Thematic Bible: Examples of love for Christ


Thematic Bible




But God, who is rich in mercy, because of his great love for us even when we were dead because of our offenses, made us alive together with the Messiah (by grace you have been saved),



the LORD gives sight to the blind. The LORD lifts up those who are weighed down. The LORD loves the righteous.




But the LORD loved you and kept his oath that he made to your ancestors. The LORD brought you out with great power from slavery, from the control of Pharaoh, king of Egypt.





Only be very careful to keep the commands and the Law that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you that is, to love the LORD your God, to follow in all of his ways, to keep his commands, to stay close to him, and to serve him with all your heart and soul."




"Therefore love the LORD your God and be very careful to keep his injunctions, statutes, ordinances, and commands all the time.



As an antelope pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, God.



I desire and long for the Temple courts of the LORD. My heart and body sing for joy to the living God.





Meanwhile, Mary stood crying outside the tomb. As she cried, she bent over and looked into the tomb.


Then Thomas, who was called the Twin, told his fellow disciples, "Let's go, too, so that we may die with him!"


Then he asked him a second time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Peter told him, "Yes, Lord, you know that I love you."




So I'm telling you that her sins, as many as they are, have been forgiven, and that's why she has shown such great love. But the one to whom little is forgiven loves little."


Mary took a litron of very expensive perfume made of pure nard and anointed Jesus' feet. She wiped his feet with her hair, and the house became filled with the fragrance of the perfume.


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