Lord Jesus, I ask Thee, give unto me movement in Thy love without measure; desire without limit; longing without order; burning without discretion. Truly the better the love of Thee is, the greedier it is; for neither by reason is it restrained, nor be dread thronged, nor by doom tempted.
– Richard Rolle –
The spirit of prayer is pressing forth of the soul out of this earthly life; it is a stretching with all its desire after the life of God, to be one life, one love, one spirit with Christ in God.
– William Law –
Marriage can either be a taste of Heaven on earth or hell on earth, depending on where you place the Cross.
– CT Studd –
In the Gospel, the Spirit is not a Spirit of bondage and fear, but a Spirit of power and of love.
(see Romans 8:15, 2 Timothy 1:7)
– Samuel Bolton –
from The True Bounds of Christian Freedom, 1645
Be persuaded, timid soul, that He has loved you too much to cease loving you.
– Francis Fenelon –
In biblical thinking, genuine love exists only when good works are done in a context where God rather than the doer gets the credit.
– Daniel Fuller –
The world is not a play-ground; it is a school-room. Life is not a holiday, but an education. And the one eternal lesson for us all is how better we can love.
– Henry Drummond –
The chains of love are stronger than the chains of fear.
– William Gurnall –
What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like.
– Augustine –