DAILY READINGS: 2 Samuel 13; Zephaniah 1; Galatians 1
For God so loved the world, that He gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16
Christ also loved the church, and gave Himself for it. Eph. 5:25
Love gives. This is the central characteristic of love: it gives and goes on giving. “Beloved if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another” (1 John 4:11). Do we have this type of love for our family in God? —R. E. Harlow
Love ever gives, forgives, outlives,
And ever stands with open hands,
And while it lives, it gives.
For this is Love’s prerogative,
To give, and give and give.—J. Oxenham.