Sermons and Biblical Studies

The desire of love is to give. The desire of lust is to get. Author unknown

Human things must be known to be loved: but divine things must be loved to be known. Blaise Pascal Beware you are not swallowed up in books! An ounce of love is worth a pound of knowledge. John Wesley

Love seeks not to possess, but to be possessed. R.H. Benson

What you love and what you hate reveal what you are. Dr Bob Jones Sr Love must be learned again and again… Hate needs no instruction, but waits only to be provoked. Katherine Anne Porter

He who is filled with love is filled with God himself. Augustine of Hippo Human love is a reflection of something in the divine nature itself. A.E. Brooke

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear. The Bible, 1 John 4:18 kjv Those who love to be feared, fear to be loved; they themselves are of all people the most abject; some fear them, but they fear everyone. Francis of Sales True love can fear no one. Seneca

Love is an act of faith, and whoever is of little faith is also of little love. Erich Fromm

Love is strong as death; but nothing else is as strong as either; and both, love and death, meet in Christ. How strong and powerful upon you, then, should that instruction be, that comes to you from both these, the love and death of Jesus Christ! John Donne

True affection is ingeniously inventive. F. Fénelon He that hath love in his breast hath spurs in his side. George Herbert Our Lord does not care so much for the importance of our works as for the love with which they are done. Teresa of Avila God regards with how much love a person performs … Continue reading “LOVE
AND ACTION”

Charity means love. It is called Agape in the New Testament to distinguish it from Eros (sexual love), Storge (family affection) and Philia (friendship). So there are four kinds of love, all good in their proper place, but Agape is the best because it is the kind of love God has for us and is … Continue reading “LOVE,
TYPES OF”