Love

A Special Benediction

… May your heart dance at the very thought of the infinite love of God which He displays towards you! And then may you have love towards men, loving …

A Sermon for the Time Present

Zephaniah 3:16-18

… It is not the silence of wrath, but of love. His love is not changed, even though he does not comfort us. "His thoughts are high, his love …

The Love of Our Espousals

Jeremiah 2:2

… There was not merely love, but it was love that overflowed. Their cup ran over. It was love that set the joy-bells ringing and brought out the …

Glorying in the Lord

1 Corinthians 1:31

… He loved us because He would love us—not because we were lovely, but because He is love. He must love, for love is His Nature. There was …

Free Grace a Motive for Free Giving

2 Thessalonians 2:16

… Eternal love is a flame enfolding itself—it borrows no fuel from without, but lives upon itself! He says, "I have loved you with an everlasting love, therefore …

Christ's Joy and Ours

John 15:11

… Fervent love to Christ is very pleasing to Him, but the chilly, lukewarm love of Laodicea is nauseous to Him, so that He says, "Because you are lukewarm …

Nearer and Dearer

Solomon 5:2-8

… He says, "Open to me," and his plea is the love the spouse has to him, or professes to have—the love he has to her, and the …

The Value and Rank of the Believer

Isaiah 43:4

… He has not only told you of His love in the secret of your soul, but He has publicly acted in love to you. I desire you to …

Silken Cords

Hosea 11:4

… Would you be happy? Come to Jesus! Let this band of love sweetly draw you. Another band of love—it was the one which brought me to the …

Evening, March 18

Jn 15:9

… What is that divine method? He loved him without beginning , and thus Jesus loves his members. “ I have loved thee with an everlasting love .” You can trace the …

The True Christian’s Blessedness

Romans 8:28

… Dost thou love God, not with lip-language, but with heart-service? Dost thou love to pay him homage? Dost thou love to hold communion with him? Dost …

Evening, August 23

Eph 3:17

… We should pant after love to Christ of a most abiding character, not a love that flames up and then dies out into the darkness of a few …

Growth in Grace

2 Peter 3:18

… I still love you." But that is no love which makes us hide the Truth of God! True love will make us honest, zealous and affectionate. Why don …

Christ's Prayer for Believers

John 17:20

… You may say, "He loves me because I love Him," but God gave you that love! God does not love you because you are so holy—you are …

Titles of Honor

… We may not always feel the same love to all our Brothers and Sisters in Christ, but God's love to us and His love to them knows …

Two Choice Benedictions

Numbers 6:23-27

… Once in Christ, in Christ forever! In Christ's love you have begun a banquet which will never end. "May the love of God be with you all …

The Heart—a Gift for God

Proverbs 23:26

… Only love seeks after love. If I desire the love of another, it can surely only be because I, myself, have love toward him. We care not to …

The Private Tutor

John 14:24-26

… Observe that the love is personal—"He that loves Me not." He speaks not, here, of love to doctrine, but of love to Himself—"He that loves Me …

Ingratitude of Man

John 1:11

… Why? Is not this black ingratitude? Who can extenuate such need of tenderness? Our love to Jesus, is it love at all? When I read of some of …

Blessing for Blessing

Ephesians 1:3

… Love poor sinners to Christ! Love those that despitefully use you. Love those round about you who are strangers to the love of God. It may be that …

Might Have Been, or May Be

John 11:37

… When you look upon your children with love, your eyes flash joy. When they are in health and strength, your love expresses itself fitly in delight in them …

Diary, April to June, 1850

… I would love to lodge with my Master, and to endure all things for Him. Let not my first love chill. I have no fire within to keep …

Prayer 8 — A Prayer for Holiness

Our Father, we worship and love Thee and it is one point of our worship that Thou art holy. Time was when we loved Thee for Thy mercy …

The Well-Beloved

… All that we know is, that His love passeth knowledge, that His excellence baffles understanding, that His glory is unutterable. We can embrace Him by our love, but …

The Gospel of Abraham's Sacrifice of Isaac

Romans 8:32

… The trial was covertly a great privilege, unveiling as it did to the Patriarch, the heart of the great Father in His great deed of love to men …

The Blessing of Full Assurance

1 John 5:13

… Well, then, if I love the brethern, I love the Elder Brother. If I love the babes, I love the Father; and I know that I have passed …

The Real Presence, the Great Want of the Church

Solomon 3:4-5

… The words are very strong, 'him whom my soul loveth;' as if though the spouse might love the daughters of Jerusalem, might love the watchmen of the city …

New Tokens of Ancient Love

Jeremiah 31:3

… I loved you of old, but I also love you today and I have proved it by drawing you with the bands of My love. This is as …

The Good Shepherdess

Solomon 1:7

… Your rich love, Your free love, Your undeserved love, Your special love to me has bound me hand and foot—how can I turn aside? "There may be …

A Plea From the Cross

Luke 23:34

… Here is the strong love of Christ. Here, next, we see— II. HOW LOVE SHOWS ITSELF. How did Jesus prove His love in this last great moment? It …

Seeing and Testifying

1 John 4:14

… Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and everyone that loves is born of God, and knows God. The spirit of love, kindness, self …

A Sermon For Spring

Solomon 2:10-13

… And a sweet savor of faith and love went up to Heaven and God rejoiced therein. Then the Master sweetly cried— "Rise up, My love, My fair one …

Jehovah's Valuation of His People

Isaiah 43:3

… Beloved, we must love Him—we do love Him. How can it be otherwise? "The love of Christ constrains us." Madame Guyon wrote of "torrents." Divine love, if …

Morning, January 4

2Pe 3:18

… Grow also in love . Ask that your love may become extended, more intense, more practical, influencing every thought, word, and deed. Grow likewise in humility . Seek to lie …

Come, My Beloved!

Solomon 8:14

… Yes, if ever love had emphasis in it, it is the love which true Believers give to Christ! We do well when we sing— "I love You because …

Morning, June 4

Tit 3:4

Morning, June 4 Go To Evening Reading “The kindness and love of God our Saviour.” Titus 3:4 How sweet it is to behold the Saviour communing with …

A Song Concerning Loving Kindnesses

Isaiah 63:7

… Infinite Love feeds you. And as for your spiritual blessings, where are your streams found, from where do they gush but from the inexhaustible Fountain of Eternal Love …

Evening, April 29

Ps 149:4

Evening, April 29 Go To Morning Reading “The Lord taketh pleasure in his people.” Psalm 149:4 How comprehensive is the love of Jesus! There is no part …

The Glorious Habitation

Psalm 90:1

… Have you a love toward the saints? Well, then, you are a saint yourself. The goats will not love the sheep; and if you love the sheep, it …

The Glory, Unity and Triumph of the Church

John 17:22-3

… Holiness is everywhere most precious! Unselfishness is in any instance beyond all price! Let us see love to God and love to men and they are everywhere alike …