Love

May 13 — DAY IS AT HAND

Rev. 2:28

… Come, my soul, has the Lord given thee the morning star? Dost thou hold fast that truth, grace, hope, and love which the Lord has given thee? Then …

Oct. 15 — SUSTAINED BY FEEDING

John 6:57

… our Lord, believe in Him with appropriating faith, take Him into ourselves by love, and assimilate Him by the power of the inner life. We know what it …

March 1 — JOY FOR THE CAST-OUT

Isa. 66:5

… Let us pray for all such as are cast out wrongfully from the society which they love. May the Lord appear to their joy! The text applies to …

Faith First, Confession Following

Romans 10:10

… Let your soul freely drop with love to Christ like the droppings of the honeycomb. "Freely we have received, freely give" to Him who freely gave His all …

The Uses of Anecdotes and Illustrations

… How vividly one would see the love of money set forth in the story told by our venerable friend, Mr. Rogers, of a man who, when he lay …

Out of Nothing Comes Nothing

Job 14:4

… I think that you who love the Lord must know what it is to grieve over things over which you have at first rejoiced. For instance, I have …

Feb. 3 — HE FREELY GIVES

Rom. 8:32

… prayer would have no force with Omnipotence if force were needed; but His love, like a spring, rises of itself, and overflows for the supply of all thy …

Foretastes of Heaven

… the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him.” If we paused here, we might give up all idea of beholding from …

Nov. 10 — WALK WITHOUT STUMBLING

Ps. 121:3

… God would stand fast for an hour were it not for the faithful love which will not suffer his foot to be moved. "Amidst a thousand snares I …

Sweetness in Sorrow

… Blessed affliction! it has brought us to the mercy-seat; given life to prayer; enkindled love; strengthened faith; brought Christ into the furnace with us, and then brought …

The Christian’s Heaviness and Rejoicing

1 Peter 1:6

… Seek for great faith and great love to your Master, that you may be able to endure, being “stedfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord …

Not Now, But Hereafter!

Job 21:29-31

… I delight to preach of Calvary, and of divine love, and of grace unsearchable. But this theme is to me the burden of the Lord, we must not …

Psalm 19

Psalm 19

… Verse 10. "Sweeter than honey and the honeycomb." Love the word written. Psalm 119:97. "Oh, how love I thy law!" "Lord," said Augustine, "let the holy Scriptures …

The Happiness of Religion

… happy thing, for it lights up this valley of tears, and fills the wells in the valley of Baca to the brim with streams of love and joy.

The Personality of the Holy Ghost

John 14:16-17

… In pronouncing the solemn closing benediction, we invoke on your behalf the love of Jesus Christ, the grace of the Father, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit …

Nov. 9 — NECESSARY KNOWLEDGE

Ezek. 34:30

… Lord, send us such a flood-tide of thy love that we shall be washed beyond the mire of doubt and fear.

The Queen of Sheba

Matthew 12:42

… If you have not any faith, perhaps faith will come while you are reading it. "God commended His love towards us in that while we were yet sinners …

Dec. 11 — TRUST AND DO; DO AND TRUST

Ps. 37:3

… We will not go into Egypt, but we will remain in Immanuel's land -- the providence of God, the Canaan of covenant love. We are not so easily …

Unimpeachable Justice

Psalm 51:4

… How often have I tried to do it! I have tried to preach my Saviour’s love, and this day I have preached my Father’s wrath; but …

Our Public Prayer

… Reverently hearing the word exercises our humility, instructs our faith, irradiates us with joy, inflames us with love, inspires us with zeal, and lifts us up towards heaven …

Dec. 20 — MEN AS MEN; GOD AS GOD

Isa. 51:12

… We can make an idol of a man by rendering to him excessive fear as well as by paying him inordinate love. Let us treat men as men …

Lecture III: The Uses Of Anecdotes And Illustrations.

… How vividly one would see the love of money set forth in the story told by our venerable friend, Mr. Rogers, of a man who, when he lay …

A Preacher from the Dead

Luke 16:31

… There wants one who, when he preaches of Christ, smiles on his hearers with love—who, when he tells of terror, quails in his own spirit whilst he …

Threshing

… In love he corrects his own children that he may perfect them in his own image, and make them partakers of his holiness. Is it not written, “I …

The Procession of Sorrow

John 19:16

… Perhaps they are your children, the objects of your fondest love, with no interest in Christ, without God and without hope in the world! Save your tears for …

The Queen of Sheba, a Sign

Matthew 12:42

… I would seek to preach it better, but it should be the same "old, old story of Jesus and His love." I love it so much because I …

The Scarlet Line in the Window

Joshua 2:21

… The obedience of the child is precious, for it is the fruit of love. That keeping of God's Commands which comes of slavish fear lacks the very …

Salvation by Faith and the Work of the Spirit

Galatians 5:5

… It is that which He plants, waters, fosters and brings to perfection—and He cannot but love it. Ridiculous, then, absurdly ridiculous, is the attempt to make out …

'Peace! Perfect Peace!'

Isaiah 26:3

… If He stood by us this afternoon, and said to any one of us, "My Child, I have arranged your way in tender love and wisdom," no one …

David's Dying Prayer

Psalm 72:10

… Lovers of Jesus, can you love him without desiring that his kingdom may come? What! can ye bow before him, and yet not wish to see your Monarch …

The Use of the Bow

2 Samuel 1:17

… Perhaps you do not know that he was crossed in love and met with certain other trials which drove him nearly mad—and yet Alexander Cruden did not …

Christ Seen as God's Salvation

Luke 2:30

… And in His sacred bosom see Eternal thoughts of love to me"? Here it is that "my eyes have seen God's Salvation"—seen the source of it …

Elijah Fainting

1 Kings 19:4

… Another reason for the Prophet's depression was, no doubt, his intense love to God and his grievous disappointment with the people. He had hoped that the test …

Death and Life in Christ

Romans 6:8-11

… When the Lord shall be pleased to restore to his Church once more a fervent love to Christ, and when once again we shall have a ministry that …

Earth’s Seasons

… Thanks be unto God, the soft south wind breathes upon our soul, and at once the waters of desire are set free, the spring of love cometh on …

A Hearer In Disguise

1 Kings 14:6

… And the happiest times you ever have are when you are sitting in these seats and joining in our sacred songs— "Your earthly Sabbaths, Lord, we love." There …

Mistakes Concerning God

Psalm 1:21

… Ah, but God is not deceived by outward appearances—He looks at the heart and requires that there should be in the heart, purity, a love for the …

The Believer's Present Rest

Hebrews 4:3

… God and drinking in all he needs from the eternal fountains of Divine Love and Life! Oh, to be always such a blessed babe as that, relying upon …

The Minister's Trumpet Blast and Church Member's Warning

Hosea 8:1

… Well, now, there is jealousy in God's heart if His people give to others love that is due to Him. And do you know when we are …

Untiring Delight

… If Christ is your food and your spiritual bread; if Christ is your sun, your heavenly light; if Christ is the sea of love in which your passions …