I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness (Jeremiah 31:3
Long ago the LORD said to Israel:"I have loved you, my people, with an everlasting love. With unfailing love I have drawn you to myself.
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). Come with me by yourself to a quiet place and get some rest (Mark 6:31
Then Jesus said, "Let's go off by ourselves to a quiet place and rest awhile." He said this because there were so many people coming and going that Jesus and his apostles didn't even have time to eat.
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). Along unfamiliar paths, I will guide you; I will turn darkness into light before you and make the rough places smooth (Isaiah 42:16
I will lead blind Israel down a new path, guiding them along an unfamiliar way.I will brighten the darkness before them and smooth out the road ahead of them.Yes, I will indeed do these things; I will not forsake them.
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). I tend my flock like a shepherd: I gather the lambs in my arms and carry them close to my heart; I gently lead those that have young (Isaiah 40:11
He will feed his flock like a shepherd. He will carry the lambs in his arms,holding them close to his heart. He will gently lead the mother sheep with their young.
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I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you (Psalms 32:8
The LORD says, "I will guide you along the best pathway for your life. I will advise you and watch over you.
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). Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know (Jeremiah 33:3
Ask me and I will tell you remarkable secrets you do not know about things to come.
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). Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart (Proverbs 3:3
Never let loyalty and kindness leave you! Tie them around your neck as a reminder. Write them deep within your heart.
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Cast your cares on Me and I will sustain you; I will never let you be shaken (Psalms 55:22
Give your burdens to the LORD, and he will take care of you. He will not permit the godly to slip and fall.
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). So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand (Isaiah 41:10
Don't be afraid, for I am with you. Don't be discouraged, for I am your God.I will strengthen you and help you. I will hold you up with my victorious right hand.
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). You will call and I will answer; you will cry for help, and I will say, “Here am I” (Isaiah 58:9
Then when you call, the LORD will answer. `Yes, I am here,' he will quickly reply."Remove the heavy yoke of oppression. Stop pointing your finger and spreading vicious rumors!
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). I am your refuge and strength, your ever-present help in trouble (Psalms 46:1
God is our refuge and strength, always ready to help in times of trouble.
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). I am your hiding place; I will protect you from trouble and surround you with songs of deliverance (Psalms 32:7
For you are my hiding place; you protect me from trouble. You surround me with songs of victory. Interlude
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). I will heal your broken heart and bind up your wounds (Psalms 147:3
He heals the brokenhearted and bandages their wounds.
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). I am with you as a Mighty Warrior who saves. I take great delight in you and will rejoice over you with singing (Zephaniah 3:17
For the LORD your God is living among you. He is a mighty savior.He will take delight in you with gladness. With his love, he will calm all your fears.* He will rejoice over you with joyful songs."
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Therefore, I will now allure you. I will lead you into the wilderness and speak tenderly to you. There you will sing as in the days of your youth. In that day, you will call me your husband. I will betroth you to me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in love and compassion. I will betroth you in faithfulness and you will acknowledge me as your Lord (Hosea 2:14
I will return her vineyards to her and transform the Valley of Trouble* into a gateway of hope.She will give herself to me there, as she did long ago when she was young, when I freed her from her captivity in Egypt.
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,Hosea 2:16
O Israel, I will wipe the many names of Baal from your lips, and you will never mention them again.
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,Hosea 2:19-20
I will be faithful to you and make you mine, and you will finally know me as the LORD. "In that day, I will answer," says the LORD."I will answer the sky as it pleads for clouds. And the sky will answer the earth with rain.
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). I know the plans I have for you, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future (Jeremiah 29:11
For I know the plans I have for you," says the LORD. "They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.
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). Do not be afraid; you will not be put to shame. Do not fear disgrace; you will not be humiliated. You will forget the shame of your youth and remember no more the reproach of your widowhood. For I, your Maker, am your Husband (Isaiah 54:4-5
"Fear not; you will no longer live in shame. Don't be afraid; there is no more disgrace for you.You will no longer remember the shame of your youth and the sorrows of widowhood. For your Creator will be your husband; the LORD of Heaven's Armies is his name!He is your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, the God of all the earth.
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). Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine (Isaiah 43:1
But now, O Jacob, listen to the LORD who created you. O Israel, the one who formed you says,"Do not be afraid, for I have ransomed you. I have called you by name; you are mine.
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Arise, shine, for your light has come, and my glory rises upon you. Lift up your eyes and look about you. Your sons come from afar and your daughters are carried on the hip. You will look and be radiant, your heart will throb and swell with joy (Isaiah 60:1
"Arise, Jerusalem! Let your light shine for all to see. For the glory of the LORD rises to shine on you.
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,Isaiah 60:4-5
"Look and see, for everyone is coming home! Your sons are coming from distant lands; your little daughters will be carried home. Your eyes will shine, and your heart will thrill with joy,for merchants from around the world will come to you. They will bring you the wealth of many lands.
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). I will bestow upon you a crown of beauty instead of ashes, oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair (Isaiah 61:3
To all who mourn in Israel,* he will give a crown of beauty for ashes,a joyous blessing instead of mourning, festive praise instead of despair.In their righteousness, they will be like great oaks that the LORD has planted for his own glory.
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). I will call you by a new name (Isaiah 62:2
The nations will see your righteousness. World leaders will be blinded by your glory.And you will be given a new name by the LORD's own mouth.
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). I will give you a white stone with a new name written on it, known only to you (Revelation 2:17
"Anyone with ears to hear must listen to the Spirit and understand what he is saying to the churches. To everyone who is victorious I will give some of the manna that has been hidden away in heaven. And I will give to each one a white stone, and on the stone will be engraved a new name that no one understands except the one who receives it.
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Grasp how wide and long and high and deep is my love (Ephesians 3:18
And may you have the power to understand, as all God's people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is.
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). Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you (Isaiah 46:4
I will be your God throughout your lifetime— until your hair is white with age.I made you, and I will care for you. I will carry you along and save you.
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). I have searched you and know you (Psalms 139:1
O LORD, you have examined my heart and know everything about me.
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). You are precious and honored in my sight. I love you (Isaiah 43:4
Others were given in exchange for you. I traded their lives for yoursbecause you are precious to me. You are honored, and I love you.
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). See, I have engraved you on the palm of my hands (Isaiah 49:16
See, I have written your name on the palms of my hands. Always in my mind is a picture of Jerusalem's walls in ruins.
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). Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken, nor my covenant of peace be removed, for I have compassion for you (Isaiah 54:10
For the mountains may move and the hills disappear,but even then my faithful love for you will remain. My covenant of blessing will never be broken," says the LORD, who has mercy on you.
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). My love for you endures forever. I will not abandon the works of my hands (Psalms 138:8
The LORD will work out his plans for my life— for your faithful love, O LORD, endures forever. Don't abandon me, for you made me.
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Reach out to me and find me. I am not far from you (Acts 17:27
"His purpose was for the nations to seek after God and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him—though he is not far from any one of us.
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). Seek me. You will find me if you seek me with all your heart and with all your soul (Deuteronomy 4:29
But from there you will search again for the LORD your God. And if you search for him with all your heart and soul, you will find him.
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). Love me, the Lord your God, with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind (Matthew 22:37
Jesus replied, "`You must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.'*
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Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or discouraged, for I will be with you wherever you go (Joshua 1:9
This is my command—be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged. For the LORD your God is with you wherever you go."
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). If you go up to the heavens, I am there. If you make your bed in the depths, I am there. If you rise on the wings of the dawn, if you settle on the far side of the sea, even there my hand will guide you. My right hand will hold you fast (Psalms 139:8-10
If I go up to heaven, you are there; if I go down to the grave,* you are there. If I ride the wings of the morning, if I dwell by the farthest oceans, even there your hand will guide me, and your strength will support me.
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). And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age (Matthew 28:20
Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age."
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I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine (Song of Songs 6:3
I am my lover's, and my lover is mine. He browses among the lilies.
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Michelle
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Michelle Lynn Senters has a message for single moms—one forged in her own journey and deepened through her years of ministry to single mothers: "You are not alone." Senters is the founder and director of SEEN, a ministry designed to demonstrate the love of Christ to single mothers and equip churches to meet their spiritual needs. A sought-after speaker at women’s events, Bible studies, and writers conferences, she's also the author of The Unseen Companion: God with the Single Mother.
