The Gift of Love

   Three things will last forever—faith, hope, and love—and the greatest of these is love.   Love does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out.   Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude.   Love is always supportive, loyal, hopeful, and trusting.   Love does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged.   Love isn't selfish or quick tempered. It doesn't keep a record of wrongs that others do.   Love always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. It never fails.   Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.   My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.   How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! How much better is thy love than wine!

Love is a many splendored thing. God is love. What the world needs is more love. Love is a gift, not an obligation. Love is utterly beautiful! Listen to this lovely biblical narration of love taken from the Holy Scriptures by Max McLean.

  1. Love Is a Many Splendored Thing Nat King Cole 2:53
  2. Introduction — LOVE Max McLean 1:43
  3. What is Love? 1 Corinthians 13:4-8,13 ღ Proverbs 3:3-4, 17:9, 10:12b, 21:21 ღ 1 John 4:18a • 2 Timothy 1:7 ღ Luke 7:36-43, 47 Colossians 3:13 4:10
  4. Romantic Love Genesis 29:10, 18, 20-21 ღ Song of Songs 1:2; 2:3 -5, 16; 3:1-4; 4:1, 3, 5, 7-12, 15,16b ღ Ephesians 5:25-28 6:31
  5. Everlasting Love of God Jeremiah 31:3-4, 10-11, 13b ღ Deuteronomy 7:9 ღ Psalm 86:1-5 ღ Exodus 15:11-13 ღ Psalm 23ღ Lamentations 3:22-23, 32-33 ღ Romans 8:28, 31-35, 37-39 ღ John 3:16-17 6:19
  6. Living Expression of God's Love — JESUS Isaiah 16:5 ღ Titus 3:4b-5 ღ John 11:1-6, 18-38, 41b-45 3:55
  7. Loving One Another 2 Peter 1:3, 5-7 ღ 1 John 4:7-11 ღ John 15:9-17 ღ 1 John 4:9-16a, 19-21 ღ Luke 6:27-33 ღ John 13:34-35 ღ 2 Corinthians 5:14-15 ღ Hebrews 10:23-24 ღ 1 John 5:1-4a ღ 1 Peter 4:8 ღ Jude 2 8:00