Love

Evening, March 3

Mt 3:16

… The dove is an apt picture of love , the voice of the turtle is full of affection; and so, the soul visited by the blessed Spirit, abounds in …

Evening, August 15

Eze 36:26

… The hard heart does not love the Redeemer, but the renewed heart burns with affection towards him. The hard heart is selfish and coldly demands, “Why should I …

Is It Nothing To You?

Lamentations 1:12

… All faithful servants of Christ who love their Master would have their hearers mourn for Him, even as the Prophet foretold—"They shall look on Him whom they …

Morning, November 2

Mal 3:6

… He is unchanged in his love. He has loved his people with “an everlasting love”; he loves them now as much as ever he did, and when all …

Morning, August 4

Da 11:32

… Or, to use another similitude, knowledge paints the portrait of Jesus, and when we see that portrait then we love him, we cannot love a Christ whom we …

Evening, January 22

Job 1:9

… Their love is the love of the table, not of the host; a love to the cupboard, not to the master of the house. As for the true …

All of Grace

… It is His boundless, fathomless love which has led Him to save us; and it is the same love and mercy which upholds us now. To Him be …

Praise for the Gift of Gifts

2 Corinthians 9:15

… So, for the love of Christ, love Christ's poor people! Whenever you find them, say, "My Lord was poor, and so are you, and for His dear …

"A Peculiar People"

Psalm 4:3

… Has the Holy Spirit taught you, my dear Friend, to love even those that hate you? Have you a love that leaps out like the waters from the …

Strengthening Words from the Savior's Lips

2 Corinthians 12:9

… If I am persecuted, cast out and forsaken, cheerfully will I bear it, if a sense of Your love sustains me, for Your love is enough for me …

Evening, October 2

Da 10:11

… All this proves, does it not, a very great and superabounding love? Since that time, whether your path has been rough with troubles, or smooth with mercies, it …

The Christian's Great Business

Psalm 51:12-13

… Shall He call in vain? We wish those we love to show their love to us. Do, therefore, by the love of Jesus—by the blood of Jesus …

Evening, February 15

Ps 45:8

… Hear his own eulogy of that love in the golden Canticle: “How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine …

'Going and Weeping'

Jeremiah 50:4

… Immutable Love has accomplished it. And unchanging Love will perfect it! The chief of sinners, yet chosen before time began! A sinner since conversion, yet loved with a …

A Solemn Enquiry Concerning Our Families

Genesis 19:12

… And He who has revealed saving Truth is the God of Love— no, He is Love itself! And that cannot be true which naturally and legitimately would lead …

Morning, April 12

Ps 22:14

… Especially let those of us whose sadness springs directly from the withdrawal of a present sense of our Father’s love, enter into near and intimate communion with …

A Life-Long Occupation

Hebrews 13:15

… There is a fitness for the heart and a fullness for its emotions when Jehovah is the heart's one object of love. My God, I love You …

Morning, March 17

Ga 2:10

… one is, to give us, who are favoured with enough, an opportunity of showing our love to Jesus . We show our love to Christ when we sing of …

Morning, September 12

Na 1:2

Morning, September 12 Go To Evening Reading “God is jealous.” Nahum 1:2 Your Lord is very jealous of your love , O believer. Did he choose you? He …

Prayer 10 — The Music of Praise

… The Lord make us to love Christ intensely, to love the souls of men most heartily, to love Thy truth with earnestness, to love the name of Jesus …

A Promise For Us And For Our Children

Isaiah 44:1-5

… But that He should LOVE me? Love me, too, with a love infinitely stronger than any love I have to my own children, or to my own spouse …

Good Cheer for Christians

Isaiah 25:6

… Oh, the depth of that word, "love," as it applies to the Infinite Jehovah, whose name, whose Essence, whose Nature is love! He has loved you with all …

Sorrow and Sorrow

2 Corinthians 7:10

… I do not disapprove of that happy leap, but still, I hope my old friend, Repentance, is not dead! I am desperately in love with repentance—it seems …

One Lost Sheep

Matthew 18:12

… Such was our Savior's love to us—such must be our love to lost ones. The Shepherd takes a peculiar interest in the lost—not only as …

The Agreement Of Salvation By Grace With Walking In Good Works

Ephesians 2:9

… We reach after holiness by the constraining love of Jesus. Love to Christ is the impelling cause of putting away first, one evil, and then another—and the …

The Shameful Sufferer

Hebrews 12:2

… Well might a poet say “O love, thou fathomless abyss!” for this love of Christ is indeed measureless and fathomless. None of us can attain unto it. In …

Fencing the Table

1 Corinthians 11:28

… The next vital point for self-examination is love. Examine yourselves concerning your love. I think, Brothers and Sisters, that none of us can worthily eat of this …

'By Water and Blood'

1 John 5:6

… If you truly love God, you also love His well-beloved and only-begotten Son—and you also love all His children! There cannot be a true love …

The Light of the World

Matthew 5:14

… The sight of new-born babes warms our cold blood!— "Blessed be the love that saved me! Blessed be the love that washed me! Blessed be the love …

'Marvelous Things'

Psalm 98:1

… I love the LORD because He has heard my voice and my supplications. [See Sermon #240, Volume 5—prayer answered, LOVE NOURISHED] Every answered prayer should make us …

Pray For Jesus

Psalm 72:15

… We never pray more fervently, I suppose, than for those whom we love best. He who does not love sinners cannot pray aright for them. When we love …

Mary'S Song

Luke 1:46

… The streams of love I trace, Up to the fountain, God. And in His mighty breast I see, Eternal thoughts of love to me." We can scarcely fly …

Good Works In Good Company

Solomon 7:11-13

… Therefore go on to see what your love is. Do you love the Savior? Can you truly say, "The very thought of You fills my breast with rapture …

Our Glorious Transforming

Ephesians 2:13

… Which shall I most admire—the love of the Father, or the love of tile Son? Blessed be God, we are not asked to make distinctions, for they …

Good Cheer for the New Year

Deuteronomy 11:12

… No, there is love in the text to sweeten observation. "The Lord knows the righteous" with a knowledge which is over and above that of Omniscience. The eyes …

A Loving Entreaty

Isaiah 43:26

… Lord, I must love You! I have nothing whereof to glory in that love, for how can I help it? I am under constraint to love You because …

Constancy And Inconstancy—a Contrast

Hosea 6:3

… Ah, Lord, if Your love should hang on our poor love which is as a rusted nail driven into rotten wood, our salvation would soon fail! But when …

A Sermon From a Sick Preacher

1 Peter 2:7

… You love Him in return and He sheds abroad in your heart a sense of His love. You two are bound together tightly and firmly. There is neither …

Abijah, or Some Good Thing Towards the Lord

1 Kings 14:13

… That which should increase love has even created loathing. As Saul sought to slay Jonathan because he loved David, so do some hate their children because they love …

Right-hand Sins

Mark 9:43

… The love of ease is the temptation of many, many Christians. Their love of retirement is really indolence. They get into the back ranks of the Christian army …