Love
How God loves, and how we pass it on.
- A father who runsBut while he was still in the distance, his father saw him and was filled with compassion.…Luke 15:20
- At the wellBut whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst.John 4:14
- What's new?A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love…John 13:34
- Where you don't expect himTruly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did…Matthew 25:40
- A shepherd who stays (today)I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.John 10:11
- Caring to the endWoman, here is your son. … Here is your mother.John 19:26 and 27
- A beam in your eyeWhy do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but fail to notice the beam in your own…Matthew 7:3
- Ninety-nine isn't enoughWhat man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the…Luke 15:4
- Who became the neighbour?Go and do likewise.Luke 10:37
- Merciful like the FatherBe merciful, just as your Father is merciful.Luke 6:36
- Why he cameFor the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.Luke 19:10
- The best-known verseFor God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in…John 3:16
- Who touched me?Who touched Me?Luke 8:45
- Where are the nine?Were not all ten cleansed? Where then are the other nine?Luke 17:17
- The meekBlessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.Matthew 5:5
- PeacemakersBlessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God.Matthew 5:9
- One another's feetSo if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet.John 13:14
- FriendsGreater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.John 15:13
- A woman with a lampOr what woman who has ten silver coins and loses one of them does not light a lamp, sweep…Luke 15:8
- The other sonSon, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours.Luke 15:31
- Do thisThis is My body, given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.Luke 22:19
- What God has joinedTherefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.Mark 10:9
- What your left hand doesn't knowBut when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing.Matthew 6:3
- The golden ruleDo to others as you would have them do to you.Luke 6:31
- A full houseGo out to the highways and hedges and compel them to come in, so that my house will be full.Luke 14:23
- I willI am willing. Be clean!Mark 1:41
- A new familyFor whoever does the will of God is My brother and sister and mother.Mark 3:35
- A cup of cold waterAnd if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is My…Matthew 10:42
- Three days without foodI have compassion for this crowd, because they have already been with Me three days and have…Mark 8:2
- A child in the midstWhoever welcomes one of these little children in My name welcomes Me.Mark 9:37
- He that is not against usFor whoever is not against us is for us.Mark 9:40
- Salt and peaceHave salt among yourselves, and be at peace with one another.Mark 9:50
- A good workLeave her alone; why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful deed to Me.Mark 14:6
- Not to judgeAs for anyone who hears My words and does not keep them, I do not judge him. For I have not…John 12:47
- No fire from heavenYe know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men’s…Luke 9:55 and 56
- Upright againWoman, you are set free from your disability.Luke 13:12
- Like a henO Jerusalem, Jerusalem, … how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen…Matthew 23:37
- I have longed for thisI have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before My suffering.Luke 22:15
- Letting yourself be servedUnless I wash you, you have no part with Me.John 13:8
- What God calls cleanDo not call anything impure that God has made clean.Acts 10:15
- A word not found in the GospelsIt is more blessed to give than to receive.Acts 20:35
- The new covenantThis cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance…1 Corinthians 11:25
- Ephesus: first loveBut I have this against you: You have abandoned your first love.Revelation 2:4
- Laodicea: I stand at the doorBehold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will…Revelation 3:20
Reading plans with this theme
- Forty days to EasterThe life of Jesus in forty words, from the temple in Jerusalem to Easter morning. Start on Wednesday 17 February 2027 and read every day, Sundays included. Day 33 then falls on Palm Sunday, day 38 on Good Friday and day 40 on Easter Sunday, 28 March 2027. Lent itself begins a week earlier, on Ash Wednesday, because its Sundays are not counted.40 days
- Jesus in GalileeMiracles, conversations and hard sayings around the lake. Forty-three words from the time in Galilee, roughly in the order the Gospels tell them.43 days
- The great discourses in JohnBread, light, the door, the shepherd, the resurrection. The long conversations of the fourth Gospel, in four weeks.27 days
- On the road to JerusalemThe long journey from Galilee to the city. Twenty words, from the Samaritans to Zacchaeus.20 days
- The whole Sermon on the MountJesus' best-known teaching in thirty-four words, from the Beatitudes to the house on the rock. Five weeks, from Matthew 5 to 7.34 days
- Stories Jesus toldEight parables. Short stories with a surprising twist.8 days
- All the parablesForty-three stories and images Jesus used, roughly in the order of the Gospels. Just over six weeks, one story a day.43 days
- The last eveningTwenty-four words from the evening before his death, from his longing to share the meal to his prayer for us.24 days
- The risen Lord speaksWhat Jesus said after his ascension, to Paul, Peter and Ananias, and the words Paul passed on from him.13 days