Seven Things That God Loves

If God loves all of these things, then we need to love them also - we must love what He loves:

He loves Israel forever (2Chron. 2:11 )

1 Ki. 10:9  “Blessed be the LORD your God, who delighted in you, setting you on the throne of Israel! Because the LORD has loved Israel forever, therefore He made you king, to do justice and righteousness.”

He loves justice

Ps 37:28 For the LORD loves justice, And does not forsake His saints; They are preserved forever, But the descendants of the wicked shall be cut off.

           

He loves righteousness

Ps. 11:7 For the LORD is righteous, He loves righteousness; His countenance beholds the upright.
(Ps. 33:5; 146:8)

He loves the gates of Zion

Ps. 87:2 The LORD loves the gates of Zion More than all the dwellings of Jacob.
(When David became king, he built his tabernacle of worship in Zion. Zion became the place where His presence was. All nations were invited to come to Mount Zion and be "born" there - in other words, to make God's true presence their home. Now the Church is the place of God's presence as He dwells or "tabernacles" with us. So the Lord lovingly calls us "Zion.")

He loves those He corrects like a father loves His son (Heb. 12:6)

Prov. 3:12 For whom the LORD loves He corrects, Just as a father the son in whom he delights.

He loves the Church (Rom. 1:7; 5:5; 1Thess. 1:4; 1Jn. 4:16)

Eph. 5:29 For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as the Lord does the church.

1Jn. 4:16 And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.

He loves the cheerful giver

2Cor. 9:7 So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver.