Yep.
The OT at least, is pretty skimpy on the idea that God loves us. He commands us to love him. But it seems to me that He merely puts up with us, even despite our constantly slipping potential in these ‘modern’ times. Though He must be getting somewhat impatient, IMHO.
Why not? Once saved, always saved—by faith alone.
Romans teaches us that "sin shall not have dominion over you for you are not under the law but under grace" (Rom 6:14).
Grace and the law are both teachers. The law "is a schoolmaster to bring us to Christ" (Gal 3:24), teaching us that we are never righteous by our deeds because the law actually activates sin is us ("the strength of sin is the law" (1 Cor 15:56)). The law is like a mirror with bright lights: it not only shows us our flaws, it highlights them, but does nothing to fix our flaws. That's about all the law does for us.
Grace on the other hand "teach[es] us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world" (Titus 2:12). Notice, it's not the law that teaches us to deny ourselves but grace. The law focuses on US and what WE should do. Grace focuses on CHRIST and what HE has already done. He is our righteousness which is a gift from God not a result of our performance. We now "reign in life" by the "abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness" (Rom 5:17).
Living righteously is simply a byproduct of trusting in Jesus and believing in all he has done for us - it comes effortlessly. The difficulty is maintaining our focus and belief in Him, but what helps is knowing that no matter what, he always loves us and doesn't count or sins against us (Heb 8:12, 10:17; 2 Cor 5:19).
Therefore our focus should be on how much God loves us every minuter of every day. Our love for him comes as a byproduct of our focusing on his love for us. "We love him becasue he first loved us" (John 4:19). The Bible definition of love is found not is 1 Cor 13, which describes the attributes of love, but in 1 John 4:19: "Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins." The key to boldness and overcoming condemnation and fear is when we "have known and believed the love that God has to us" (1 John 4:16).