Song of Solomon 2:1013, 8:67 My lover said to me, Rise up, my beloved, my fair one, and come away. F

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Song of Solomon 210-13, 86-7 My lover said
to me, Rise up, my beloved, my fair one, and
come away. For the winter is past, and the rain
is over and gone. The flowers are springing up,
and the time of singing birds has come, even the
cooing of turtledoves. The fig trees are budding,
and the grapevines are in blossom.
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How delicious they smell! Yes, spring is here!
Arise, my beloved, my fair one, and come away.
(86-7) Place me like a seal over your heart, or
like a seal on your arm. For love is as strong as
death, and its jealousy is as enduring as the
grave. Love flashes like fire, the brightest kind
of flame.
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Many waters cannot quench love neither can
rivers drown it. If a man tried to buy love with
everything he owned, his offer would be utterly
despised.
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1 Corinthians 131-4 - If I could speak in any
language in heaven or on earth but didn't love
others, I would only be making meaningless noise
like a loud gong or a clanging cymbal. If I had
the gift of prophecy, and if I knew all the
mysteries of the future and knew everything about
everything,
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but didnt love others, what good would I be? And
if I had the gift of faith so that I could speak
to a mountain and make it move, without love I
would be no good to anybody. If I gave everything
I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I
could boast about it but if I didn't love
others,
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I would be of no value whatsoever. Love is
patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful
or proud
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Mark 1228-31- One of the teachers of religious
law was standing there listening to the
discussion. He realized that Jesus had answered
well, so he asked, Of all the commandments,
which is the most important
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Jesus replied, The most important commandment is
this Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is the
one and only Lord. And you must love the Lord
your God with all your heart, all your soul, all
your mind, and all your strength. The second is
equally important Love your neighbor as
yourself. No other commandment is greater than
these.
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How Can we get Gods Love from our head to our
heart?
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1. Saturate your mind with the truth of Gods
love for us.
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Romans 838-39 - And I am convinced that nothing
can ever separate us from his love. Death cant,
and life cant. The angels cant, and the demons
cant. Our fears for today, our worries about
tomorrow, and even the powers of hell can't keep
God's love away. Whether we are high above the
sky or in the deepest ocean,
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nothing in all creation will ever be able to
separate us from the love of God that is revealed
in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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1. Saturate your mind with the truth of Gods
love for us.
2. Ask God to help you to grasp and understand
His love.
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Ephesians 314-19 - When I think of the wisdom
and scope of Gods plan, I fall to my knees and
pray to the Father, the Creator of everything in
heaven and on earth. I pray that from his
glorious, unlimited resources he will give you
mighty inner strength through his Holy Spirit.
And I pray that Christ will be more and more at
home in your hearts as you trust in him.
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May your roots go down deep into the soil of
Gods marvelous love. And may you have the power
to understand, as all Gods people should, how
wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love
really is. May you experience the love of Christ,
though it is so great you will never fully
understand it. Then you will be filled with the
fullness of life and power that comes from God.
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1. Saturate your mind with the truth of Gods
love for us.
2. Ask God to help you to grasp and understand
His love.
3. Refuse to seek love in cheap substitutes
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1 John 215-16 - Stop loving this evil world and
all that it offers you, for when you love the
world, you show that you do not have the love of
the Father in you. For the world offers only the
lust for physical pleasure, the lust for
everything we see, and pride in our possessions.
These are not from the Father. They are from this
evil world.
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1. Saturate your mind with the truth of Gods
love for us.
2. Ask God to help you to grasp and understand
His love.
3. Refuse to seek love in cheap substitutes
4. We need to learn to love others because of
what God has done for us.
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John 1334-35 So now I am giving you a new
commandment Love each other. Just as I have
loved you, you should love each other. Your love
for one another will prove to the world that you
are my disciples.