Saturday, May 2, 2009

How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Count the Ways

"How do I love you?  Let me count the ways?"

My Child…

1. You may not know me, but I know everything about you. Psalm 139:1

2. I know when you sit down and when you rise up. Psalm 139:2

3. I am familiar with all your ways. Psalm 139:3

4. Even the very hairs on your head are numbered. Matthew 10:29-31

5. For you were made in my image. Genesis 1:27

6. In Me you live and move and have your being. Acts 17:28

7. For you are my offspring. Acts 17:28

8. I knew you even before you were conceived. Jeremiah 1:4-5

9. I chose you when I planned creation. Ephesians 1:11-12

10. You were not a mistake, for all your days are written in My book. Psalm 139:15-16

11. I determined the exact time of your birth and where you would live. Acts 17:26

12. You are fearfully and wonderfully made. Psalm 19:14

13. I knit you together in your mother’s womb. Psalm 139:13

14. I brought you forth on the day you were born. Psalm 71:6

15. I have been misrepresented by those who don’t know me. John 8:41-44

16. I am not distant and angry, but am the complete expression of love. 1 John 4:16

17. And it is my desire to lavish my love on you. 1 John 3:1

18. Simply because you are my child and I am your Father. 1 John 3:1

19. I offer you more than your earthly father ever could. Matthew 7:11

20. For I am the perfect Father. Matthew 5:48

21. Every good gift that you receive comes from my hand. James 1:17

22. For I am your provider and I meet all your needs. Matthew 6:31-33

23. My plan for your future has always been filled with hope. Jeremiah 29:11

24. Because I love you with an everlasting love. Jeremiah 31:3

25. My thoughts toward you are countless as the sand on the seashore. Psalm 139:17-18

26. And I rejoice over you with singing. Zephaniah 3:17

27. I will never stop doing good to you. Jeremiah 32:40

28. For you are my treasured possession. Exodus 19:5

29. I desire to establish you with all my heart and all my soul. Jeremiah 32:41

30. And I want to show you great and marvelous things. Jeremiah 33:3

31. If you seek me with all your heart, you will find me. Deuteronomy 4:29

32. Delight in me and I will give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37:4

33. For it is I who gave you those desires. Philippians 2:13

34. I am able to do more for you than you could possibly imagine. Ephesians 3:20

35. For I am your greatest encourager. 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17

36. I am also the Father who comforts you in all your troubles. 2 Corinthians 1:3-4

37. When you are brokenhearted, I am close to you. Psalm 34:18

38. As a shepherd carries a lamb, I have carried you close to my heart. Isaiah 40:11

39. One day I will wipe away every tear from your eyes. Revelation 21:3-4

40. And I’ll take away all the pain you have suffered on this earth. Revelation 21:3-4

41. I am your Father, and I love even as I love My Son, Jesus. John 17:23

42. For in Jesus, My love for you revealed. John 17:26

43. He is the exact representation of My being. Hebrews 1:3

44. He came to demonstrate that I am for you, not against you. Romans 8:31

45. And to tell you that I am not counting your sins. 2 Corinthians 5:18-19

46. Jesus died so that you and I could be reconciled. 2 Corinthians 5:18-19

47. His death was the ultimate expression of my love for you. 1 John 4:10

48. I gave up everything I loved that I might gain your love. Romans 8:31-32

49. If you receive the gift of my Son, Jesus, you receive me. 1 John 2:23

50. And nothing will ever separate you from my love again. Romans 8:38-39

51. Come home and I’ll throw the biggest part heaven has ever seen. Luke 15:7

52. I have always been Father, and will always be Father. Ephesians 3:14-15

53. I am waiting for you. Luke 15:11-32

Written in Freedom Tools by Andy Reese


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