Have not I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go. —Joshua

“My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your

He knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold. My feet have closely followed his steps; I have kept to his

Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart

God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love, and of self-discipline. —2 Timothy 1:7. Power! We like that concept. Power! But if

Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth. —1 John 3:18. “Talk is cheap!” “You can tell me with your words all

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. —1 John 4:9. Love is

Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is

We love because he first loved us. —1 John 4:19. It’s all very simple. God is love (1 John 4:7-8). He is love’s origin, example, and architect. I love because

Because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our transgressions — it is by

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

The commandments, “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and whatever other commandment there may be, are summed up in this one rule: “Love

He who covers over an offense promotes love, but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends. —Proverbs 17:9. You’ve probably heard this poisonous statement many times: “It’s just a little

Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us

I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither present nor the future, nor powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or sword? … No, in all these things we are more

This is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another. —1 John 3:11. The original message? Love one another. The enduring message? Love one another. The most convincing

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