Quotes about Love
Given the impossibility of not failing one another, when the Bible says, "We all stumble in many ways," the only way forward in loving community with one another is forgiveness.
— James MacDonald
Be loving in conflict or be loving in frustration or let love command your every interaction because "love never fails."
— James MacDonald
In our homes, where we work, in our friendships, we come inevitably to a fork in the road where we must decide, "Will I forgive that?" If the answer is yes, we go forward together in love. If we choose "no, I will not forgive," at that point we will tend to amplify the fault we observe to excuse our withdrawal into bitterness. Everyone loses—and the gospel most of all.
— James MacDonald
God's love is not a pampering love. God's love is a perfecting love. God does not get up every day trying to figure how He can plant a bigger smile on your face. God is in the process of growing us and changing us. His love is a transforming love.
— James MacDonald
Love is selfless! Love is "you before me" decision making. Need it shorter? Love = Ub4me! There it is.
— James MacDonald
Love is what we need in friendship when we stumble, and truth is what we need when we stray.
— James MacDonald
For those who love God all things work together for good.
— James MacDonald
Most counseling cases today involve good desires that have become overgrown. In these cases most relevant passages of Scripture may not be those that rebut particular manifestations of sin, but those that remind us to love God with all our hearts.
— James MacDonald
Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love" (1 Corinthians 16:13—14).
— James MacDonald
Proverbs 18:22 says, "He who finds a wife finds a good thing."
— James MacDonald
We know we are called to act like quality men with urgency that is governed by clarity in the strength of the Lord. What remains is this matter of love.
— James MacDonald
You would think that the more a man knows and loves God, the deeper he gets into understanding His Word, and the further he progresses in personal holiness, the better he would be at being a watchful man,
— James MacDonald