Love

The Covenant Pleaded

Psalm 74:20

… But what did your wife say in death? Or your mother, now with God? Or what of your child who had learned of the Savior's love? Can …

Christ’s First and Last Subject

Matthew 4:17

… Another one, when she brought up her slate, had written “Love,” and I am sure she was right. But there was one other who had written in large …

Real Contact With Jesus

… Rely on His bloody sacrifice, His dying love, His rising power, His ascended plea; and as you rest in Him, your vital touch, however feeble, will certainly give …

The Minstrelsy of Hope

Psalm 67:6

… They are too much like the virgins who slept because the bridegroom came not—too much apathy, too little love to God, too little consecration to His cause …

The Vital Force

Hebrews 10:38

… The Believer is the man to love—to love his God, his neighbor, his enemy. The Believer is the man to hope—to hope for deliverance out of …

Apostolic Exhortation

Acts 3:19

… It is, in fact, a change of mind of a very deep and practical character, which makes the man love what once he hated, and hate what once …

The Man Who Shall Never See Death

John 8:51-53

… You cannot trust God, nor love God, nor serve God aright unless you willingly consent to His appointed way of reconciliation, redemption, justification and access which is only …

In the Sunny South (Continued)

… His conquest is complete. "None love Him more than those He slew; His love their hate has slain ; Henceforth their souls are all on fire To spread His …

The Double Cleansing

Zechariah 13:1

… Notwithstanding all the love that He has towards men and His desire to bless them, yet sin is a thing which the soul of God abhors! All unrighteousness …

The Parable of the Sower

… None but those who love the souls of men can tell what hopes, what joys, and what bitter disappointments these stony places have caused us. We have a …

The Sparrow and the Swallow

Psalm 84:3

… spider-sinner! Take hold of the walls of Christ's great House of Love and Mercy, and I can assure you that my royal Master will not be …

Our Life, Our Work, Our Change

Job 14:14

… You shall find that God has appointed with exact wisdom, with profound knowledge, and with irreproachable love all the days and the doings of your life. Remember that …

Attention!

Matthew 17:5

… Then, having forged a text, you supply us with a commentary. "These points are really nonessential," you tell us, "it would promote love and concord utterly to ignore …

Jesus Only

Matthew 17:8

… They regard a certain caste of men as being priestly above other believers, and their love of symbols is seen in season and out of season. One would …

Mr. Fearing Comforted

Matthew 14:31

… you have not lost his love; you have lost the light of his countenance, but you have not lost the love of his heart; you have lost his …

The Parable of the Sower

Luke 8:4-8

… None but those who love the souls of men can tell what hopes, what joys, and what bitter disappointments these stony places have caused us. We have a …

A Visit to Bethlehem

Luke 2:15

… At last she said, "Oh, Father, how good Jesus Christ was! He never did anything wrong." "Very true, my Love," the father replied. "It is a sweet subject …

Peace—How Gained, How Broken

Psalm 85:8

… His tones are tenderness, His Words are mercy, His Spirit is love, His message is peace. I will hear what God the Lord will speak—for He will …

Believers A Blessing

Zechariah 8:13

… But God declared that He would return to His ancient people in love and mercy—and replenish them in the multitude of His loving kindnesses to them so …

A Frail Leaf

Job 13:25

… If there were no mercy, there would be no love in any human heart—and that would be an end to religion if there were an end to …

The Way to God

John 14:6

… Now, God is as pure as he is affectionate, while God is love it is just as true that God is infinitely just and holy. His holy eyes …

Prayer 1 — Help from On High

… Now we reverence, but we love as much as we reverence. The thought of Thine omnipresence was once horrible to us. We said, "Whither shall we flee from …

Psalm 131

Psalm 131

… The saints are wont to do so upon like occasions; as Peter (Joh 21:17); "Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee." They know …

Knowing and Doing

John 13:17

… But I do pray that we may comprehend with all saints what are the heights and depths and know the love of Christ which passes knowledge, or at …

God'S Cure For Man'S Weakness

Hebrews 11:34

… Faith believes in God—a present, powerful God full of love and wisdom effecting His decrees—accomplishing His purposes, fulfilling His promises, glorifying His Son. Faith believes in …

"Blessed in Him"

Psalm 72:17

… The Father's love is fixed upon me; I have a part and portion in the Covenant of Grace—I am saved." Now it is to that blessed …

'It Pleased God'

Galatians 1:15

… We know that "God is Love," and who would limit love? As "God is Love," let Him be absolute, for He will assuredly do that which, on the …

Looking Unto Jesus

Psalm 34:5

… Watts says, “His worth, if all the nations knew, Sure the whole world would love him too;” and I am sure it is quite true if I read …

Search the Scriptures

Isaiah 8:20

… They say, “Set a thief to catch a thief;” and it is very likely that there is some love of error in your heart, or else you would …

Daniel—a Pattern for Pleaders

Daniel 9:19

… Now we, being evil, have such love towards our spouses that if there were anything in the world that would be for her good, we would not spare …

The Importunate Widow

Luke 18:1-8

… There are no times laid down in Scripture except by the example of holy men, for the Lord trusts much to the love of His people and to …

Under His Shadow

… Here faith develops, and hope grows bright, while love sheds abroad all the fragrance of her sweet spices. Oh! get you to the apple-tree, and find out …

Knowing and Believing

2 Timothy 1:12

… I know the love of Your heart. I know the efficacy of Your blood. I know the Glory of Your Person. I know the faithfulness of Your Word …

The Soul's Great Crisis

Romans 7:8

… I merely loved its outward breath because I hoped to gain by it, but the Law, itself, I did not love, nor did I love God, either." So …

The Vine of Israel

Psalm 80:14

… Oh, if it were for nothing else but that our Savior was of the Jews, we ought to love them and make them the subject of our prayers …

Our Lord's Heroic Endurance

Hebrews 12:3

… Does it not seem strange that after speaking to us about being God's sons and favored with His love, yet even then, in that clear blaze of …

The Mighty Arm

Psalm 89:13

… At the first, perhaps, it dwells almost exclusively upon His love and His mercy, but it afterwards proceeds to find joy in the sterner attributes and especially delights …

Guidance To Grace and Glory

Psalm 73:24

… roughness, may be shunned by us, but Divine Wisdom, dressed in robes of love and tenderness, invites us to run into her arms! Choose God, I pray you …

Pardon and Justification

Psalm 32:1

… It is a glorious river though its waters may be tinged with blackness, for it takes its rise in the mountains of love, hard by the Throne of …

Preaching Christ Crucified

1 Corinthians 1:23

… Is He a Shepherd? We must proclaim His patience, His power, His perseverance—and we must especially tell of His self-sacrificing love in laying down His life …