DAILY READINGS: Ezra 1-2; Daniel 4; 3 John
I love the LORD, because He hath heard my voice and my supplications. Psalms 116:1
What a multitude of reasons the saints could give for loving Him. We love Him for what He is and we love Him for what He became. We love Him for what He has done and we love Him for what He is doing. Like the Psalmist, we love Him for hearing our supplications; we love Him for His grace and for His mercy. We can say with John “We love Him because He first loved us,” (1 John 4.19), and we can say with Peter, “Lord, Thou knowest all things; Thou knowest that I love Thee,” (John 21.15-17). —Jim Flanigan
I love Thee for wearing the thorns on Thy brow;
If ever I loved Thee, Lord Jesus ‘tis now. —Adoniram J. Gordon