Tag Archives: Love

On friends, visitors and strangers …

“Friends are thieves of time. And if friends are thieves of time, what shall outsiders, strangers, and those less familiar be? Nevertheless, here you will have need of great wisdom and care, lest, if you avoid too much the companionship … Continue reading

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LÖHE ON JAMES 1:23-25

Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. But … Continue reading

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Herrenhuter readings for Friday, the 3rd of May 2013

Your love (Chesed/Gnade), O LORD, endures forever– do not abandon the works of your hands. (Psalm 138:8 NIV) For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. … Continue reading

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Herrenhuter readings for Thursday, the 2nd May 2013

May your unfailing love be my comfort, according to your promise to your servant. (Psalm 119:76 NIV For just as the sufferings of Christ flow over into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows. (2.Corinthians 1:5 NIV))

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LÖHE ON JAMES 1:16-17

Don’t be deceived, my dear brothers. Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. (James 1:16-17 NIV) Here the apostle James warns us not … Continue reading

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Herrenhuter readings for Wednesday, the 24th April 2013

He is the One who remembered us in our low estate His love endures forever. (Psalm 136:23 NIV) If we are being called to account today for an act of kindness shown to a cripple and are asked how he … Continue reading

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Herrenhuter readings for Tuesday, the 16th April 2013

‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the LORD Almighty. (Zechariah 4:6 NIV) Pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart. (2. Timothy 2:22 NIV)

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Herrenhuter readings for Saturday,the 13th April 2013

Love the LORD, all his saints!  (Psalm 31:23 NIV) Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. (1. Corinthians 13:6 NIV)

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LÖHE ON 1.CORINTHIANS 5:6

Your boasting is not good.  (1Co 5:6 NIV) That’s St. Paul’s call to the Corinthians. What would he say to our practice of Church discipline and especially our practice at the Lord’s Table? Do you think these are just questions … Continue reading

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LÖHE ON LUKE 22:39.44

Jesus went out as usual to the Mount of Olives, and his disciples followed him…And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground. (Luk 22:39.44 NIV) The suffering of … Continue reading

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