A large crowd was following Jesus. He turned around and said to them, “If you want to be My disciple, you must hate everyone else by comparison—your father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even your own life. Otherwise, you cannot be My …
Love Gems
Bible Gem 843 – Bottom Line; Be Merciful (Luke 6:36-38)
Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. Stop judging, and you will never be judged. Stop condemning, and you will never be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. Give, and it will be given to you. A large quantity, pressed together, shaken down, …
Bible Gem 842 – Loving Your Enemies – the Reality (Luke 6:27-35)
“But to you who are willing to listen, I say, love your enemies! Do good to those who hate you. Bless those who curse you. Pray for those who hurt you. If someone slaps you on one cheek, offer the other cheek also. If someone …
Bible Gem 841 – What a Remarkable Statement: Love Your Enemies (Luke 6:27-35)
“But to you who are willing to listen, I say, love your enemies! Do good to those who hate you. Bless those who curse you. Pray for those who hurt you. If someone slaps you on one cheek, offer the other cheek also. If someone …
Bible Gem 697 – Paul’s Final Word (Eph 6:10)
A final word: Be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power. Put on all of God’s armour so that you will be able to stand firm against all strategies of the devil. . . (ff) Ephesians 6:10-11 Why is this a final word? …
Bible Gem 691 – The Trinity of Marriage: Submission, Interdependence, Love & Respect (Eph 5:21, 22, 31, 33)
And further, submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. For wives, this means submit to your husbands as to the Lord. As the Scriptures say, “A man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united …
Bible Gem 690 – Husbands Love; Wives Respect (Eph 5:33)
So again I say, each man must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband. Ephesians 5:33 Now this is impressive. A man must love; a wife must respect. How does Paul know to say this? Not only was …
Bible Gem 662 – The More Than Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious God (Eph 3:19-21)
Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us, to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen. …
Bible Gem 661 – Rooted and grounded . . . comprehending . . . knowing Love (Eph 3:17-19)
and that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to …
Bible Gem 660 – What amazing things to pray for people (Eph 3:16-21)
that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be …