Love

Love's Labours

1 Corinthians 13:7

… The nature of love is self-sacrifice. Love is the reverse of seeking her own. Love is intense; love is burning; therefore she burneth her way to victory …

The Church'S Love To Her Loving Lord

Solomon 1:7

… Search yourselves then, Brethren—do you love Him or not? If you love Him, you have been born again! And if you do not love Him, then you …

Love's Transformations—a Communion Meditation

John 14:28

… Love Him and you will love the souls of men. Love Jesus and you will seek to bring sinners to Him. Nothing can do you so much good …

God's Prison, Warden and Prisoner

… If you love Me, love My disciples. Let love rule you. And in that place in life in which I have set you, try to honor My name …

Morning, June 11

1Jn 4:19

Morning, June 11 Go To Evening Reading “We love him because he first loved us.” 1 John 4:19 There is no light in the planet but that …

Grace Abounding

Hosea 14:4

… It may be that he can love angels because of their goodness; but he could not love us for that reason; the only manner in which love can …

"Herein Is Love"

1 John 4:10

… V. "Herein is love"—SELF-DENYING LOVE, AMAZING LOVE, UNEXAMPLED LOVE—language fails me. I know no words by which to set forth the excellence of this love …

Daniel's Band

Daniel 10:11

… Blessed be His name! If there is a man in the world who can sing— "Oh, 'twas love, 'twas wondrous love, The love of God to me! It …

One Aspect of Christ's Death

John 15:13

… Love them out of their vices! Love them up from their degradation, for love is of God, and God is Love and God dwells in love. That which …

The Personal Pentecost and the Glorious Hope

Romans 5:5

… If it were not for His unchanging love, all that is good in us would soon pass away. If it were not for love almighty, love immutable, love …

The First and Great Commandment

Mark 12:30

… How much am I to love God? Where shall I fix the point? I am to love my neighbor as I love myself. Am I to love my …

The Father's Love to His Dying Son

John 10:17

… You know the old proverb, "Love me, love my dog." And certainly the Lord Jesus Christ might well say, "Love Me, love the least of My people." The …

Lovest Thou Me?

John 21:15-17

… He that lacketh love, must lack also every other grace in the proportion in which he lacketh love. If love be little, I believe it is a sign …

Love Pledging Fidelity

1 Samuel 18:3

… Now, first, GREAT LOVE DESIRES TO BIND ITSELF TO THE BELOVED ONE. I am going to speak of the greatest love that ever was—the love of Jesus …

'Do I Love the Lord or Not?'

John 21:17

"Do I Love the Lord or Not?" (No. 3524) A SERMON PUBLISHED ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1916. DELIVERED BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. "Peter …

The Top of the Ladder

Ephesians 3:19

… You know that Christ's love is an eternal love, without beginning. It is an everlasting love, without end. It is a love that knows no boundary. It …

Love Abounding, Love Complaining, Love Abiding

Isaiah 43:1-4

… This love is a spark of the eternal flame of God's love for you—may it never be quenched! I have to set before you Divine Love …

The Drawings of Love

Jeremiah 31:3

… Christian, your God's love to you is always the same. He cannot love you more! He will not love you less! Never, when afflictions multiply, when terrors …

Loved and Washed

Revelation 1:5

… Meditate much on your Master and on your Master's love—dwell with Christ—and whether you realize your love to Him or not, drink in daily the …

Cheering Words

John 15:9

… I am sure you will never love each other too much. You cannot go beyond this rule—"Love one another, as I have loved you." 13. Greater love …

The Faithfulness of Jesus

John 13:1

… This everlasting love has a speciality about it. Our Lord has a general love of benevolence towards all his creatures, for "God is love;" but he has a …

The Righteous Father Known and Loved

John 17:25

… The 26th verse speaks of wonderful discoveries of a love of infinite excellence—"That the love with which You have loved Me may be in them." And you …

Christ's 'New Commandment'

John 13:34

… We are to love our neighbor as ourselves, but we are to love our fellow Christians as Christ loved us—and that is far more than we love …

Divine Love and Its Gifts

2 Thessalonians 2:16

… God commends His love to us by this unspeakable Gift. Here love has reached its climax. Blessed be the love of God this morning and forevermore! Observe that …

Paul's Persuasion

Romans 8:38

… God loves Christ and we love Christ, so we have a meeting place—we love the same blessed Person—and that brings us to love one another. There …

A Blessed Gospel Chain

John 14:23

… So, do you love Him? I do not ask whether you love His offices, though I hope you do. You love the Prophet, the Priest, the King, the …

The Savior Resting in His Love

Zephaniah 3:17

… Now see the Lord Jesus Christ laboring in His love. Love fetched Him from His Throne in Heaven. Love disrobed Him of His glories. Love laid Him in …

"On His Breast"

John 13:23-26

… Great love has privileges which make her boldest advances no intrusion. Love has the key of all the rooms of the Father's house. Love has the range …

Evening, October 13

Song 8:6

Evening, October 13 Go To Morning Reading “Love is strong as death.” Song of Solomon 8:6 Whose love can this be which is as mighty as the …

Love and Jealousy

Solomon 8:6

… THE LOVE AND JEALOUSY OF THE SAINTS WITH REGARD TO CHRIST. The saints love their Lord and Master, or else they could not be saints. Love is the …

"And We Are"—a Jewel from the Revised Version

1 John 3:1

… It is love in the highest degree! What love you would have in your heart if you were to take a wanton and malicious enemy and say, "You …

A Prophetic Warning

Matthew 24:12

… Observe the bearings of Christian love and you will see the sin of it under various aspects. Our love is, first, a love to the great Father—our …

"The Disciple Whom Jesus Loved"

John 21:20

… The fitness for love is love. To enjoy the love of Jesus we must overflow with love. Pray for earnest, eager, intense affection. Lay your hearts among the …

Rejoicing and Remembering

Solomon 1:4

… I can understand my mother's love. I can understand my child's love. I can understand my wife's love, but I cannot understand Christ's love …

The Lover of God's Law Filled With Peace

Psalm 119:165

… What can your love to God be but a reflection of His love to you? Hear Him say, "I have loved you with an everlasting love." See, also …

A Psalm of Remembrance

1 John 4:16

… We have known and have believed that the love of God towards us is free, sovereign, undeserved, and springs entirely from the overflowing love of his own heart …

The Unrivalled Friend

Proverbs 17:17

… The text says, "A friend loves at all times," not professes to love, not talks of love, but really does so. Now in Christ's case, the love …

Comfort From Christ's Omniscience

John 21:17

… To tell another human being, whom you do not love, that you love him, would be a most cruel thing to do, and also a most impudent and …

Love's Reward

Psalm 91:14

… THE HEART'S SUPREME LOVE. "He has set his love upon Me." His love! Such love as draws the sympathies with its irresistible attraction, as brightens the thoughts …

Declension from First Love

Revelation 2:4

… Some of you stand convicted even here; you have not that blazing love, that burning love, that ridiculous love as the worldling would call it, which is after …