~#7 IN A WEEK OF POSTS FOR VALENTINE'S DAY

Happy Valentine's Day!

I have now reached my seventh and final post for Valentine's Day, 2011.  It just so happens that in Scripture, the number seven is seen to represent completion and spiritual perfection.  To find out more about that, visit these links: 1, 2, 3.

The Bible has been described as the greatest Love Story that has ever been written.  In its pages we learn about the Love above all loves, which is God's love for humanity.  In the Word, God reveals how He is pursuing a fallen creation and loving us back to Himself.

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Below are the lyrics to a hymn entitled,

"I Love to Tell the Story,"

which was written by Arabella Katherine Hankey and composed by William Gustavus Fischer.

I love to tell the story of unseen things above,
Of Jesus and his glory, of Jesus and his love.
I love to tell the story, because I know 'tis true;
It satisfies my longings as nothing else can do.

I love to tell the story, 'twill be my theme in glory,
To tell the old, old story of Jesus and his love.

I love to tell the story; more wonderful it seems
Than all the golden fancies of all our golden dreams.
I love to tell the story, it did so much for me;
And that is just the reason I tell it now to thee.

I love to tell the story, 'twill be my theme in glory,
To tell the old, old story of Jesus and his love.

I love to tell the story; 'tis pleasant to repeat
What seems, each time I tell it, more wonderfully sweet.
I love to tell the story, for some have never heard
The message of salvation from God's own holy Word.

I love to tell the story, 'twill be my theme in glory,
To tell the old, old story of Jesus and his love.

I love to tell the story, for those who know it best
Seem hungering and thirsting to hear it like the rest.
And when, in scenes of glory, I sing the new, new song,
'Twill be the old, old story that I have loved so long.

I love to tell the story, 'twill be my theme in glory,
To tell the old, old story of Jesus and his love.

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The following are verses which refer specifically to the love God has for us--enjoy!

Exodus 15:13
Exodus 34:6
1 Chronicles 16:34
Psalm 33:22
Psalm 36:7
Psalm 52:8
Psalm 59:16
Psalm 63:3
Psalm 94:18
Psalm 100:5
Psalm 103:11
Psalm 107:1
Psalm 107:8
Psalm 108:4
Psalm 119:76
Psalm 136: all
Psalm 145:8
Isaiah 54:10
Isaiah 63:7-9
Jeremiah 31:3
Lamentations 3:22
Hosea 11:3-4
Jonah 4:2
Zephanaiah 3:17
John 3:16
John 13:1
John 13:34
John 15:9-10
John 15:12
John 17:22-23
Romans 5:5
Romans 5:8
Romans 8:35-39
Galatians 2:20
Ephesians 1:5
Ephesians 2:4-7
Ephesians 3:19
Ephesians 5:2
2 Thessalonians 2:16-17
Titus 3:4-5
1 John 3:1
1 John 4:9-11
1 John 4:16
1 John 4:19
Revelation 1:5

*The translations I used for the verses from the Psalms are the RSV, NIV, and NLT.

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