORD your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commands. Deut. 10:18 - He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the alien, giving him food and clothing. 1
Chron. 16:34 - Give thanks to the LORD , for he is good; his
love endures forever. Neh. 9:17 - But you are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love. Therefore you did not desert them, Ps. 6:4 - Turn, O LORD , and deliver me; save me because of your unfailing love. Ps.
13:5 - But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart
rejoices in your salvation. Ps. 21:7 - For the king trusts in the LORD ; through the unfailing love of the Most High he will not be shaken. Ps. 25:7 - Remember not the sins of my youth and my rebellious ways; according to your love remember me, for you are good, O LORD . Ps.
31:7 - I will be glad and rejoice in your love, for
you saw my affliction and knew the anguish of my soul. Ps. 32:10 - Many are the woes of the wicked, but the LORD's unfailing love surrounds the man who trusts in him. Ps.
36:5 - Your love, O LORD , reaches to the heavens,
your faithfulness to the skies. Ps. 44:26 - Rise up and help us; redeem us because of your unfailing love. Ps.
52:8 - But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house
of God; I trust in God's unfailing love for ever and ever.
Romans 5:8 - But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 8:39 - neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. 2 Cor. 5:14 - For Christ's love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. 2 Cor. 13:11 - Finally, brothers, good-by. Aim for perfection, listen to my appeal, be of one mind, live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you. Eph. 2:4 - But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, Eph. 3:17-19 - And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 18 may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, 19 and to know this love that surpasses knowledge--that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. Eph. 5:1,2 - Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children 2and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. 2 Thes. 3:5 - May the Lord direct your hearts into God's love and Christ's perseverance. 1 John 4:7,8 - Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. 1 John 4:9 - This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. 1 John 4:10 - 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 4:11 - Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 1 John 4:16 - And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. 1 John 4:19 - We love because he first loved us.
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