Behold, what manner of love

The Father hath bestowed upon us,

That we should be called the sons of God:

Therefore the world knoweth us not,

Because it knew him not.

Beloved, now are we the sons of God,

And it doth not yet appear what we shall be:

But we know that, when he shall appear,

We shall be like him;

For we shall see him as he is.

And every man that hath this hope in him

Purifieth himself, even as he is pure.

I John 3:1-3

Offer the sacrifices of righteousness,

And put your trust in the LORD.

Trust in him at all times; ye people,

Pour out your heart before him:

God is a refuge for us. Selah.

Psalm 4:5, 62:8

He brought me to the banqueting house,

And his banner over me was love.

Song of Solomon 2:4

 I am the vine, ye are the branches:

He that abideth in me, and I in him,

The same bringeth forth much fruit:

For without me ye can do nothing  

Herein is my Father glorified,

That ye bear much fruit;

So shall ye be my disciples.

Let not your heart be troubled:

Ye believe in God,

Believe also in me.

In my Father’s house are many mansions:  

If it were not so,

I would have told you.

I go to prepare a place for you.

And if I go and prepare a place for you,

I will come again,

And receive you unto myself;

That where I am,

There ye may be also.

Blessed be thou,

LORD God of Israel

Our father, for ever and ever.

Thine, O LORD, is the greatness,

And the power, and the glory,

And the victory, and the majesty:

For all that is in the heaven

And in the earth is thine;

Thine is the kingdom, O LORD,

And thou art exalted as head above all.

Both riches and honour come of thee,

And thou reignest over all;

And in thine hand is power and might;

And in thine hand it is to make great,

And to give strength unto all.

Now therefore, our God,

We thank thee,

And praise thy glorious name.

I Chronicles 29:10-13

Preserve me, O God:

For in thee do I put my trust.

O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD,

Thou art my Lord:

My goodness extendeth not to thee;

But to the saints that are in the earth,

And to the excellent,

In whom is all my delight.

Their sorrows shall be multiplied

That hasten after another god:

Their drink offerings of blood will I not offer,

Nor take up their names into my lips.

The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance

And of my cup:

Thou maintainest my lot.

The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places;

Yea, I have a goodly heritage.

I will bless the LORD,

Who hath given me counsel:

My reins also instruct me in the night seasons.

I have set the LORD always before me:

Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

Therefore my heart is glad,

And my glory rejoiceth:

My flesh also shall rest in hope.

For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell;

Neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

Thou wilt shew me the path of life:

In thy presence is fulness of joy;

At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

 

Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners,

But fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;

And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets,

Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;

In whom all the building fitly framed together

Groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:

In whom ye also are builded together

For an habitation of God through the Spirit.

Ephesians 2:19-22

And the four and twenty elders,

Which sat before God on their seats,

Fell upon their faces,

And worshipped God, saying,

We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty,

Which art, and wast, and art to come;

Because thou hast taken to thee thy great power,

And hast reigned. 

Revelation 11:16,17

Eye hath not seen,

Nor ear heard,

Neither have entered into the heart of man,

The things which God hath prepared for them that love him.  

But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit:

For the Spirit searcheth all things,

Yea, the deep things of God.  

I Corinthians 2:9,10

Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD:

Look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged.  

Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you:

For I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.  

For the LORD shall comfort Zion:

He will comfort all her waste places;

And he will make her wilderness like Eden,

And her desert like the garden of the LORD;

Joy and gladness shall be found therein,

Thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.

Isaiah 51:1-3