Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you; he rises to show you compassion. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him! —Isaiah 30:18 God

A person of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother or sister. —Proverbs 18:24. Close spiritual friends are rare —

I will show the holiness of my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, the name you have profaned among them. Then the nations will know that I

Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. —Galatians 6:9. Weariness is a part

For your Maker is your husband — the Lord Almighty is his name — the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; he is called the God of all the earth.

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love. —Galatians 5:6. Have you ever noticed how we get

And he has given us this command: Whoever loves God must also love their brother and sister. —1 John 4:21. For over a week, John has repeatedly reminded us that

I thank my God every time I remember you. —Philippians 1:3. Certain people are such special blessings. It doesn’t matter if we visit with them on the phone, receive an

If anyone says, “I love God,” yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom

We love because he first loved us. —1 John 4:19. As human beings, we like to think of ourselves as the center of our universe. We determine the greatness or

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 —1

In this way, love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment, because in this world we are like him. —1 John

And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him. —1 John 4:16.

If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in him and he in God. —1 John 4:15. Six simple words. However, they are much more than

We know that we live in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. —1 John 4:13. Our sign of authenticity, showing we are truly

No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us. —1 John 4:12. What an incredible

Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. —1 John 4:11. The Creator of the Universe loves us personally. He knows us and made

This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. —1 John 4:10. God loved us