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Oct.11.06: Light for the Day - "The
Heart of Love"
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-- John 3:16
For God so loved the world that He gave His One and only Son,
that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
-- Romans 8:38-39
38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels
nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers,
39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation,
will be able to separate us from the Love of God that is in
Christ Jesus our Lord.
-- Psalms 90:14
Satisfy us in the morning with Your
unfailing Love,
that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.
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"The Heart of Love"
Why is it so hard today,
For me to seek Thy Kingdom first?
My dreams all blow away,
Like leaves upon a heavy wind.
And then I realize that I,
Must thirst Your Presence first.
When I try to find my own way,
The road is rough and long.
The fact that I travel downhill,
Should convince me of my wrong.
And yet Your Hand keeps reaching out,
To draw me back again so strong.
You live inside my heart,
Oh God, it must be painful there,
To be ignored by one You Love,
A one who’s life You want to share.
And still Your Love keeps holding me,
And showing me how much You care.
Oh God, guard it well, my heart,
You know how easily it is hurt,
When I am foolish in my thoughts,
And when they are far from You.
Lord of my life, reach out Your Hand,
And draw me back again to You.
-- Sherry Gardner
-- Titus 3:3-7
3 At one time we too were foolish, disobedient, deceived and
enslaved by all kinds of passions and pleasures.
We lived in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.
4 But when the kindness and Love of God our Savior appeared,
5 He saved us, not because of righteous things we had done,
but because of His mercy. He saved us through the washing of
rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit,
6 Whom He poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior,
7 that having been justified by His grace we should become heirs
according to the hope of eternal life.
-- Psalms 25:4-21
4 Show me Your ways, O LORD, teach me Your paths;
5 Guide me in Your truth and teach me, for You are God my Savior,
and my hope is in You all day long.
6 Remember, O LORD, Your great mercy and Love,
for they are from of old.
7 Remember not the sins of my youth and my rebellious ways;
according to Your Love remember me, for You are good, O LORD.
8 Good and upright is the LORD;
therefore He instructs sinners in the way.
9 He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them His way.
10 All the ways of the LORD are Loving and faithful for those
who keep the demands of His covenant.
11 For the sake of Your name, O LORD,
forgive my iniquity, though it is great.
12 Who, then, is the man that fears the LORD?
He will instruct him in the way chosen for him.
13 He will spend his days in prosperity,
and his descendants will inherit the land.
14 The LORD confides in those who fear Him;
He makes His covenant known to them.
15 My eyes are ever on the LORD,
for only He will release my feet from the snare.
16 Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted.
17 The troubles of my Heart have multiplied; free me from my anguish.
18 Look upon my affliction and my distress and take away all my sins.
19 See how my enemies have increased and how fiercely they hate me!
20 Guard my life and rescue me; let me not be put to shame,
For I take refuge in You.
21 May integrity and uprightness protect me,
Because my hope is in You.
-- Nehemiah 1:5
Then I said: "O LORD, God of heaven, the great and awesome God,
Who keeps His Covenant of Love with those who Love Him and
obey His commands."
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-- Matthew 22:36-40
36 "Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?"
37 Jesus replied: "’Love the Lord your God with all your Heart
and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ (Deut 6:5)
38 This is the first and greatest commandment.
39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ (Levi 19:18)
40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments."
-- 1 John 4:7-10, 18-19
7 Dear friends, let us Love one another, for
Love comes from God.
Everyone who Loves has been born of God and knows God.
8 Whoever does not Love does not know God, because God is Love.
9 This is how God showed His Love among us: He sent His One and
only Son into the world that we might live through Him.
10 This is Love: not that we Loved God, but that He Loved us and
sent His Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.
18 There is no fear in Love. But perfect Love drives out fear,
because fear has to do with punishment.
The one who fears is not made perfect in Love.
19 We Love because He first Loved us.
-- 1 Corinthians 13:1-3,4-8, 13
1 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels,
but have not love,
I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.
2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and
all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains,
but have not love, I am nothing.
3 If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames,
but have not love, I gain nothing.
4 Love is patient, Love is kind.
It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
5 It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered,
it keeps no record of wrongs.
6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
8 Love never fails.
But where there are prophecies, they will cease;
where there are tongues, they will be stilled;
where there is knowledge, it will pass away.
13 And now these three remain: Faith, Hope and
Love.
But the greatest of these is Love.
-- 1 Timothy 1:5-6
5 The goal of this command is Love, which comes from a pure heart
and a good conscience and a sincere faith.
6 Some have wandered away from these and turned to meaningless talk.
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-- Proverbs 3:3
Let Love and faithfulness never leave you;
bind them around your neck,
write them on the tablet of your heart
-- Proverbs 4:23
Above all else, guard your
heart, for it is the wellspring of life.
-- Psalms 13:5-6
5 But I trust in Your unfailing Love;
my heart rejoices in Your salvation.
6 I will sing to the LORD, for He has been good to me.
-- Psalms 33:5, 18
5 The LORD Loves righteousness and justice;
the earth is full of His unfailing Love.
18 But the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear Him,
on those whose hope is in His unfailing
Love.
-- Psalms 143:8
Let the morning bring me Word of Your unfailing
Love,
for I have put my trust in You.
Show me the way I should go, for to You I lift up my soul.
-- Psalms 23:6
Surely goodness and Love will follow me all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
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