Above all your needs

above all your desires

above all your plans

above all your aspirations

above all your comfort

 

above

your

very

life

 

love people deeply

 

for that is what you are called to

 

Loving deeply

and genuinely

 

It is intentional

and Spirit-driven

 

It is heart

and head

and will

 

It is vast

and wide

and long

 

People know

if it is real

 

They know if it is shallow

or deep

 

They know whether it originates

with your God

 

-Susie Stewart

 

Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.

1 Peter 4:8 (NIV)

 

I pray that from His glorious, unlimited resources He will empower you with inner strength through His Spirit. Then Christ will make His home in your hearts as you trust in Him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong. And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep His love is. May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God.

Now all glory to God, who is able, through His mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think. Glory to Him in the church and in Christ Jesus through all generations forever and ever! Amen.

– Ephesians 3:16-21 (NIV)

 

Don’t just pretend to love others. Really love them. Hate what is wrong. Hold tightly to what is good. Love each other with genuine affection, and take delight in honoring each other.

– Romans 12:9,10 (NLT)

 

Photo by Susie Stewart