devotion

Psalm 18:1 I love you, Lord, my strength. We get a different form of love in today’s verse.  To date we have learned extensively about the Greek agape (perfect love) and had one day where […]

Romans 13:10  Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law. Both times love is used in today’s verse, we are again using the Greek agape. Paul speaks of […]

Revelation 3:19 Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent. No one likes being disciplined. We all remember what it felt like to get in trouble as a child, to […]

Psalm 36:7 How priceless is your unfailing love, O God! People take refuge in the shadow of your wings. Today we venture into the Old Testament to look at the love of God described by […]

1 John 3:17 If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person? I have always […]

Colossians 3:12 Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. If you have read any of the previous devotions I’ve written, you know we have […]

Ruth 1:16 But Ruth replied, “Don’t urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my […]

1 Corinthians 13:1 If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. Today’s verse comes from what is […]

John 15:9 As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. The words we have in today’s verse were spoken by Jesus to His disciples. Though they were […]

Hebrews 13:1 Keep on loving one another as brothers and sisters. Today we get a different Greek version of love. This verse uses the Greek philadelphia. This form of love is characterized by warm, family-like […]

Luke 6:32 If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them. Before beginning today’s devotion pause and read through the passage from which it […]

1 John 4:19 We love because he first loved us. Such a short verse today, but a powerful one. We love God because He loved us first. Our love is a response to His love […]

1 Thessalonians 4:9 Now about your love for one another we do not need to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love each other. In today’s verse we again […]

Colossians 3:14 And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity. Before we begin today’s devotion, take a few minutes to read the passage from which it comes. […]

Ephesians 5:2 …and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. Today we get a lesson in walking […]