Love

Duty: Love has a twin sister, which is duty. –Ellen G White, 3T 195

Blessed Lord, who hast given us a new commandment that we should love one another, and hast taught us that where envy and strife are, there is confusion and every evil work: give grace unto us thy servants, that we may be…

Love is Perfected in Us in us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him…

Carl was a quiet man. He didn’t talk much. He would always greet you with a big smile and a firm handshake. Even after living in our neighborhood for over 50 years, no one could really say they knew him very well…

The Journey y husband, Bill, is a pastor, and he and I grew up in a time when homosexuality hie was seldom mentioned—and then only in hushed and darkened tones…

A Chaplain’s Cheer he night receptionist handed me a slip of paper. “The volunteer chaplain would like to meet with you,” it read. “This is her extension number.” Her? The hospital chaplain is a woman?…

In his book Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis wrote, “Do not waste your time bothering whether you ‘love’ your neighbor act as if you did. As soon as we do this, we find one of the great secrets…

Almighty God, of whose love our love was born, and in whom they dwell who dwell in love: grant, we beseech thee, that love may furnish us with heavenly understanding, and understanding lift and purify our love; that our hearts in truth…

A man and his wife were at an orphanage where they hoped to adopt a child. One boy appealed to them in particular…

After a mother had spent most of her time and strength caring for her child whose mind and body were retarded, a friend offered sympathy for the suffering and sacrifice she was making…

O Lord, grant to us so to love thee with ail our heart, with all our mind and with all our soul, and our neighbor for thy sake, that the grace of charity and brotherly love may dwell in us and all…

The sun had risen gloriously on the day of the wedding. Now it filled the room with a warm glow as Sheila put on her wedding dress…

Dr. Maxwell Maltz tells of a man who was severely burned attempting to rescue his parents from a fire. But he didn’t succeed and they died…

Some years ago, on a hot summer day in south Florida, a little boy decided to go for a swim in the old swimming hole behind his house…

It was a busy morning, about 8:30, when an elderly gentleman in his 80’s, arrived to have stitches removed from his thumb. He said he was in a hurry as he had an appointment at…

A pleasant-faced woman boarded a trolley car with her two small sons during the busy noon hour of the holiday season…

Southwell said, “but where I love, I and exclaimed: “Confound you! I want you to love me.” live.”

When the squadron under Dewey arrived at Manila Bay just before the battle with the Spanish ships, a sailor asked permission to jump overboard for his coat, which somehow had fallen in- to the water…

a father told his small daughter. The little girl answered quickly: “I love you all the time, Daddy.”

I heard about a 12-year-old boy who lived with his family in a small village in Africa. The boy’s name was Panya…

From her remarkable true story, ANGELS WITHOUT WINGS, Jane Vonnegut Yarmolinsky writes about the tragic death of her brother-in-law who perished in a freak train accident…

When I proposed to Tina, I gave her a watch that said ‘I love you’ on the back. She knew what would follow when she saw those words.

“Divorce?” she exclaimed. “Never! I discovered I really do love him.” Her actions had changed her feelings. Motion resulted in emotion. The ability to love is established not so much by fervent promise as often repeated deeds.

First John warns that love for one another is not optional. Just as Cain was wicked and murdered his brother, we must avoid hatred and instead practice sacrificial love.

This is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren…

On Valentine’s Day, we distribute heart-shaped candy and glow tracks to remind people that Jesus loves them. We’ve also made valentines with Bible verses for the homeless.

When we walked into the church, my mom almost fell off her pew. But it was amazing how everybody just loved us and accepted us and nobody said we couldn’t be smoking out in the parking lot…

The church of Ephesus was very active and knowledgeable but had lost their first love for Jesus. They were doing good works but lacked genuine faith and love.

Love is friendship, set on fire.

A patient in a mental hospital thought that he was surrounded by an invisible circle over which he could not cross. Try as he would he could not cross the circle…

Even though your daughter was on a different kind of journey and she was not amenable To the messaging that comes from Noah’s love ministry or coming out ministries You invited Mike to stay in your home she didn’t like it But…

This is what King Edward saw on the wall when he visited a home for the deaf: We cannot shout We cannot sing But we can love Our gracious King Absence makes the heart grow fonder, Isle of Beauty, Fare thee well!…

Wishing to receive the affections of his subjects, Frederick the Great struck a subject with a whip one day and exclaimed: “Confound you! I want you to love me.” Christian Love

Send a love letter listing the reasons “Why I love you so much.”

“Hate cannot destroy hate, but love can and does,” is the opinion of Daniel A. Poling…

Make a big sign such as: “I Love You, Kristi. Love, Joe” and put it in front of your house or her apartment complex for the world to see.

In 1963, Frank Sinatra Jr., son of the famous singer, was kidnapped in Lake Tahoe and a ransom of $240,000 (worth approximately $2.4 million today) was demanded…

ONE of my favorite all-time movies is Rocky V. In the movie, Rocky Balboa is now too old to fight. He received an eye injury in Rocky IV and retired. Up comes a young man named Tommy Gunn…

Several years ago in the state of Florida, there was a man that just loved sky diving. His name was John Whatsick. He had a young lovely wife named Becky. Now John was quite a enthused sky driver, his wife was not…

During the Revolutionary War, there was a faithful gospel preacher by the name of Peter Miller. He lived near a fellow who hated him intensely for his Christian life and testimony. In fact, this man violently opposed him and ridiculed his followers…

George Brown had come to fill the vacancy created when the teacher had left because the behavior of the students had become too tough for him to handle…

Kim was excited! She was euphoric and wild with delight! Her husband, Steve, had just won the Ohio state lottery of several million dollars – $107,000 per year for the next 20 years…

Some years ago, I had a little school for young Indian men and women, who came to my home in Oakland, California, from the various tribes in northern Arizona. One of these was a Navajo young man of unusually keen intelligence…

An article in National Geographic several years ago provided a penetrating picture of God’s wings. After a forest fire in Yellowstone National Park, forest rangers began their trek up a mountain to assess the inferno’s damage…

What then? Should we sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! Romans 6:15…

I want to tell you how I got my eyes open to the truth that God loves the sinner…

A Christian sergeant of the British forces in Egypt was called before his chaplain and asked to tell of his conversion. “It was very simple…

One late, rainy night a pastor was driving across the country on a lonely road. Suddenly, out in the middle of his headlights he saw a man running back and forth across the highway…