Many Christians came to God because they were attracted to God’s love that tastes good and sweet. As our Christian walks with the Lord get longer amid spiritual wars, our understanding of God’s love may turn obscure. Particularly facing sufferings, hitting rock bottom or experiencing unheard prayers, we may shout in our hearts: God, do you really love me?
Once we are stuck in our weaknesses, Satan attacks us through lies: it seems our God is very far away from us and he does not really love us. Thus, we need to read the Bible to be convinced of his love. God’s love was manifested when his son Jesus Christ was born into the world and crucified on the cross. We should often read the stories about Jesus to regain strength in our weaknesses and lowest points in our lives.
Below are ten Bible verses about God's love for meditation.
John 3:16 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.
Psalm 103:8 The Lord is compassionate and gracious,
slow to anger, abounding in love.
Jeremiah 31:3 The Lord appeared to us in the past, saying:
“I have loved you with an everlasting love;
I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.
1 John 4:16 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 them.
1 John 4:10 This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.
Psalm 103:11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
so great is his love for those who fear him;
John 13:35 By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.
John 15:11-12 I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.
1 John 4:18 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.
1 Corinthians 13:4-8 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.
- Translated by Karen Luo
很多基督徒最初接触信仰、认识耶和华神，是因为被上帝的爱所吸引，品尝到这爱里的美好和甘甜，从此受洗归于主的门下，甘愿成为他的门徒。
但是随着信仰的道路越走越久，属灵与属世的交战，很多时候我们的信仰会变得高低起伏，对神的爱的认知也逐渐变得模糊起来。尤其是当我们面临患难、低谷，祷告很久却并没有蒙神垂听时，甚至会在心里呐喊：神啊！你真的是爱我的吗？
一旦我们陷入到软弱当中，撒旦就会用谎言来攻击我们：似乎神离我们很远；似乎神并不是真的爱我……
因此，要确信神的爱，但不是将“神爱我”这三个字每日读上一百遍，乃是要常常读圣经。圣经上的话语是神向着我们的应许，他的爱也在耶稣基督降世为人时，为我们一一彰显。因此我们需要常常读耶稣的事迹，也要常常读经，才能在软弱低谷时得着力量，确信神的爱。
神爱世人，甚至将他的独生子赐给他们，叫一切信他的，不至灭亡，反得永生。（约3:16）
这是几乎是所有基督徒都能背诵的一句经文，神的爱何必多言呢？在耶稣基督身上就已经完全为我们显明了。
耶和华有怜悯，有恩典，不轻易发怒，且有丰盛的慈爱。（诗103:8）
神是有爱的一位，比起他的公义和审判，他更多的是爱我们，愿意我们从罪下脱离，成为圣洁的子民。
古时耶和华向以色列显现，说，我以永远的爱爱你，因此我以慈爱吸引你。（耶31:3）
神爱我们，他不会用神迹奇事来吸引我们，而是用他那永远不变的爱来吸引我们，使我们因得着他的爱而满足，蛮有盼望。
神爱我们的心，我们也知道也信。神就是爱。住在爱里面的，就是住在神里面，神也住在他里面。（约一4:16）
我们之所以会去爱人爱己，是因为有神的爱在引导我们。神就是爱，我们去爱神的时候，这爱也就在我们里面了。
不是我们爱神，乃是神爱我们，差他的儿子，为我们的罪作了挽回祭，这就是爱了。（约一4:10）
我们本是罪人，本是没有道路来到圣洁的神面前的，是神怜悯我们，降下他的爱子为我们舍己做了挽回祭，才使得我们可以蒙恩得赦免。这怜悯就是神的爱。
天离地何等的高，他的慈爱向敬畏他的人，也是何等的大。（诗103:11）
神的爱实在是超过我们的想象，这样不配的罪人，神也依然用慈爱和怜悯来挽救，他体恤在罪中挣扎的我们，以不变的爱来爱我们。
你们若有彼此相爱的心，众人因此就认出你们是我的门徒了（约13:35）
神就是爱，若我们自称是基督徒，里面却没有爱，只有骄傲、狡猾、诡诈，那我们并不是真的基督徒，也不配称为主的门徒。
这些事我已经对你们说了，是要叫我的喜乐存在你们心里，并叫你们的喜乐可以满足；你们要彼此相爱，像我爱你们一样，这就是我的命令（约15:11-12）
耶稣是实实在在的爱了这地上的每一个人，我们若是耶稣的门徒，就当效仿他的牧养，带着他的爱去爱人，爱人，便是在爱自己。
爱里没有惧怕，爱既完全，就把惧怕除去，因为惧怕里含有刑罚，惧怕的人在爱里未得完全。（约一4:18）
真正的爱里是没有惧怕的，因为惧怕包含着刑罚。真正爱神、顺服神的人，不是在惧怕里顺服，乃是在爱中顺服。
爱是恒久忍耐，又有恩赐，爱是不嫉妒，爱是不自夸，不张狂，不做害羞的事，不求自己的益处，不轻易发怒，不计算人家的恶，不喜欢不义，只喜欢真理；凡事包容，凡事相信，凡事盼望，凡事忍耐，爱是永不止息。（林前13:4-8）
这是爱的颂歌，也是爱的真谛。神的爱向着我们便是这样，生生不息永远不停止的爱，这是一种大爱，完全的爱。
Many Christians came to God because they were attracted to God’s love that tastes good and sweet. As our Christian walks with the Lord get longer amid spiritual wars, our understanding of God’s love may turn obscure. Particularly facing sufferings, hitting rock bottom or experiencing unheard prayers, we may shout in our hearts: God, do you really love me?
Once we are stuck in our weaknesses, Satan attacks us through lies: it seems our God is very far away from us and he does not really love us. Thus, we need to read the Bible to be convinced of his love. God’s love was manifested when his son Jesus Christ was born into the world and crucified on the cross. We should often read the stories about Jesus to regain strength in our weaknesses and lowest points in our lives.
Below are ten Bible verses about God's love for meditation.
John 3:16 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.
Psalm 103:8 The Lord is compassionate and gracious,
slow to anger, abounding in love.
Jeremiah 31:3 The Lord appeared to us in the past, saying:
“I have loved you with an everlasting love;
I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.
1 John 4:16 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 them.
1 John 4:10 This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.
Psalm 103:11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
so great is his love for those who fear him;
John 13:35 By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.
John 15:11-12 I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.
1 John 4:18 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.
1 Corinthians 13:4-8 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.
- Translated by Karen Luo
