Quotes about Love

You obey not to get God's attention, but because you have been the object of his attention since before the world began.

All the human love we've experienced has been flawed in some way. But not God's; his love is perfect and perfectly steadfast forever. It is the single most stunning reality in the life of a believer. God has placed his love on us and he will never again remove it. There's a reason to continue, no matter how hard life seems and how weak you feel.

We all need to be reminded again and again of what God has declared are the most important things in life.

You don't have to worry about whether your wrongs will be forgiven and your weaknesses greeted with patience and grace. You don't have to worry, because you have a Savior who has invaded your life with his grace and has made you the place where he dwells.

I think often we opt for silence, willingly avoiding issues and letting wrong things go on unchecked, not because we love the other person, but because we love ourselves and just don't want to go through the hassle of dealing with something that God says is clearly wrong.

You could argue that the chief reason God put parents in children's lives is so that they would know him.

The first of these comforts is the stunningly encouraging comfort of God's amazing grace.

We love ourselves so much that we have little energy left to love the One who is love.

The Bible is the story of a love drama that looked as if it would end in tragedy—but then Jesus came.

There is no defeat in the cross. Only triumph is to be found there.

I think we would be shocked if we knew how many homes of parents who love to sing of God's grace on Sunday completely forget that grace as they parent their children the rest of the week. But without the intervention of God's grace, your children will not be who they are supposed to be or do what they are supposed to do.

We don't obey to get his favor; we obey because his favor has fallen on us and transformed our hearts, giving us the willingness and power to obey.