See that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently. 1 Pet. 1:22. He that despiseth his neighbor is void of wisdom. Prov. 11:12. Above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a multitude of sins. 1 Pet. 4:8. Owe no man anything, but to love one another, for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. Love worketh no ill to his neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. Rom. 13:8, 10 Beloved, let us love one another; for love is of God; and everyone that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. 1 John 4:7-8. He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now. He that loveth his brother abideth in the light and there is none occasion of stumbling in him. But he that hateth his brother is in darkness and walketh in darkness and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes. 1 John 2:9-11. Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. Deut. 10:19. But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself. Lev. 19:34. Love is understood by everything that breathes. It is the universal language. It is the sign of God. But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you. Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you. Luke 6:27-28. Have we not all one Father? Hath not one God created us? Mal. 2:10. When you meet another, no matter what his station in life, his creed or color, let this thought go through you: His life and my life are one, one love sustains us both. In this way you actually feed his soul and your own. (Isa. 58:10). We must give out continually if we would receive in abundance. (Acts 10:28.) Let all that ye do be done in love. 1 Cor. 16:14. And above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfectness. Col. 3:14. No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us. 1 John 4:12. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another. Knowledge puffeth up, but love buildeth up. John 13:35. 1 Cor. 8:1. Hatred stirreth up strifes; but love covereth all sins. Prov. 10:12. If you love another you will help him to cover his sins, by forgiving them. (Ps. 32:1.) If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. And if I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. And if I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profiteth me nothing. Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself; is not puffed up, doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not its own, is not provoked, taketh not account of evil; rejoiceth not in unrighteousness, but rejoiceth with the truth; beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. Love never faileth; but whether there be prophecies, they shall be done away; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall be done away. For we know in part, and we prophecy in part; but when that which is perfect is come, that which is in part shall be done away. 1 Cor. 13:1-10. Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world, If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the vainglory of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away and the lust thereof; but he that doeth the will of God abideth forever. 1 John 2:15-17. But the end of the charge is love out of a pure heart and a good conscience and faith unfeigned. 1 Tim. 1:5. There is no command of greater importance given in the Bible, nor one more often repeated, nor less heeded than this command to rejoice. When man rejoices in that which is good he is lifted, whether he knows it or not, into his highest consciousness —into his true Self, where Divine Light dispels the darkness of sin and sickness. You have noticed that the happy man is usually healthy and fortunate. The world says he is happy because he is healthy and fortunate; but the truth is he is healthy and fortunate because he is happy, because a spiritual law is being obeyed. All things gravitate to those who keep the commandments. Fear and sorrow are enemies of man; they begin by tearing down the body, they end in death. Joy is of Heaven. Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous; for praise is comely for the upright. Ps. 33:1. Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous; and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart. Ps. 32:11. Praise ye the Lord. Praise ye the Lord from the heavens. Praise him in the heights. Ps. 148:1. I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth. Ps. 34:1. One way of praising God is to praise the good whenever and wherever you find it. Be ye glad and rejoice forever in that which I create. Isa, 65:18. For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it be received with thanksgiving: for it is sanctified through the word of God and 1 Tim. 4:4-5. prayer. For thou Lord, hast made me glad through thy work; I will triumph in the works of thy hands. Ps. 92:4. Thou shalt rejoice in all the good which Jehovah thy God hath given unto thee, and unto thy house. Deut. 26:11. Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy. Eccl. 9:7. Joy is both an appetizer and a digester, it should flavor all that we eat. Never discuss unpleasant subjects at the table. Ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto. Deut. 12:7. To rejoice calls into play Divine power, and if he who rejoices have both faith and understanding, success is assured. Delight thyself also in the Lord, and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. Ps. 37:4. Let the peoples praise thee, O God, let all the peoples praise thee. The earth hath yielded its increase; God, even our own God will bless us. Ps. 67:5-6. Wherefore I saw that there is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his works; for that is his portion. Eccl. 3:22. |