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
Love
God’s Love for You – Francis Fenelon
Be persuaded, timid soul, that He has loved you too much to cease loving you.
– Francis Fenelon –
Understanding Genuine Love – Daniel Fuller
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 –
One Eternal Lesson for Us All – Henry Drummond
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 –
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 –