Gods Healing Love

Loving-Kindness

 

The chief characteristic of who God is at his very core is defined as being a God of love and loving-kindness. The Bible says in 1 John 4 vs. 8 “GOD IS LOVE”.

God's Love and Ours

 

1 John 4 vs. 7-21

 

 ⁷ “Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. ⁸ Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. 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. 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. ¹¹ Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. ¹² No-one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us. ³ We know that we live in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. ¹⁴ And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Saviour of the world. ¹⁵ If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in him and he in God. ¹⁶ 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 him. ¹⁷ In this way, love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment, because in this world we are like him. ¹⁸ There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love. ¹⁹ We love because he first loved us. ²⁰ If anyone says, I love God, yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen. ²¹ And he has given us this command: Whoever loves God must also love his brother.”

 

 

Psalm 25:6 

Remember, O LORD, Your tender mercies and Your loving-kindness, For they are from of old.

Jeremiah 9:24

But let him who glories glory in this, That he understands and knows Me, That I am the LORD, exercising loving-kindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth. For in these I delight,” says the LORD

Jeremiah 31:3

The LORD has appeared of old to me, saying:“ Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore with loving-kindness I have drawn you.

 

The Hebrew/Greek definitions of love and his loving-kindness include:

 

Strongs #	Hb/Gk Word	Pronunciation	English Equivalent
Old Testament (Hebrew) for "love*"
H157	'ahab	ä·hav'	love, lover(s), friend(s), beloved, liketh, lovely, loving
H160	'ahabah	a·hav·ä	love
H1730	dowd	dōde	beloved, uncle, love(s), father's brother, well beloved
H2836	chashaq	khä·shak'	desire, set his love, filleted, log, delight, in love
H5690	`egeb	eh'·ghev	love, lovely
H5691	`agabah	ag·ä·vä'	inordinate love
H7355	racham	rä·kham'	...mercy, ...compassion, pity, love, merciful, Ruhamah, surely
H7356	racham	rakh'·am	mercy, compassion, womb, bowels, pity, damsel, tender love
H7474	ra`yah	rah·yä'	love, variant
New Testament (Greek) for "love*"
G25	agapaō	ä-gä-pä'-ō	love, beloved
G26	agapē	ä-gä'-pā	love, charity, dear, charitably, feast of charity
G5360	philadelphia	fē-lä-del-fē'-ä	brotherly love, brotherly kindness, love of the brethren
G5361	philadelphos	fē-lä'-del-fos	love as brethren
G5362	philandros	fē'-län-dros	love their husbands
G5363	philanthrōpia	fē-län-thrō-pē'-ä	kindness, love toward man
G5365	philargyria	fē-lär-gü-rē'-ä	love of money
G5368	phileō	fē-le'-ō	love, kiss
G5383	philoprōteuō	fē-lo-prō-tyü'-ō	love to have the preeminence
G5388	philoteknos	fē-lo'-tek-nos	love (one's) children
Strongs #	Hb/Gk Word	Pronunciation	English Equivalent
Old Testament (Hebrew) for "lovingkindness"
H2617	checed	kheh'·sed	mercy, kindness, lovingkindness, goodness, kindly, merciful, favour, good, goodliness, pity, reproach, wicked thing

 

 

There are three types of love defined in the scriptures. Agape: which is defined as fatherly love, Phileo which is defined as brotherly love and Eros, which is defined as passionate/intimate love.

 

LOVING-KINDNESS

 

I want to take a further look at the word “loving-kindness” and its meaning.

HEBREW LEXICON -- STRONG'S NUMBER 2617 Checed

2617 checed {kheh'-sed} d,s,x from 2616; TWOT -- 698a,699a; n m

1) tov, kindness, faithfulness
2) a reproach, shame

Strongs: 2617 checed kheh'-sed from 2616; kindness; by implication (towards God) piety: rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty:--(KJV words used)- favour, tov deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-kindness), merciful (kindness), mercy, pity, reproach, wicked thing.

Vines: checed (2617), "loving-kindness; steadfast love; grace (grace is a roman goddess) (free unmerited love and favor); mercy; faithfulness; tov; devotion." This word is used 240 times in the Old Covenant, and is especially frequent in the Psalms. The term is one of the most important in the vocabulary of Old Covenant theology and ethics. The Septuagint nearly always renders checed with eleos ("mercy"), and that usage is reflected in the New Covenant. Modern translations, in contrast, generally prefer renditions close to the word "grace." KJV usually has "mercy," although "loving-kindness" (following Coverdale), "favor," and other translations also occur. RSV generally prefers "steadfast love." NIV often offers simply "love." In general, one may identify three basic meanings of the word, which always interact: "strength," "steadfastness," and "love." Any understanding of the word that fails to suggest all three inevitably loses some of its richness. "Love" by itself easily becomes sentimentalized or universalized apart from the covenant. Yet "strength" or "steadfastness" suggests only the fulfillment of a legal or other obligation. The word refers primarily to mutual and reciprocal rights and obligations between the parties of a relationship especially God and Israel. But checed is not only a matter of obligation; it is also of generosity. It is not only a matter of loyalty, but also of mercy (checed). The weaker party seeks the protection and blessing of the patron and protector, but he may not lay absolute claim to it. The stronger party remains committed to his promise, but retains his freedom, especially with regard to the manner in which he will implement those promises. Checed implies personal involvement and commitment in a relationship beyond the rule of law. Marital love is often related to checed Marriage certainly is a legal matter, and there are legal sanctions for infractions. Yet the relationship, if sound, far transcends mere legalities. The prophet Hosea applies the analogy to God’s checed to Israel within the covenant (e.g., 2:21). Hence, "devotion" is sometimes the single English word best capable of capturing the nuance of the original. The RSV attempts to bring this out by its translation, "steadfast love." Hebrew writers often underscored the element of steadfastness (or strength) by pairing checed with 'emet ("truth, reliability") and 'emunah ("faithfulness"). Biblical usage frequently speaks of someone "doing," "showing," or "keeping" checed The concrete content of the word is especially evident when it is used in the plural. God’s "mercies," "kindnesses," or "faithfulnesses" are His specific, concrete acts of redemption in fulfillment of His promise. An example appears in Isa. 55:3: "...And I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David." Checed has both God and man as its subject. When man is the subject of checed, the word usually describes the person's kindness (checed) or loyalty to another; cf. 2 Sam. 9:7: "And David said...I will surely show you (Mephibosheth) kindness (checed) for Jonathan your father's sake". Only rarely is the term applied explicitly to man's affection or fidelity toward God; the clearest example is probably Jer. 2:2: "Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, thus saith God; I remember you, the kindness (checed) of your youth, the love of your espousals, when you wentest after me in the wilderness. ..." Man exercises checed toward various units within the community - toward family and relatives, but also to friends, guests, masters, and servants. Checed toward the lowly and needy is often specified. The Scripture prominently uses the term checed to summarize and characterize a life of sanctification within, and in response to, the covenant. Thus, Hos. 6:6 states that God desires "mercy (checed) [RSV, "steadfast love"] and not sacrifice" (i.e., faithful living in addition to worship). Similarly, Mic. 6:8 features checed in the prophets' summary of biblical ethics: " ...and what doth God require of you, but...to love mercy (checed)... ?" Behind all these uses with man as subject, however, stand the repeated references to God’s checed It is one of His most central characteristics. God’s loving-kindness (checed) is offered to His people, who need redemption from sin, enemies, and troubles. A recurrent refrain describing Gods nature is "abounding / plenteous in checed" (Exod. 34:6; Neh. 9: 17; Ps. 103:8; Jonah 4:2). The entire history of God's covenantal relationship with Israel can be summarized in terms of checed It is the one permanent element in the flux of covenantal history. Even the Creation is the result of God's checed (Ps. 136:5-9). His love lasts for a "thousand generations" (Deut. 7:9; cf. Deut. 5:10 and Exod. 20:6), indeed "forever" (especially in the refrains of certain psalms, such as Ps. 136). Words used in synonymous parallelism with checed help to define and explain it. The word most commonly associated with checed is 'emet ("fidelity; reliability"): " ...Let your loving-kindness (checed) [checed] and your truth ['emet] continually preserve me." 'Emunah with a similar meaning is also common: "He hath remembered his mercy (checed) [checed] and his truth ['emunah] toward the house of Israel. ..." This emphasis is especially appropriate when god is the subject, because His checed is stronger and more enduring than man's. Etymological investigation suggests that hesed's primitive significance may have been "strength" or "permanence." If so, a puzzling use of checed in Isa. 40:6 would be explained: "All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field." The association of checed with "covenant" keeps it from being misunderstood as mere providence or love for all creatures; it applies primarily to Gods particular love for His chosen and covenanted people. "Covenant" also stresses the reciprocity of the relationship; but since God’s checed is ultimately beyond the covenant, it will not ultimately be abandoned, even when the human partner is unfaithful and must be disciplined (Isa. 54:8, 10). Since its final triumph and implementation is eschatological, checed can imply the goal and end of all salvation-history (Ps. 85:7, 10; 130:7; Mic. 7:20). The proper noun HasdiYah (1 Chron. 3:20) is related to checed The name of Zerubbabel's son means "God is faithful/," a fitting summary of the prophet's message.

Therefore, when reading the Bible view it through the lens of loving-kindness and let the spirit of God reveal to you just how much the Father God has invested in proving his loving-kindness to you. The whole of scripture is a love letter to you. It is a cry from the Heart of Father God to come back to him.

John 3:15-17 (Amplified Bible)

^15”In order that everyone who believes in Him [who cleaves to Him, trusts Him, and relies on Him] may ^[a]not perish, but have eternal life and [actually] live forever! ¹⁶For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world that He [even] gave up His only begotten (^[b]unique) Son, so that whoever believes in (trusts in, clings to, relies on) Him shall not perish (come to destruction, be lost) but have eternal (everlasting) life. ¹⁷For God did not send the Son into the world in order to judge (to reject, to condemn, to pass sentence on) the world, but that the world might find salvation and be made safe and sound through Him.” 

Everything he does is motivated by love for you. When you understand that God is for you and not against you and that everything he does is for your good and to restore you back to himself, you will find FREEDOM and PEACE! This is my hearts intent for you, in writing this study.

 

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Love Scriptures

I believe more than anything in this life, people need to know that they are good people, that they are going to be ok, they are not alone and that somebody cares about them and loves them. It is my hope that in putting all these scriptures together you can see for yourself that God loves you and truly does care about you.

Here are a list of scripture verses with references to the words:

• Love

• Loved

• Loveth

• Loving-kindness

LOVE

Exodus 20:5-7 (New International Version)

⁵ I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, ⁶ showing love to a thousand {generations} of those who love me and keep my commandments.

Deuteronomy 7:8-10 (New International Version)

⁸ But it was because the LORD loved you and kept the oath he swore to your forefathers that he brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the land of slavery, from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt. 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.

Deuteronomy 7:13 (New International Version)

¹³ He will love you and bless you and increase your numbers. He will bless the fruit of your womb, the crops of your land—your grain, new wine and oil—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks in the land that he swore to your forefathers to give you.

1 Kings 8:22-23 (New International Version)

²² Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven ²³ and said:  "O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven above or on earth below—you who keep your covenant of love with your servants who continue wholeheartedly in your way.

1 Chronicles 16:34 (New International Version)

³⁴ Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good;
       his love endures forever.

Nehemiah 9:16 (New International Version)

¹⁶ " But you are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love.”

Psalm 36:7 (New International Version)

⁷ How priceless is your unfailing love!
       Both high and low among men
       find refuge in the shadow of your wings.

Psalm 145:8-9 (New International Version)

⁸ The LORD is gracious and compassionate,
       slow to anger and rich in love.

⁹ The LORD is good to all;
       he has compassion on all he has made.

Psalm 145:20 (New International Version)

²⁰ The LORD watches over all who love him,
       but all the wicked he will destroy

Proverbs 8:17-18 (New International Version)

¹⁷ I love those who love me,
       and those who seek me find me.

¹⁸ With me are riches and honor,
       enduring wealth and prosperity.

Proverbs 10:11-12 (New International Version)

¹² Hatred stirs up dissension,
       but love covers over all wrongs.

Isaiah 43:1-5 (New International Version)

¹ But now, this is what the LORD says—
       he who created you, O Jacob,
       he who formed you, O Israel:
       "Fear not, for I have redeemed you;
       I have summoned you by name; you are mine.

² When you pass through the waters,
       I will be with you;
       and when you pass through the rivers,
       they will not sweep over you.
       When you walk through the fire,
       you will not be burned;
       the flames will not set you ablaze.

³ For I am the LORD, your God,
       the Holy One of Israel, your Savior;
       I give Egypt for your ransom,
       Cush and Seba in your stead.

⁴ Since you are precious and honored in my sight,
       and because I love you,
       I will give men in exchange for you,
       and people in exchange for your life.

⁵ Do not be afraid, for I am with you;
       I will bring your children from the east
       and gather you from the west.

Jeremiah 31:3 (New International Version)

³ The LORD appeared to us in the past, ^[a] saying:
       "I have loved you with an everlasting love;
       I have drawn you with loving-kindness.

Lamentations 3:22 (New International Version)

²² Because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed,
       for his compassions never fail.

Hosea 2:19 (New International Version)

¹⁹ I will betroth you to me forever;
       I will betroth you in righteousness and justice,
       in love and compassion.

Hosea 2:23 (New International Version)

²³ I will plant her for myself in the land;
       I will show my love to the one I called 'Not my loved one. 
       I will say to those called 'Not my people,  ' 'You are my people;
       and they will say, 'You are my God."

Hosea 11:4 (New International Version)

⁴ I led them with cords of human kindness,
       with ties of love;
       I lifted the yoke from their neck
       and bent down to feed them.

Hosea 14:4 (New International Version)

⁴ "I will heal their waywardness
       and love them freely,
       for my anger has turned away from them.

Joel 2:13 (New International Version)

¹³ Rend your heart
       and not your garments.
       Return to the LORD your God,
       for he is gracious and compassionate,
       slow to anger and abounding in love,
       and he relents from sending calamity.

Zephaniah 3:17 (New International Version)

¹⁷ The LORD your God is with you,
       he is mighty to save.
       He will take great delight in you,
       he will quiet you with his love,
       he will rejoice over you with singing."

John 14:23 (New International Version)

²³Jesus replied, "If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.

Romans 5:5 (New International Version)

⁵And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.

Romans 5:8 (New International Version)

⁸But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Romans 8:27-28 (New International Version)

²⁷And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God's will. ²⁸And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.

Romans 8:31-35 (New International Version)

³¹What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us? ³²He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? ³³Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. ³⁴Who is he that condemns? Christ Jesus, who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. ³⁵Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?

1 Corinthians 2:9 (New International Version)

⁹However, as it is written:
   "No eye has seen,
      no ear has heard,
   no mind has conceived
   what God has prepared for those who love him"

1 Corinthians 13:3-8 (New International Version)

³If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing. ⁴Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. ⁵It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. ⁶Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. ⁷It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. ⁸Love never fails.

Ephesians 1:3-5 (New International Version)

³Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. ⁴For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love ⁵he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will.

2 Timothy 1:7 (New International Version)

⁷For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.

1 John 4:10 (New International Version)

¹⁰This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for^[a] our sins.

1 John 4:18 (New International Version)

¹⁸There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.

Revelation 3:19 (New International Version)

¹⁹Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest, and repent.

LOVED

Deuteronomy 7:8 (New International Version)

⁸ But it was because the LORD loved you and kept the oath he swore to your forefathers that he brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the land of slavery, from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

Deuteronomy 10:15 (New International Version)

¹⁵ Yet the LORD set his affection on your forefathers and loved them, and he chose you, their descendants, above all the nations, as it is today.

Psalm 44:3 (New International Version)

³ It was not by their sword that they won the land,
       nor did their arm bring them victory;
       it was your right hand, your arm,
       and the light of your face, for you loved them.

Jeremiah 31:3 (New International Version)

³ The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying:
       "I have loved you with an everlasting love;
       I have drawn you with loving-kindness.

Hosea 2:23 (New International Version)

²³ I will plant her for myself in the land;
       I will show my love to the one I called 'Not my loved one.  
       I will say to those called 'Not my people, 'You are my people';
       and they will say, 'You are my God."

Mark 10:21 (New International Version)

²¹Jesus looked at him and loved him. "One thing you lack," he said. "Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."

Mark 12:1-7 (New International Version)

¹He then began to speak to them in parables: "A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a pit for the winepress and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and went away on a journey. ²At harvest time he sent a servant to the tenants to collect from them some of the fruit of the vineyard. ³But they seized him, beat him and sent him away empty-handed. ⁴Then he sent another servant to them; they struck this man on the head and treated him shamefully. ⁵He sent still another, and that one they killed. He sent many others; some of them they beat, others they killed.

⁶"He had one left to send, a son, whom he loved. He sent him last of all, saying, 'They will respect my son.' ⁷"But the tenants said to one another, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.”

John 3:16 (New International Version)

¹⁶"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

John 13:1 (New International Version)

Jesus Washes His Disciples' Feet

¹It was just before the Passover Feast. Jesus knew that the time had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he now showed them the full extent of his love.

John 13:34 (New International Version)

³⁴"A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.

John 15:9 (New International Version)

⁹"As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love.

John 15:12 (New International Version)

¹²My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.

John 16:27 (New International Version)

²⁷No, the Father himself loves you because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God.

John 17: 6-26  (New International Version)

Jesus Prays for His Disciples

⁶"I have revealed you to those whom you gave me out of the world. They were yours; you gave them to me and they have obeyed your word. ⁷Now they know that everything you have given me comes from you. ⁸For I gave them the words you gave me and they accepted them. They knew with certainty that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me. ⁹I pray for them. I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given me, for they are yours. ¹⁰All I have is yours, and all you have is mine. And glory has come to me through them. ¹¹I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name—the name you gave me—so that they may be one as we are one. ¹²While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by that name you gave me. None has been lost except the one doomed to destruction so that Scripture would be fulfilled. ¹³"I am coming to you now, but I say these things while I am still in the world, so that they may have the full measure of my joy within them. ¹⁴I have given them your word and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world. ¹⁵My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. ¹⁶They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. ¹⁷Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth. ¹⁸As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world. ¹⁹For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified.

Jesus Prays for All Believers

²⁰"My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, ²¹that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. ²²I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one: ²³I in them and you in me. May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me. ²⁴"Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world. ²⁵"Righteous Father, though the world does not know you, I know you, and they know that you have sent me. ²⁶I have made you known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them."

Romans 8:37 (New International Version)

³⁷No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

Romans 9:25 (New International Version)

²⁵As he says in Hosea:
   "I will call them 'my people' who are not my people;
      and I will call her 'my loved one' who is not my loved one,"

Galatians 2:20 (New International Version)

²⁰I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Ephesians 5:1-2 (New International Version)

¹Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children²and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

Colossians 3:12 (New International Version)

¹²Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.

1 John 4:10 (New International Version)

¹⁰This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.

Revelation 3:9 (New International Version)

⁹I will make those who are of the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews though they are not, but are liars—I will make them come and fall down at your feet and acknowledge that I have loved you.

LOVETH

Deuteronomy 10:18 (King James Version)

¹⁸He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.

Ruth 4:15 (King James Version)

¹⁵And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath born him.

Psalm 146:8 (King James Version)

⁸The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous:

Proverbs 3:12 (King James Version)

¹²For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

John 14:21 (King James Version)

²¹He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

John 16:27 (King James Version)

²⁷For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.

Hebrews 12:6 (King James Version)

⁶For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.

1 John 4:7 (King James Version)

⁷Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.

LOVINGKINDNESS

Psalm 17:7 (King James Version)

 

Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them.

Psalm 25:6 (King James Version)

Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old.
 

Psalm 36:7 (King James Version)

How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.

 

Psalm 42:8 (King James Version)

Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the day time, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.

Psalm 89:33 (King James Version)

Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.

Psalm 103:4 (King James Version)

Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;

Psalm 107:43 (King James Version)

Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.

Isaiah 63:7 (King James Version)

I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD, and the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.

Jeremiah 9:24 (King James Version)

But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 31:3 (King James Version)

The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee. 
 

 Jeremiah 32:18 (King James Version)

Thou shewest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the Great, the Mighty God, the LORD of hosts, is his name,

Hosea 2:19 (King James Version)

And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.
 

I hope these scriptures have helped show you how much God loves you. Blessings to you! Arianna

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Healing & Health

There is a deep connection between emotional healing and physical health. Both are important, one to another.

We shall take a look at some of the key scriptures in the Bible about healing and health and then follow up with some key information about both subjects. I have also listed some good websites regarding healing and health, to further help you. 

HEALTH

Psalm 42:11
Why are you cast down, O my soul? and why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, The One who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

Psalm 67:2
That your way may be known upon the earth and your saving health among all the nations.

Proverbs 3:7-8
Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and shun evil, that it shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.

Proverbs 4:20-22

²⁰ My son, pay attention to what I say;
       listen closely to my words.

²¹ Do not let them out of your sight,
       keep them within your heart;

²² for they are life to those who find them
       and health to a man's whole body.

Proverbs 12:18
There are those that speak like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.

Proverbs 13:17
A wicked messenger falls into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health.

Proverbs 16:24
Pleasant words are as honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

Isaiah 58:8
Then shall your light break forth as the morning, and your health shall spring forth speedily: and your righteousness shall go before you; the glory of the LORD shall be your reward.

Jeremiah 30:17
For I will restore health to you, and I will heal you of your wounds, says the LORD; because they called you an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeks after.

Jeremiah 33:6
Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal to them the abundance of peace and truth.

Acts 27:34
Wherefore I pray you to take some meat: for this is for your health: for not one hair shall fall from the head of any of you.

3 John 1:2
Beloved, I wish above all things that you may prosper and be in health, even as your soul prospers.

HEALING

Proverbs 12:18 

Reckless words pierce like a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

Proverbs 13:17 

A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a trustworthy envoy brings healing.

Proverbs 15:4

The tongue that brings healing is a tree of life, but a deceitful tongue crushes the spirit.

Proverbs 16:24 

Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.

Isaiah 58:8

Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.

Jeremiah 33:6 

" 'Nevertheless, I will bring health and healing to it; I will heal my people and will let them enjoy abundant peace and security.

Ezekiel 47:12
Fruit trees of all kinds will grow on both banks of the river. Their leaves will not wither, nor will their fruit fail. Every month they will bear, because the water from the sanctuary flows to them. Their fruit will serve for food and their leaves for healing."

Malachi 4:2
But for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings. And you will go out and leap like calves released from the stall.

Matthew 4:23
[ Jesus Heals the Sick ] Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people.)

Luke 6:19
and the people all tried to touch him, because power was coming from him and healing them all.

Luke 9:6
So they set out and went from village to village, preaching the gospel and healing people everywhere.

Luke 9:11
but the crowds learned about it and followed him. He welcomed them and spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and healed those who needed healing.

Acts 3:16
By faith in the name of Jesus, this man whom you see and know was made strong. It is Jesus' name and the faith that comes through him that has given this complete healing to him, as you can all see.

Acts 10:38
how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power, and how he went around doing good and healing all who were under the power of the devil, because God was with him.

1 Corinthians 12:28
And in the church God has appointed first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, also those having gifts of healing, those able to help others, those with gifts of administration, and those speaking in different kinds of tongues.

Revelation 22:2
On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.

HEAL

Deuteronomy 32:39
"See now that I myself am He! There is no god besides me. I put to death and I bring to life, I have wounded and I will heal, and no one can deliver out of my hand.

2 Kings 20:5
"Go back and tell Hezekiah, the leader of my people, 'This is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears; I will heal you.

2 Chronicles 7:14
”If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.”

Isaiah 19:22
The LORD will strike Egypt with a plague; he will strike them and heal them. They will turn to the LORD, and he will respond to their pleas and heal them.

Isaiah 57:18
I have seen his ways, but I will heal him; I will guide him and restore comfort to him,

Isaiah 57:19
creating praise on the lips of the mourners in Israel. Peace, peace, to those far and near," says the LORD. "And I will heal them."

Jeremiah 30:17
But I will restore you to health and heal your wounds,' declares the LORD, 'because you are called an outcast, Zion for whom no one cares.'

Jeremiah 33:6
" 'Nevertheless, I will bring health and healing to it; I will heal my people and will let them enjoy abundant peace and security.

Hosea 14:4
"I will heal their waywardness and love them freely, for my anger has turned away from them.

Matthew 8:7
Jesus said to him, "I will go and heal him."

Matthew 10:1
[ Jesus Sends Out the Twelve ] He called his twelve disciples to him and gave them authority to drive out evil spirits and to heal every disease and sickness.

Matthew 13:15
For this people's heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.'

HEALED

2 Chronicles 30:20
And the LORD heard Hezekiah and healed the people.

Psalm 30:2
O LORD my God, I called to you for help and you healed me.

Psalm 107:20
He sent forth his word and healed them; he rescued them from the grave.

Isaiah 53:5
But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed.

Hosea 11:3
It was I who taught Ephraim to walk, taking them by the arms; but they did not realize it was I who healed them.

Matthew 8:16
When evening came, many who were demon-possessed were brought to him, and he drove out the spirits with a word and healed all the sick.

Matthew 9:22
Jesus turned and saw her. "Take heart, daughter," he said, "your faith has healed you." And the woman was healed from that moment.

Matthew 14:14
When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them and healed their sick.

Mark 10:52
"Go," said Jesus, "your faith has healed you." Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus along the road.

Acts 8:7
With shrieks, evil spirits came out of many, and many paralytics and cripples were healed.

James 5:16
Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.

1 Peter 2:24
He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed.

 

EMOTIONAL, SPIRITUAL & PHYSICAL HEALING

 

I have listed here some websites that deal further with these issues. I believe they are safe and among some of the most reputable.

EMOTIONAL & SPIRITUAL HEALING WEBSITES:

www.ministeringdeliverance.com

www.greatbiblestudy.com/index.php

www.boblarson.org

www.theophostic.com

PHYSICAL HEALTH & HEALING

www.care2.com/greenliving

www.organic.org

www.spirithome.com/healings.html

 God bless you and I hope this has been helpful to you.

 

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Where, Why & What?

This study focuses on trying to answer the age old questions we’ve probably asked ourselves a thousand times:

Where did I come from?

Why am I here?

What am I here for?

When we have had these questions answered we can live a secure, well balanced, happy and meaningful life. Who wouldn’t want that right?

OK… So let’s begin at the beginning!

WHERE DID I COME FROM?

You were created. You did not evolve from an ape as many suggest. You were conceived in the the heart of God: Your loving Father and creator.

The first book of the Bible, Genesis, which quite literally means, “In the Beginning” we find God creating the Earth and everything in it, including us.

Genesis 1 vs.26-27

²⁶ Then God said, "Let us make human beings in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, ^[a] and over all the creatures that move along the ground."

²⁷ So God created human beings in his own image,
       in the image of God he created them;
       male and female he created them

WHY GOD CREATED MAN

  God created man to extend his Heavenly Kingdom upon the realm of the Earth. In other words, He created the seen world= the Earth and everything in it,  to represent what is  unseen= Heaven and everything in it.

Man was created in Gods image to be his representative in the Earth = To reign and to rule a Kingdom/domain, as God reigns and rules his dominion in Heaven. Man is supposed to be the expressed image of God in the Earth.

²⁶ Then God said, "Let us make human beings in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, ^[a] and over all the creatures that move along the ground."

²⁷ So God created human beings in his own image,
       in the image of God he created them;
       male and female he created them.

²⁸ God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground."

²⁹ Then God said, "I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. ³⁰ And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky and all the creatures that move on the ground—everything that has the breath of life in it—I give every green plant for food." And it was so.

³¹ God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.

From scripture we can see very clearly why God created man, not only because He loves to create, or that he desires relationship, even though he does, BUT more importantly, that in us he might have a representation of himself in the Earth. That we might bring him Glory.

 WHY AM I HERE?

 As we have seen from the previous two questions, you were created in the image of a loving God for the purpose of expressing his nature in the Earth, as it is in Heaven. We shall now explore what this means in more detail.

²⁶ Then God said, "Let us make human beings in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground."

²⁷ So God created human beings in his own image,
       in the image of God he created them;
       male and female he created them.

²⁸ God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground."

In verses 26 & 28 we see that God gives mankind authority to rule over the Earth and the animals in it. We are to increase our numbers, fill the Earth and overtake it.

This means we have a responsibility to take care of that which we are made responsible for. We have been given similar authority and responsibility as the Lord has in Heaven. We are to mirror image that authority and responsibility in the Earth. We are like Kings ruling over a dominion. We have a duty to rule over it honestly, nobly and wisely. What does this involve and  how do we do this?

We must first understand the nature and character of God, so that we can represent him fairly in the Earth. So let’s look:

Galatians 5 vs. 22-23

²²But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, ²³gentleness and self-control.

Here we see clearly the nature of God. Now that we have a definition, we too can model these character traits when we rule over what pertains to us, here on Earth.

What Am I Responsible For?

You are responsible for :

• Loving God
• Yourself
• Your family
• Friends
• Your possessions
• Your community
• The earth (animals, environment etc.)

 

When in doubt, remember this verse  in Matthew 19 vs. 18-20

 Jesus replied, " 'Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony, ¹⁹honor your father and mother, and 'love your neighbor as yourself."

 There is obviously a lot more to it than this short study incorporates but hopefully this has helped give you a general idea to begin with.

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