Among the things that make love so critically important is that selfless love and self-esteem travel Love gives; lust takes. Love empowers; lust enslaves. Love perfects; lust ruins. Love purifies; lust defiles. Love exalts; lust degrades. Love is divine; lust is demonic. love. Since the God of love sees you as lovable, and true humility involves taking God’s assessment of everything

From the age of four, I loved helping grandpa lay cement paths. But not to someone who loves you. Divine love is a compelling reason for God valuing our efforts. Though this initially shocks our impure minds, it rings true. Our loving Lord wants partnership, not dictatorship, nor disinterest, in every area of our lives.

I’m going to quote from Elisabeth Elliot’s Quest for Love: True Stories of Passion and Purity (Baker So think of the lessons you’ve learned as God refining you into a true treasure. To love is to live and to love immensely is to revel in all life’s richness. True love knows no bounds. It embraces everyone, including the unlovable and those who despise us. God’s Love Revealed to You Discovering the Depths of God’s Intimate Love for You

The love, excitement, challenge, fulfillment and understanding we crave are found in the One who made Nevertheless, it still sounds too good to be true. Divine power to love the unlovable, to break destructive habits, to resist peer pressure and to control The ultimate security of knowing you are forever loved and that nothing – not even death - can rob you He is so special that falling in love with God is the inevitable consequence of truly knowing him.

John 15:12-13 This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you. Ephesians 5:2 Walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and It seems the height of intimacy and the heart of true love to seek the privilege of sharing your sorrows I long for my love for you to be as fervent and selfless as your love for me. Help and Inspiration When Gripped by Fear Discovering God’s Love For You How Much Does God Love Me?

John 15:12-13 This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you. Ephesians 5:2 Walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and It seems the height of intimacy and the heart of true love to seek the privilege of sharing your sorrows I long for my love for you to be as fervent and selfless as your love for me. Discovering God’s Love For You How Much Does God Love Me?

He loves his throne room but he loves time with us even more. “Love wins?” I exclaimed, “Love endures all things!?!? Are ya nuts? Her love for Christine. Whether it be love for God, love for fellow alters or love for outside people, love is the great motivator I love her so much that I could pop like one of the bubble trees. Oh, yeah! I almost forgot!

Love and wisdom drive everything God does – even times when we wrongly think he is expecting too much “How long will you simple ones love your simple ways? . . . We think we love God too much to be continually dismissing what he is trying to tell us, but love isn The enemy of our soul is the ultimate liar who loves to slander God. In reality, God is love, and true love is total unselfishness, as demonstrated by Jesus’ sacrifice.

If Jesus’ extraordinary claims are true, however, this matter is more important than life itself. Though they may have started far behind many non-Christians, people who have opened their lives to Jesus Jesus chose his twelve disciples and loved them unreservedly, knowing that one of his supposedly closest He vowed he would remain true to Jesus no matter what, and within hours he swore he didn’t know Jesus

How true that is! My friend Leona loves gardening. What is more appalling: to turn from the true God to worship a false god, or to turn the true God into If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. ’s love.

Susie loves kissing her fiancé. Darren is a committed Christian she can trust never to go too far. Note how the cancer is spreading, killing off more and more of Susie’s love-life. Similarly, a woman can totally trust her husband and be madly in love with him, but love and trust will Nevertheless, as Scripture’s Love Chapter affirms, love does its utmost to believe the beloved (1 Corinthians He was delighted that her longings combined with his love for her had moved him to do what at the time

Christ’s love which surpasses knowledge . . . No matter what: he is always love, but he is likewise always immovably holy. What drove the Innocent One to the cross, however, is not just love but holiness. It was love combined with a holy loathing of sin that ripped him apart. Mind-boggling love and humility moves the Almighty to care about our view of him, despite him needing