Sword and Shield

Heart Guide for Lesson 10:
The Father's Heart of Love

Study these scriptures. Look the up. Take them to heart. Commit those to memory that your heart most needs to believe in your times of fear and doubt.[1]

I am loved by the Father...

He has loved me with an everlasting love. I have never not been loved. Jeremiah 31:3

God loves me so much He gave His only Son to die for me so I might have life. John 3:16

The Father loves me so much He wants to express His love to me. John 16:27

The Father loves me just as much as He loves His Son Jesus. John 17:23, 26

Even when I have sinned, the Father loves me and seats me with Him in Christ.  Ephesians 2:4-6 

The Father wants to fill me to overflowing with His love. Ephesians 3:19    

God has extended His love to me and called me His child. 1 John 3:1 

Even when I was ungodly, a sinner, an enemy, the Father sent Jesus to save me. Romans 5:6-10

I am accepted by the Father...

I am called a child of God. John 1:12 

I am called Christ's friend.  John 15:15          

In Christ it is just as if I had never sinned.  1 Corinthians 6:19 

I belong to the Father. Romans 5:1

I am a member of Christ's body. 1 Corinthians 12:27  

The Father is not holding, counting or imputing my sins against me.  2 Corinthians 5:19

I have been adopted by Father God.  Ephesians 1:5 

I am complete in Christ. Colossians 2:10 

God is not ashamed to be my God. Hebrews 11:16 

I am secure in the Father...

I am free forever from condemnation. Romans 8:1-2          

The Father will always be for me. Romans 8:31 

Nothing can separate me from the Father's love. Romans 8:35 

God has redeemed me and forgiven all my sins. Colossians 1:14 

I am hidden with Christ in the Father. Colossians 3:3 

I am a citizen of heaven. Philippians 3:20 

I have not been given a spirit of fear but of power, love and a sound mind. 2 Timothy 1:7 

I can go boldly to the Father and find grace and mercy in my time of need. Hebrews 4:16  

Father God's perfect, unconditional  love casts out all of my fears. 1 John 4:18 

I belong to God, and the evil one has no right to touch me. 1 John 5:18 

The Father does not accuse me or condemn me. Romans 8:31-33 

The Father does not judge me. John 5:22 

The Father forgives me and cleanses me from all my sin as I confess it to Him. 1 John 1:9 

I have purpose in the Father...

I am the salt and light of the earth. Matthew 5:13-14 

I have been chosen to bear fruit. John 15:16 

I am a witness of God to the world. Acts 1:8  

I am a minister of reconciliation for God. 2 Corinthians 5:18 

I am God's ambassador to the world. 2 Corinthians 5:20  

God is at work in me both to will and to do His good pleasure upon the earth.  Philippians 2:13 

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13 

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