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  • The More Loving One

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jun 29, 2011
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    THE MORE LOVING ONE Looking up at the stars, I know quite well That, for all they care, I can go to hell, But on earth indifference is the least We have to dread from man or beast. How should we like it if stars were to burn With a passion for us we could not return? If equal affection cannot ...read more

  • Jesus Loves Me

    Contributed by Michael Walther on Aug 8, 2011
     | 4,178 views

    JESUS LOVES ME "Jesus Loves Me" is one of the most well-known Christian hymns. This hymn was originally a poem that was included in a novel. The poem was spoken to a dying child to bring them comfort. A musician later added the music, and since 1860 it has become one of the most well-known ...read more

  • Love For Our Neighbor

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 31, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,681 views

    Love for Our Neighbor John Vianney, 18th Century Pastor, is quoted as saying, “Love for our neighbor consists of three things: to desire the greater good of everyone; to do what good we can when we can; to bear, excuse, and hide other’s faults. The kind of love that Jesus is ...read more

  • God Is Not Just Love

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on Apr 7, 2008
     | 1,896 views

    It is true God is Love. But God is also jealous I found 18 different occurrences where God is called Jealous, or the scripture refers to His Jealousy. Exodus 34:14 even says His name is Jealous; For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God: God is ...read more

  • What Love Does

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
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    WHAT LOVE DOES 1. Love is Patient – v4 It takes a long time before fuming & breaking into flames. Love doesn’t retaliate. Love’s patience is the ability to be inconvenienced by a person over & over again without getting angry. -Romans 12:17 Refuses to pay back evil for evil, but if slapped on the ...read more

  • I Love You ...

    Contributed by Eric Ferguson on May 9, 2008
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     | 3,115 views

    ILLUSTRATION: I LOVE YOU ANYWAY Overcoming the odds is like the man who finally decided to ask his boss for a raise in salary. It was Friday. He told his wife that morning what he was about to do, All day the man felt nervous and apprehensive. Late in the afternoon he summoned the courage to ...read more

  • God's Great Love

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Jul 21, 2008
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     | 7,010 views

    GOD'S GREAT LOVE One time a father wanted to teach his son the lesson of God's great goodness. He took him to the top of a high hill and pointed northward over Scotland, southward over England, eastward over the ocean, westward over hill and valley, and then sweeping his arm around the whole ...read more

  • He Still Loves ...

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Jul 21, 2008
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    “He Still Loves Us” It is said that one of the most distinguished statesmen of the times of the American Revolution was once a hopeless drunkard. He had been engaged to a beautiful girl, but his indulgence had compelled her to break the engagement and sever herself from his influence, which was ...read more

  • The Greatest Love Of All  PRO

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
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    The Greatest Love of All "For this reason I kneel before the Father... that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power... to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love surpasses ...read more

  • The Labor Of Love Is Not A Duty

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Sep 4, 2008
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    The Labor of Love is Not a Duty It is not something we have to do. It is not even something we ought to do. Loving God as we worship can never be done because we know we ought to do it. Now sometimes we need to fake it until we make it. Sometimes we need to do it even if we don't feel like it. ...read more

  • Love Tore Down The ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Sep 19, 2008
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    Love Tore Down The Wall Some years ago, a couple decided they could not live together anymore. They separated and started divorce proceedings. Dr. J. Mike Minnix, Editor, PastorLife.com. Through their lawyers, they agreed to meet at the home and divide the property. As they went through the home ...read more

  • We Love Heroes

    Contributed by Steve Ely on Oct 1, 2008
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    We Love Heroes Arthur Pink: "It is human to err, but it is also human to conceal the ...read more

  • Someone To Love Me

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Dec 22, 2008
     | 3,747 views

    It’s like this child in an orphanage. A man and his wife visited an orphanage where they hoped to adopt a child. In an interview with the boy they wanted, they told him in glowing terms about the many things they could give him – good food, good toys, and nice clothing. To their amazement, the ...read more

  • God's Persistent Love  PRO

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Jan 4, 2012
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    GOD'S PERSISTENT LOVE For more than 40 years, each week a shy Welshman went to his neighbor’s door and slipped a love note underneath. Because of an argument years before, she refused to speak to the man. Finally, after writing 2184 love letters with no response of any kind, the 74-year-old man ...read more

  • Marriage Sustains Love

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Feb 17, 2012
     | 3,861 views

    MARRIAGE SUSTAINS LOVE Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a Lutheran pastor, sent to prison in Hitler’s Germany and later martyred for his faith. In 1943, while in his cell, we wrote a wedding sermon that he was never permitted to deliver. In that sermon, he said, "It is not ...read more

  • About God's Love

    Contributed by David Tack on Feb 25, 2012
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    ABOUT GOD'S LOVE Some Things about God’s Love: - Love is not just a virtue of God. It is God Himself. - Love is not something God begins. - God does not “extend His energy to maintain” love. - The love of God is as eternal as the nature of God. - The love of God is ...read more

  • Labor Prompted By Love

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Mar 7, 2012
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    LABOR PROMPTED BY LOVE Bernard Newman tells how once he stayed in a Bulgarian peasant’s house. All the time he was there the daughter was stitching away at a dress. He said to her, "Don’t you ever get tired of that eternal sewing?" "Oh no!" she said. "You see, this is my ...read more

  • Love Your Neighbor

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Apr 16, 2012
     | 8,837 views

    LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR I stepped outside my hotel room yesterday and saw a thin elderly woman taking small steps in a circle. She seemed to be mumbling. Our eyes connected. She said, "They left me here and I don't know where they have gone. I don't know what room I am in." I held out my hand. She ...read more

  • Love Is Face To Face

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Jul 6, 2012
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,278 views

    LOVE IS FACE-TO-FACE By Erwin Raphael McManus in SOUL CRAVINGS – PREQUEL, pp. 28ff: "I once met a girl named Kim, and I fell in love. I pursued her with my love and pursed her with my love until I felt my love had captured her heart. So I asked her to be my wife, and she said no." I could feel ...read more

  • Love Your Enemies  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 22, 2012
    based on 6 ratings
     | 12,529 views

    LOVE YOUR ENEMIES An Armenian nurse had been held captive along with her brother by the Turks. Her brother was slain by a Turkish soldier before her eyes. Somehow she escaped and later became a nurse in a military hospital. One day she was stunned to find that the same man who had killed her ...read more