title: Exodus: Learning to Trust God (Lifeguide Bible Studies)
author: James W. Reapsome
description: James W. Reapsome is a retired pastor who also formerly served as editor of <em>Evangelical Missions Quarterly</em> and the <em>World Pulse</em> newsletter. He was also executive director of Evangelical Missions Information Service in Wheaton, Illinois. He is the co-editor of <em>Innovation in Mission</em> and the author of LifeGuide studies such as <em>Exodus</em>, <em>Hebrews</em>, <em>Grief</em> and <em>Marriage</em>.
zlib_text: Character of God:
  Loyal Love 
  S T U DY N OT E S
  When God reveals who he is to Moses in Exodus 34:6-7, one of the ways he describes 
  himself is overflowing with loyal love, or in Hebrew, khesed.
  “Yahweh, Yahweh, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, 
  overflowing with loyal love and faithfulness.” 
  This verse is the most quoted and reused verse in the Hebrew Bible. It’s clear that this 
  description of God is core to the biblical understanding of who he is, so we wanted to 
  spend some time focusing on this fascinating passage. In our Character of God series, 
  we’re looking at each of these descriptors and digging into their significance in the bib-
  lical story and the implications they have for us today. These study notes will help you 
  dig deeper into the Hebrew word khesed (loyal love) and see the ideas presented in our 
  video Character of God: Loyal Love.
  
  Contents
  Khesed in the Hebrew Bible 
  3
  A Basic Definition of Khesed 
  3
  Notable Old Testament Passages Using Khesed 
  4
  Human Ac