ST. VALENTINE's DAY

The love of Jesus Christ changes everything.......how we live......how we die

midi "Love Changes Everything" http://www.bardstown.com/~mtipton/holiday/love.html

Some definitions of Love:
Love is action ........Chuck Chamberlain
Love is patient. Love is Kind............. 1 Corinthians 13:4
Love is T I M E , spent with loved ones...... quantity time.
To love is to commit.
God is Love...............1 John 4:16
A LOVE AFFAIR http://www.horizonsnet.org/sermons/loveaffair.html

God's Valentine to us:

"For God so loVed the world,
..........That He gAve
                 His onLy
                BegottEn
                        SoN,
                             That whosoever
           Believeth In Him
               Should Not perish,
            But have Everlasting Life."
John 3:16

GOD's LOVE FOR US
"Greater love hath no man than this,
that a man lay down His life for His friends" John 15:13

Love Everlasting http://www.puritansermons.com/reformed/dool2.htm
Altogether Lovely http://www.puritansermons.com/sermons/flavel1.htm
Riches of God's Love (mercy) http://www.puritansermons.com/goodwin/good07.htm
The Love of Christ http://www.puritansermons.com/shepard/shepard9.htm
Unmeasurable Love http://www.puritansermons.com/shepard/sheprd15.htm
God's Servant-Love http://www.puritansermons.com/sermons/sibbes3.htm

OUR LOVE FOR GOD
"And to love Him with all the heart, and with all the understanding,
and with all the soul, and with all the strength and to love his neighbor as himself,
is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices" Mark 12:33

True Love by David Hole www.horizonsnet.org/sermons/1jn17.html
Real Love http://yvm.net/go/gvcc/sermon_trans/Real_Love.html
Agape Love by Eli Miller http://insightministries.com/resources/HTML/Agape.htm
Love Jesus http://www.puritansermons.com/sermons/brooks3.htm
By "Christ" we mean Jesus of Nazareth, crucified and glorified
Love to Christ http://www.puritansermons.com/reformed/dool1.htm
Casting all our cares upon Him http://www.puritansermons.com/erskine/erskine7.htm
Go for the Gold www.cybertime.net/~ajgood/sal.htm
"We love Him because He first loved us" 1 John 4:19

OUR BRIDEGROOM / HUSBAND
"Rise up, my love, my fair one and come away." Song of Songs 2:10
The Maiden on the Shore www.cybertime.net/~ajgood/maiden.html
Betrothed http://www.puritansermons.com/erskine/erskin27.htm
Sweet Nourishment http://www.puritansermons.com/erskine/erskine9.htm
Thy Husband is thy Maker http://www.puritansermons.com/erskine/erskin13.htm
Union With Christ http://www.puritansermons.com/watson/watson3.htm
Espoused to Christ http://www.puritansermons.com/shepard/sheprd16.htm
http://www.puritansermons.com/shepard/shepard9.htm

MARRIED LOVE
AUDIO "The Importance of Marriage" --Dr. Jms. Kennedy
http://home.christianity.com/christianbio/88756.html

CELIBATE LOVE
"Whom have I in heaven but Thee ?" Psalm 73:25
http://homepage.tinet.ie/~vocations/celibacy.html
"and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake.
He that is able to receive it, let him receive it." Matthew 19:12

LOVE OF THE WORD
"How sweet are Thy words unto my taste !
yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth" Psalm 119:103
Love of the Word www.puritansermons.com/watson/watson2.htm
All Year Long www.cybertime.net/~ajgood/ntl.html
"The entrance of Thy words giveth Light;
it giveth understanding unto the simple." Psalm 119: 130

Love rejoices whenever truth wins out
www.cybertime.net/~ajgood/Ephesians5.html
http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/oct2004/johnj105.htm

LOVE IN FAMILY
Charity (Godly love) begins at home.
Marriage: www.biblebell.org/church2.html
Husbands, Wives www.puritansermons.com/baxter/baxter14.htm
"The best gift you can give your children, is to love your spouse."
Praying For Your Children www.puritansermons.com/reformed/pray.htm
Fathers www.ghaone.org/prayers/children.htm

LOVE OF NEIGHBOR
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you

Alfie--lyrics by Hal David

What's it all about, Alfie?
Is it just for the moment we live?
What's it all about when you sort it out, Alfie?
Are we meant to take more than we give
or are we meant to be kind?

And if only fools are kind, Alfie,
then I guess it's wise to be cruel.
And if life belongs only to the strong, Alfie,
what will you lend on an old golden rule?
http://www.thesonglyrics.com/d_artists/lyrics/haldavid_lyric1.html 

"God is LOVE".... First John 4:7-11


Love for Christ Comes First www.fbclubbock.org/part/PART1.htm 

Love is Patient, Love is Kind www.fbclubbock.org/part/PART2.htm 

 LOVING TOO MUCH

"be of love a little more careful than of anything else" ........e e cummings

perspectives from the single-life: http://www.singleness.org/articles.shtml 

  LOVING OUR ENEMIES  through Prayer Luke 6: 27, 28 
( does not necessarily mean fellowship.... 2 Timothy 3 "from such turn away"  ) 
"Pray for those who despitefully use you"..........
http://members.aol.com/jlee53/enemies.html

Love Leaves When Resentment Enters -- Paul NF
www.cybertime.net/~ajgood/leave.html 

Kindness Begins at Home
www.joyfulheart.com/maturity/kindness.htm 

AUDIO : "Love in your Home" --Dr. Jms. Kennedy
http://home.christianity.com/christianbio/88252.html 
Part 2
http://home.christianity.com/christianbio/88250.html 

"God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change (other people)

the courage to change the things I can ( myself / my attitude )

and the wisdom to know the difference."

see also 2 TIMOTHY 3: 5


FOR THE YOUNG AT HEART

Love wasn't put in your heart to stay,
Love isn't love till you give it away

Classical Poetry www.lovepoetry.com/poems/classic1.html

FRIENDSHIP
"Oh the comfort---the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person,
Having neither to weigh thoughts, nor measure words.
But pouring them all right out---just as they are---chaff and grain together.
Certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them---keep what is worth keeping---
and with the gentle breath of kindness, blow the rest away."
by Dinah M Mulock Craik

POEMS and QUOTES www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/3449/friendship.html
YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND http://www.horizonsnet.org/sermons/friend.html
FRIENDS www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/2789/cards/friends.htm
A to Z www.geocities.com/Heartland/Woods/9249/friends/friends.html
ACROSS THE MILES www.buffnet.net/~ambrosia/icq/acrossmiles.htm

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Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your
selfishness. But in that casket--safe, dark, motionless, airless--it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. To love is to be vulnerable. C.S. Lewis

The Ultimate Valentine by Chuck Missler
www.khouse.org/articles/personal/19990201-51.html

History of St. Valentine, martyr (beheaded)
http://www.donnasholidaysentiments.com/stvalentine.html
www.rom101.com/valentinesday.htm

Valentines, Values and Social Solidarity by Berit Kjos 2-2000
http://www.crossroad.to/text/articles/valentines.htm

Quotes on Love http://bowering.org/love/author.shtml

The Greatest Love:
http://agricon.on.ca/andiland/essays/greatest.htm
www.newhopefriendship.org/The Greatest Story Ever Told.htm
www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Horizon/2366/jesus2.html
http://www.donnasholidaysentiments.com/greatestlove.html
www.geocities.com/Heartland/6741/kids_love.html
www.learningtosoar.org/fl25_text.html

Agape Love http://tentmaker.org/topics/agape.html

Love is not "unconditional"
www.myhomepage.net/~jhdearmore/love14.htm

"Lord, teach me to care and not to care.
.Teach me to sit still" ............. T.S. Eliot

Is not just a feeling -- Ron Cook
http://www.pbministries.org/articles/cook/christian_love.htm

Annie's Valentine's Day Page and Links
www.annieshomepage.com/valentines.html

"I Love You" in many languages
http://www.travlang.com/languages/iloveyou.html

"I Love You" in sign language > the Cross