Heart - love & care

Question 1

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

Answer 1

Jeremiah 31:3

Question 2

Casting thewhole of your care [all your anxieties, all your worries, all your concerns,once and for all] on Him, for He cares for you affectionatelyandcares about youwatchfully.

Answer 2

1 Peter 5:7

Question 3

But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Answer 3

Romans 5:8

Question 4

that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height—to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,

Answer 4

Ephesians 3:16-20

Question 5

For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

Answer 5

2 Timothy 1:7

Question 6

Since you were precious in My sight,
You have been honored,
And I have loved you;
Therefore I will give men for you,
And people for your life.
Fear not, for I am with you;
I will bring your descendants from the east,
And gather you from the west;

Answer 6

Isaiah 43:4-5

Question 7

If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!

Answer 7

Matthew 7:11

Question 8

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love.

Answer 8

1 John 4:18

Question 9

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters. He restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness For His name’s sake.

Answer 9

Psalm 23:1-3

Question 10

Then He said, “Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.”

Answer 10

Genesis 22:2

Question 11

And He said, “Do not lay your hand on the lad, or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me.”

Answer 11

Genesis 22:12

Question 12

Beloved, look away from your circumstances and call out without fear to Your Father. He loves you and will never condemn or judge you!

Answer 12

He loves you with an everlasting love. Feed on His love for you and receive from Him exceedingly, abundantly, above all that you can ask or think!

Question 13

Thank You, Father, it gladdens my heart to know that You see me in Christ, not in the flesh. Despite all my faults, as Christ is before You today, so am I accepted and loved by You today. As Christ is pleasing to You, so am I pleasing to You.

Answer 13

As He is before you, so am I in this world today because You have placed me in Him. I rest in Christ and all that He has done and accomplished for me. Father, help me keep my eyes on Jesus, my victory and my true and unchanging identity.

Question 14

Father God, thank You, when I experience fear and feel overwhelmed by all that life is throwing at me, I an run to You and let Your loving embrace dissolve every doubt, fear, and worry in my heart.

Answer 14

I thank You that it is not Your desire for me to live tormented by fear for there is no fear in Your love, which was demonstrated when Your son died on the cross for me. Today, I rest in Your love and believe that Your perfect love is freeing me from every fear and bondage. Amen.

Question 15

Find a place you can be alone with Him to talk about your feelings and things that are weighing heavy on your heart.

Answer 15

Learn to pour before the Lord, your fears, worries, and things you have buried deep in your heart.

Question 16

Father, Thank You for loving me in such a personal, detailed, and in-depth way. Right now, I cast every care and concern that I have in Your hands, all that I have in my heart is covered by Your love.

Answer 16

I ask that You take care of them for me and that You direct my paths. I refuse to fret and worry about any of my problems because they are now in Your hands. Instead, I choose to thank You for Your awesome answers!

Question 17

But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you and guard you from the evil one. - 2 Thessalonians 3:3

Answer 17

Now may the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into the patience of Christ. – 2 Thessalonians 3:3

Question 18

I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me.

John 17:23

Answer 18

26 In that day you will ask in My name, and I do not say to you that I shall pray the Father for you; 27 for the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me, and have believed that I came forth from God.

John 16:21-28

Question 19

“As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love.

John 15:9

Answer 19

Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

Romans 5:5

Question 20

And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.

Romans 8:28

Answer 20

35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

37 Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. 38 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, 39 nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 8:35, 37-39

Question 21

God wanted us to know that even when our motivations are wrong, even when we have a hidden (usually self-centred) agenda and our intentions are not completely pure, He still runs to us in our time of need, just as the father ran to the young man and showered upon him his unmerited, undeserved, and unearned favor.

Answer 21

It will never be about our love for God. It will always be about His magnificent love for us.

Question 22

The father was the initiator. Before the son even had thoughts of returning home, the father had already missed him, was already looking out for him, and had already forgiven him.

Answer 22

Before the son could utter a single word of his rehearsed apology, the father had already run to him, embraced, and welcomed him home.

Question 23

We are not the heroes in this story. It will never be about our apologies to God, our repentance, our actions, our love, our confessions or our obedience.

Answer 23

In and of ourselves, our actions–even the best ones–are laced with imperfections and impure motives. However impure the intentions or motivations were for coming home, the father lavished him with undeserved, unmerited, and unearned favour.

Question 24

It’s all about our Father’s heart of grace, forgiveness, and love. Our Father God swallows up all our imperfections, and true repentance comes because of His goodness.

Answer 24

Let’s make it all about Him and not about us! You cannot merit by your own efforts the favour and blessings of God. They can only be received as gifts through His grace.

Question 25

The time we really experience His love for us is when we fail. Your Daddy God is all about relationship, not a religious protocol. He just loves being with you.

Answer 25

Under grace, He doesn’t demand perfection from you; He supplies perfection to you through the finished work of His Son, Jesus Christ. No matter how many mistakes you have made, don’t be afraid of Him. He loves you. Your Father is running toward you to embrace you!

Question 26

16 that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, 17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height— 19 to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

Answer 26

20 Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, 21 to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen

• Ephesians 3:16-21

Question 27

Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.

• Romans 8:37

Answer 27

For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, not things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing present nor things to come, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which in Christ Jesus our Lord.

– Romans 8:38