“No one can lose you, my God, unless he forsakes you. And if he forsakes you, where is he to go? If he abandons your love, his only refuge is your wrath. Wherever he turns, he will find your law to punish him, for your law is the truth and the truth is yourself.”— Augustine of Hippo, amazon.com
“While we exert ourselves to grow beyond our humanity, to leave the human behind us, God becomes human; and we must recognize that God wills that we be human, real human beings. While we distinguish between pious and godless, good and evil, noble and base, God loves real people without distinction.”— Dietrich Bonhoeffer, amazon.com
“Storms of every sort, torrents, earthquakes, cataclysms, ‘convulsions of nature,’ etc., however mysterious and lawless at first sight they may seem, are only harmonious notes in the song of creation, varied expressions of God's love.”— John Muir, amazon.com
“The only thing that you need to do to find the love in you is to remember, God's love has brought you this far.”— Iyanla Vanzant, twitter.com
“But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”— Romans 5:8, biblestudytools.com
“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?”— Romans 8:35, biblestudytools.com
“No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from t…”— Romans 8:37-39, biblestudytools.com
“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.”— Romans 8:28, biblestudytools.com
“Jesus replied: ‘ ‘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 like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”— Matthew 22:37-39, biblestudytools.com
“So if you faithfully obey the commands I am giving you today—to love the LORD your God and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul— then I will send rain on your land in its season, both autumn and spring rains, so that you may gather in your grain, new wine and olive oil. I will pro…”— Deuteronomy 11:13-15, biblestudytools.com
“Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.”— 1 John 3:18, biblestudytools.com
“This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.”— 1 John 3:16, biblestudytools.com
“Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.”— 1 John 4:7, biblestudytools.com
“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. We love because he first loved us.”— 1 John 4:18-19, biblestudytools.com
“Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.”— Ephesians 4:2, biblestudytools.com
“And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.”— 1 Corinthians 13:13, biblestudytools.com
“But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.”— Luke 6:35, biblestudytools.com