Sunday, 28 February 2010

2 Timothy 1: 7

God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love, and of self-discipline.

Saturday, 27 February 2010

1 John 3: 18

Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.

Friday, 26 February 2010

1 John 4: 9

This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.

Thursday, 25 February 2010

Matthew 22: 37-39

Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: Love your neighbour as yourself.

Wednesday, 24 February 2010

Tuesday, 23 February 2010

Ephesians 2: 4-5

Because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our transgressions - it is by grace you have been saved.

Monday, 22 February 2010

1 John 4: 18

There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.

Sunday, 21 February 2010

Romans 13: 9-10

The commandments, "Do not commit adultery," "Do not murder," "Do not steal," "Do not covet," and whatever other commandment there may be, are summed up in this one rule: "Love your neighbour as yourself." Love does no harm to its neighbour. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.

Saturday, 20 February 2010

Proverbs 17: 9

He who covers over an offense promotes love, but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends.

Friday, 19 February 2010

1 John 4: 11-12

Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.

Thursday, 18 February 2010

Romans 8: 38-39

I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither present nor the future, nor powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is ours in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Wednesday, 17 February 2010

Romans 8: 35-37

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or sword? No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

Tuesday, 16 February 2010

1 John 3: 11

This is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another.

Monday, 15 February 2010

1 John 4: 10

This is love: not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.

Sunday, 14 February 2010

John 13: 34-35

A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.

Saturday, 13 February 2010

John 3: 16

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

Friday, 12 February 2010

1 Corinthians 13: 6-7

Love does not delight in evil, but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

Thursday, 11 February 2010

1 Corinthians 13: 4-5

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.

Wednesday, 10 February 2010

1 Corinthians 13: 1-3

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.

Tuesday, 9 February 2010

2 Thessalonians 1: 3

We ought always to thank God for you, brothers, and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love every one of you has for each other is increasing.

Monday, 8 February 2010

Matthew 5: 43-45

[Jesus said,] "You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbour and hate your enemy.' But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven."

Sunday, 7 February 2010

Psalm 97: 10

Let those who love the Lord hate evil, for he guards the lives of his faithful ones and delivers them from the hand of the wicked.

Saturday, 6 February 2010

Proverbs 21: 21

He who pursues righteousness and love finds life, prosperity, and honour.

Friday, 5 February 2010

Psalm 33: 4-5

The word of the Lord is right and true; he is faithful in all he does. The Lord loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of his unfailing love.

Thursday, 4 February 2010

Psalm 18: 1-2

I love you, O Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge. He is my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

Wednesday, 3 February 2010

Psalm 59: 16

I will sing of your strength, in the morning I will sing of your love; for you are my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble.

Tuesday, 2 February 2010

1 Corinthians 2: 9

As it is written: "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him."

Monday, 1 February 2010

Deuteronomy 6: 4-5

Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.