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Tag Archives: love
Love as God Commands
James 2:8-9 (CEV) … It is the law that commands us to love others as much as we love ourselves. But if you treat some people better than others, you have done wrong, and the Scriptures teach that you have … Continue reading
Posted in Constructive Thought, Morning Prayer
Tagged James 2:8-9, John 13:34, love, love your neighbor, Luke 23:34
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Love God Better
“When I have learnt to love God better than my earthly dearest, I shall love my earthly dearest better than I do now.” C. S. Lewis (1898-1963) Loving God better makes me a better (more loving) person. Good … Continue reading
Posted in Morning Prayer, Timeless Wisdom
Tagged C. S. Lewis, Genesis 1:27, love, love God
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Love God with Words
Matthew 22:37 (NIV) Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. [also Deuteronomy 6:5] For me (a talker and a writer): love the Lord my God with all … Continue reading
Posted in Constructive Thought, Morning Prayer
Tagged Deuteronomy 6:5, God is good, love, Matthew 22:37, words
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Lenten Love
“Was it for crimes that I have done, he groaned upon the tree? Amazing pity! Grace unknown! And love beyond degree!” Alas! And Did My Savior Bleed Isaac Watts, 1702 John 15:13 (NLT) There is no greater love than to … Continue reading
Posted in Lent, Timeless Wisdom
Tagged Isaac Watts, John 15:13, Lent, love
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Morning Prayer: Love
“You taught us, Lord, that the greatest love a man can show is to lay down his life for his friends. But your love was greater still, because you laid down your life for your enemies. It was while we … Continue reading
Posted in Lent, Morning Prayer, Timeless Wisdom
Tagged Bernard of Clairvaux, Lent, love, morning prayer
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Speak Love
Love is more than a fuzzy feeling … love plays out in action. God spoke love into our world by sending His Son as a sacrifice for our sin: John 3:16 (NLT) For this is how God loved the world: … Continue reading
Morning Prayer: Love and Grace
Good morning, Lord. Sure, I want people to like me. Sometimes, I confess, I seem to want that more than I want You, O God. But no! I cannot imagine life without You, without Your Spirit. Give me strength to … Continue reading
Posted in Morning Prayer
Tagged grace, love, morning prayer
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MLK: Grace and Love
“Everybody can be great … because anybody can serve … You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.” Martin Luther King, Jr. The Drum Major Instinct, 1968 Dr. King sounds a lot like the apostle … Continue reading
Posted in Constructive Thought
Tagged 2 Corinthians 8:7, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., grace, love
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God Loves Righteousness and Justice
Posted in Verse Art
Tagged justice, love, Psalm 33:5, righteousness
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Labor out of Love
Ephesians 2:7 (TLB) And here you yourself must be an example to them of good deeds of every kind. Let everything you do reflect your love of the truth and the fact that you are in dead earnest about it. … Continue reading