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b"This is another episode in a series that I\\u2019ve been doing that you can use as a tool to help you and your family to meditate on God\\u2019s word. You can listen as soon as you get up, before bed, if you\\u2019re feeling anxious, during quiet time with the kids, or having a hard time sleeping, whatever works for your family!\\nI include the verses here in the show notes for your reference and/or to use as copy work for your kids! (Don't forget to listen to the song. The link is at the bottom of the show notes!)\\nToday we are going to be focusing on God\\u2019s lovingkindness.\\nOne of the ways lies that Satan often tries to convince us of is that God isn\\u2019t really good or loving or kind, so it\\u2019s important to meditate on the truth about who God is and that truth is found in God\\u2019s word.\\nThe Hebrew word most often translated as \\u201clovingkindness\\u201d is checed, which literally means \\u201ccovenant loyalty.\\u201d\\xa0\\nLovingkindness\\xa0 is most often used to describe the character of the Lord\\nCheced or lovingkindness, as it relates to the character of God, is most often used to describe God\\u2019s heart toward those who are His own.\\nExodus 15:13\\xa0\\n\\u201cYou have led in your steadfast love the people whom you have redeemed;\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0you have guided them by your strength to your holy abode.\\nJeremiah 31:3\\xa0\\nI have loved you with an everlasting love;\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.\\nPsalm 6:4(uses the word steadfast which means: (firmly loyal and constant, unchanging, immovable)\\nTurn, O Lord, deliver my life;\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0save me for the sake of your steadfast love.\\nPsalm 33:18\\nBehold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear him,\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0on those who hope in his steadfast love,\\nPsalm 119:149\\nHear my voice according to your steadfast love;\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0O Lord, according to your justice give me life.\\n119:76\\nLet your steadfast love comfort me\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0according to your promise to your servant.\\n\\xa0\\nGod\\u2019s lovingkindness brings us comfort and redemption from sin\\nNumbers 14:19\\n\\xa0Please pardon the iniquity of this people, according to the greatness of your steadfast love, just as you have forgiven this people, from Egypt until now.\\u201d\\n\\xa0Psalm 25:7\\nRemember not the sins of my youth or my transgressions;\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0according to your steadfast love remember me,\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0for the sake of your goodness, O Lord!\\nPsalm 51:1\\nHave mercy on me,\\xa0O God,\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0according to your steadfast love;\\naccording to your abundant mercy\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0blot out my transgressions.\\n\\xa0\\nGod\\u2019s lovingkindness assures us of His promises\\nDeuteronomy 7:9\\n\\xa0Know therefore that the Lord your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations,\\nNehemiah 1:5\\nAnd I said, \\u201cO Lord God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments,\\n\\xa0\\n2 Samuel 7:15 (Covenant with David)\\nI will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son. When he commits iniquity, I will discipline him with the rod of men, with the stripes of the sons of men, but my steadfast love will not depart from him,\\xa0\\nPsalm 18:50\\nGreat salvation he brings to his king,\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0and shows steadfast love to his anointed,\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0to David and his offspring forever.\\nNumbers 14:18\\n\\u2018The Lord is slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but he will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, to the third and the fourth generation.\\u2019\\n\\xa0\\nGod\\u2019s steadfast lovingkindness is abundant, everlasting\\nPsalm 33:5;He loves righteousness and justice;\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0the earth is full of the steadfast love of the Lord.\\nPsalm 145:8\\nThe Lord is gracious and merciful,\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love\\nJeremiah 33:11\\n\\u201c\\u2018Give thanks to the Lord of hosts,\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0for the Lord is good,\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0for his steadfast love endures forever!\\u2019\\nPsalm 57:10\\nFor your steadfast love is great to the heavens,\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0your faithfulness to the clouds.\\nPsalm 69:16\\nAnswer me, O Lord, for Your lovingkindness is good;\\nAccording to the gr"