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 –
Love
Chains of Love – William Gurnall
The chains of love are stronger than the chains of fear.
– William Gurnall –
What Does Love Look Like? – Augustine
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 –
Love and Giving – Amy Carmichael
You can always give without loving, but you can never love without giving.
– Amy Carmichael –
Love is More than an Emotion – David Wilkerson
Love is not only something you feel, it is something you do.
– David Wilkerson –
Love is a Verb – RC Sproul
In the New Testament, love is more of a verb than a noun. It has more to do with acting than with feeling. The call to love is not so much a call to a certain state of feeling as it is to a quality of action.
– RC Sproul –
The World Understands Love – DL Moody
The world does not understand theology or dogma, but it understands love and sympathy.
– DL Moody –
Love is a Work of the Spirit – John Preston
The love of God is peculiarly the work of the Holy Ghost … Therefore the way to get it is earnestly to pray. … We are no more able to love the Lord than cold water is able heat itself … so the Holy Ghost must breed that fire of love in us, it must be kindled from heaven, or else we shall never have it.
– John Preston –
1587-1628
The Love of God – John Preston
The love of God is peculiarly the work of the Holy Ghost … Therefore the way to get it is earnestly to pray. … We are no more able to love the Lord than cold water is able to heat itself … so the Holy Ghost must breed that fire of love in us, it must be kindled from heaven, or else we shall never have it.
– John Preston –
1587-1628
