Hebrews 10: 24 Let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds. The key word in this verse is “stimulate.” Other versions use the word “encourage.” We have a role in the body of Christ which is to encourage. I take special note that the verse isn’t giving me permission or […]
1 John 4: 8 God is love. Every congregation around the world has talked about this passage of scripture. We have heard time and time again that God is love but its deepest truths have yet to permeate our Christian cultures and our individual hearts. To know God is to love. Every person who says […]
Ephesians 5: 1 Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children and live a life of love, just as Christ love us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. We have been told that the Christian life is one of imitating Christ. The Apostle Paul told us […]
Romans 13: 10 Love does no wrong to a neighbor, love therefore is the fulfillment of the law. If Paul is right and love is the fulfillment of the law, then we ought to know this verse by heart. Interestingly, I don’t really hear this verse bantered around very much. Paul derived this teaching directly […]
Isaiah 43: 4 You are honored and I love you. This quote is part of verse four. I left out the word “since” because it is italicized which means the translators added it. There is another part I left out which I really do wish to share with you. It reads that you are precious […]
John 17: 23 I am in them, and you are in me. So they are completely united. In this way the world knows that you have sent me and that you have loved them in the same way you have loved me. This is one of those verses you may want to read in several […]
Exodus 34: 6 – 7 Then the Lord passed by in front of him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in lovingkindness and truth. How often have you heard about the angry, vengeful God of the Old Testament? Well, here He is full of compassion, grace, […]
