ONE FAMILY PLAN
LOVE IS GOD! GOD IS LOVE!
LOVE ONE ANOTHER
"As water quenches the thirst of the good and the bad alike, and cleanses them of dust and impurity, so also shall you treat your friend and your foe alike with loving kindness."
(Buddhism, The Ninth Perfection, Sutta-Pitaka, Buddha-Vasama)
"He maketh His sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust." (Matthew 5:45)
"More important is a day of rain than the Resurrection of the Dead, since the Resurrection is for the righteous and not the wicked, whereas rain is for both the righteous and the wicked." (Judaism, Talmud, Moed-Taanith)
"The earth holds the honest and the wicked. The sun warms the honest and the wicket. The wind blows equally for them. Water cleanses them equally." (Hinduism, Maha., Shanti Parva (Book 12) LXXIII)
"The highest goodness is like water. Water is beneficent to all things." (Taoism, TTC 8)
"The rain falls on the just and the unjust." (Hopi, Native American, Zona)
"My religion is like clouds dropping much rain... some falls in the hollows from which mankind are benefited, some falls on high lands from which benefit is not derived." (Islam, Hadith)
"Sane and insane, all are searching lovelorn for Him, in mosque, temple, church, alike. For only God is the One God of Love, and Love calls from all these, each one His home." (Sufism, Sufi writings)
"GREATER LOVE HAS NO ONE THAN THIS: TO LAY DOWN ONE'S LIFE FOR ONE'S FRIENDS." (John 15:13 NIV)
True Love
"And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine hands? Then he shall answer, THOSE WITH WHICH I WAS WOUNDED IN THE HOUSE OF MY FRIENDS." (Zech 13:6)
"This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters." (1 John 3:16 NIV)
In Love... In God...
"DO EVERYTHING IN LOVE." (1 Corinthians 16:14)
"Whoever does not love does not know God, because GOD IS LOVE." (1 John 4:8)
"...GOD IS LOVE. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them." (1 John 4:16)
"Dear friends, let us love one another, for LOVE COMES FROM GOD. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God." (1 John 4:7)
The dead
"WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE PASSED FROM DEATH TO LIFE, BECAUSE WE LOVE EACH OTHER. ANYONE WHO DOES NOT LOVE REMAINS IN DEATH." (1 John 3:14 NIV)
"...ALL WHO HATE ME LOVE DEATH." (Proverbs 8:36 NIV)
LOVE YOUR ENEMIES!
"Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you."
(Luke 6:27-28)
"Do not say that if people do good to us, we will do good to them; and if people oppress us, we will oppress them; but determine that if people do you good, you will do good to them; and if they oppress you, you will not oppress them." (Islam, Hadith)
"If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink." (Proverbs 25:2)
"Conquer a man who never gives by gifts; subdue untruthful men by truthfulness; vanquish an angry man by gentleness; and overcome the evil man by goodness." (Hinduism, Maha., Vana Parva (Book 3)
"Subdue wrath by forgiveness... fraud by straightforwardness." (Jainism, Dasha-Vaikalika Sutra 8.39)
"If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that?" (Matthew 5:46 NIV)
"But I say unto you, LOVE YOUR ENEMIES, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you..." (Matthew 5:44, KJV)
"BE DEVOTED TO ONE ANOTHER IN LOVE. HONOR ONE ANOTHER ABOVE YOURSELVES." (Romans 12:10 NIV)
"We love because he first loved us." (1 John 4:19)
"THIS IS MY COMMAND: LOVE EACH OTHER." (John 15:17)
"If you love me, keep my commands." (John 14:15)
"Above all, LOVE EACH OTHER DEEPLY, because love covers over a multitude of sins." (1 Peter 4:8)
Love's opposite
"Woe to you Pharisees, because you love the most important seats in the synagogues and respectful greetings in the marketplaces." (Luke 11:43)
Love is the fulfillment of the Law
"LOVE DOES NO HARM TO A NEIGHBOR. THEREFORE LOVE IS THE FULFILLMENT OF THE LAW." (Romans 13:10)
"If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing." (1 Cor 13:1-3)
"LOVE IS PATIENT, LOVE IS KIND. IT DOES NOT ENVY, IT DOES NOT BOAST, IT IS NOT PROUD. IT DOES NOT DISHONOR OTHERS, IT IS NOT SELF-SEEKING, IT IS NOT EASILY ANGERED, IT KEEPS NO RECORD OF WRONGS. LOVE DOES NOT DELIGHT IN EVIL BUT REJOICES WITH THE TRUTH. IT ALWAYS PROTECTS, ALWAYS TRUSTS, ALWAYS HOPES, ALWAYS PERSEVERES. LOVE NEVER FAILS. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away." (1 Corinthians 13:4-8 NIV)
"Hatred stirs up conflict, but love covers over all wrongs." (Proverbs 10:12)
"My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you."
(John 15:12)
"And YOU ARE TO LOVE THOSE WHO ARE FOREIGNERS, for you yourselves were foreigners in Egypt." (Deuteronomy 10:19)
"Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her..." (Ephesians 5:25)
"Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them." (Colossians 3:19)
Love completes us
"No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us." (1 John 4:12)
In The Spirit
"You learned it from Epaphras, our dear fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf, and who also told us of your love in the Spirit." (Colossians 1:7, 8)
The message from the beginning... ALWAYS HIS PLAN
"For this is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another." (1 John 3:11)
The Disciples
"By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, IF YOU LOVE ONE ANOTHER." (John 13:35)
"LOVE MUST BE SINCERE. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good." (Romans 12:9)
"To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices."
(Mark 12:33)
"And he has given us this command: Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister."
(1 John 4:21)
"Whoever would foster love covers over an offense, but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends." (Proverbs 17:9)
"Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against anyone among your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord." (Leviticus 19:18)
"Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law." (Romans 13:8)
"THIS IS HOW LOVE IS MADE COMPLETE AMONG US SO THAT WE WILL HAVE CONFIDENCE ON THE DAY OF JUDGMENT: IN THIS WORLD WE ARE LIKE JESUS."
(1 John 4:17)
"'HE DEFENDED THE CAUSE OF THE POOR AND NEEDY, and so all went well. IS THAT NOT WHAT IT MEANS TO KNOW ME?' declares the LORD." (Jer 22:16)
"And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But THE GREATEST OF THESE IS LOVE." (1 Corinthians 13:13)
"For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love." (2 Peter 1:5-7 NIV)
"The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love." (Psalm 103:8)
"As the radiant sun shines upon all regions above, below, and across, so does this glorious one God of love protect and guide all creatures." (Hinduism, Svetasvatara Upanishad 5.4)
"The Supreme loves and nourishes all things." (Taoism, TTC 34.2)
"All beside love is but words." (Baha'i sayings)
"It makes no difference as to the name of God, since love is the real God of all the world." (Apache, Native American, Zona)
