While he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him.Luke 15:20Jesus told a story about a wandering...  Read More

Now choose life, so that you and your children may live and that you may love the Lord your God, listen to his voice, and hold fast to him.— Deuteronomy 30:19-20Choose Life!!! The instructions seem si...  Read More

To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood, and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father—to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen.— Revelation ...  Read More

No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us. 1 John 4:12God is love. The story of the relationship between God and creation is a story of ...  Read More

This is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best. . . .Philippians 1:9-10Paul wanted the church to know the...  Read More

What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?Romans 8:31What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?”...  Read More

Nothing will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.Romans 8:39 Paul was naming some of his own hardships and then confirming to his own soul, and to ours, “No, n...  Read More

Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you.Psalm 143:8Sleep can bring welcome relief from the worries of the day, especially when we leave our problems at the...  Read More

“If you love me, keep my commands. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you. . . “John 14:15-16Keeping Jesus’ commands means obeying what Jesus tells us to do. That...  Read More

And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity. Colossians 3:14All of us have times in our lives when we need extra measures of support and love. When things ar...  Read More

“Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven.”Matthew 5:44-45Have you struggled with Jesus’ command to love your enemies? Have you noticed...  Read More

Now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.1 Corinthians 13:12The word for “love” in this chap­t...  Read More