I know that the tradition is to write 100 things about ourselves for our 100th post. Now, I KNOW none of ya'll (thats my nod to the South, since I am from Oregon!) really want to read 100 things about me, so since I am feeling compelled by God to challenge myself to spend more time in HIS word and become what He called me to be again, I am going to try and list 100 Scriptures that have to do with LOVE. His love for us, and His call on our lives to LOVE one another!! Lets see how far I can get....
Starting with my favorite, that goes back, and how sad is this, to a song in Sunday school that I think originated from a Psalty (how many of you remember Psalty?) CASSETTE tape...
1. 1 John 4:7Beloved, let us Love one another, for Love is of God, and anyone who Loves is born of God, and knows God.
2. 1 John 4:8He who Loves not, knows not God, for God is LOVE.
3. John 3:16 For God so Loved the World, that He gave His Only Son, that whoever believed in Him, should not perish, but have everlasting life!
4. Romans 13:10Love does no wrong to ones neighbor, Therefore Love meets all the requirements and is the fullfilling of the law.
5. Hebrews 13:1 Let Love for your fellow believers be a fixed practice with you, never let it fail.
6. 1 Thessalonians 3:12And may the Lord make you to increase and excel and overflow in Love for one another, and for ALL people, just as we do for you.
7. Matthew 5:44But I tell you Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.
8. Luke 6:32If you merely Love those who Love you, what quality of credit and thanks is that to you? For even the very sinners Love those who Love them.
9. 1 Corinthians 16:14Let everything you do be done in Love.
10. Proverbs 10:12Hatred stirs up contentions,but Love covers all trangressions.
11. 2 Thessalonians 3:5May the Lord direct your hearts into the Love of God, and into the steadfastness and patience of Christ and in waiting for His return.
12. 1 John 4:11Beloved, if God loved us so, we also ought to Love one another.
13. I Corinthians 13:1If I speak in the tongues of Men and Angels, but have not Love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.
14. 1 Corinthians 13:2If I have the gift of prophesy, and can fathom all mysteries,and all knowledge, and have a faith that can move mountains, but have not Love, I am nothing.
15. 1 Corinthians 13:3If I give all I possess to the poor, and my body to the flames, but have not Love, I am nothing.
16. 1 Corinthians 13:4Love is patient, Love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
17. 1 Corinthians 13:6Love does not delight in evil, but rejoices in the truth.
18. 1 Corinthians 13:8Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues: they shall be stilled; where there is knowledge, it shall pass away.
19. 1 Corinthians 13:13And now these three remain: faith, hope, and Love. But the GREATEST OF THESE IS LOVE.
20. John 13:34A new Command I give you, Love one another. As I have Loved you, so you must love one another.
21. John 13:35By this all men will know you are my disciples, if you Love one another.
22. Romans 12:10Be devoted to one another in brotherly Love, honor one another above yourselves.
23. Romans 13:8Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to Love one another, for he who Loves his fellow man has fulfilled the law.
24. Galatians 5:13You my brothers, were called to be free, but do not use your freedom to indulge your sinful nature; rather, serve one another in Love.
25. Ephesians 4:2Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in Love.
26. Hebrews 10:24And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward Love and good deeds.
27. 1 Peter 1:22Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth, so that you have sincere Love for your brothers, Love one another deeply, from the heart.
28. 1 Peter 3:8Finally all of you, live in harmony with one another, be sympathetic, Love as brothers, be compassionate and humble.
29. 1 Peter 5:14Greet one another with a kiss of Love, Peace to all of you who are in Christ.
30. 1 John 3:11This is the message you have heard from the beginning, we should Love one another.
31. 1 John 3:23And this is His command: to believe in the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and to Love one another, as he has commanded us.
32. 1 John 4:12No one has ever seen God; but if we Love one another, God lives in us and His Love is made complete in us.
33. 2 John 1:5And now, dear lady, I am not writing you a new command but one we have heard from the beginning. I ask that we love one another.
34. Exodus 34:6And He passed in front of Moses, proclaiming,"The LORD, The LORD, the compassionate and gracious LORD, slow to anger, abounding in Love and faithfulness.
35. Leviticus 19:18Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against one of your people, but Love your neighbor as yourself. I am THE LORD.
36. Deuteronomy 6:5 Love the Lord your God, with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength.
37. Dueteronomy 30:16For I command you to Love the LORD your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep his commands, decrees and laws: then you will live and increase, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land you are entering to possess.
38. Joshua 23:11So be very careful to Love the LORD your God.
39. 1 Chronicles 16:34Give Thanks to the Lord for He is good, His Love endures forever.
40. Psalm 36:5Your Love, Oh Lord, reaches to the Heavens, Your Faithfulness reaches to the sky.
41. Psalm 86:5You are Forgiving and good, O Lord, abounding in Love to all those who call to You!
42. Jeremiah 31:3The Lord appeared to us in the past, saying:" I have Loved you with an Everlasting Love; I have drawn you with Loving kindness.
43. Matthew 10:37Anyone who Loves his father or mother more than me, is not worthy of me; anyone who Loves his son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
44. Matthew 22:39And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself.
45. Mark 12:33To 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 your burnt offerings and sacrafices.
46. Luke 6:27But I tell you who hear me: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you.
47. John 12:25The man who Loves his life will lose it, while the man who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
48. John 14:15If you Love me, you will obey what I command.
49. John 14:21Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who Loves me. He who Loves me will be Loved by my Father,and I too will Love him and show myself to him.
50. John 15:19If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you.
51. Romans 8:28And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who Love Him, who have been called according to His Purpose.
52. Romans 8:35Who shall seperate us from the Love of Christ? Shall trouble, or hardship or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger or sword.
53. Romans 8:39neither height, or depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to seperate us from the Love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
54. 1 Corinthians 2:9However, as it is written: No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who Love Him.
55. 1 Corinthians 8:3For the man who Loves God is known by God.
56. 2 Corinthians 5:14For Christ's Love compels us, because we are convinced one died for all, and therefore all died.
57. Galatians 2:20I have been crucified with Christ,and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who Loved me and gave himself for me.
58. Galatians 5:22But the fruit of the spirit is Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
59. Ephesians 3:17so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in Love
60. Ephesians 3:18may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long, and high and deep is the Love of Christ
61. Ephesians 3:19and to know this Love that surpasses knowledge- that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
62. Ephesians 5:2and live a life of Love, just as Christ Loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrafice to God.
63. Colossians 3:14And over all these virtues put on Love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.
64. 1 Thessalonians 5:8But since we belong to the day, let us be self controlled, putting on faith and Love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet.
65. 1 Timothy 1:5The goal of this command is Love, which comes from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.
66. 2 Timothy 1:7For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power of Love and of self discipline.
67. Philemon 1:7Your Love has given me great joy and encouragement, because you, brother have refreshed the hearts of the saints.
68. 1 Peter 4:8Above all, Love eachother deeply, because Love covers over a multitude of sin.
69. 1 John 2:5But if anyone obeys His word, God's Love is truly made complete in him, this is how we know we are in Him.
70. 1 John 2:10Whoever Loves his brother lives in the light, and there is nothing in him to make him stumble.
71. 1 John 2:15Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Love of the Father is not in Him.
72. 1 John 3:10This is how we know who the Children of God are and who the children of the devil are: Anyone who does not do right is not a child of God; nor is anyone who does not Love his brother.
73. 1 John 3:14We know that we have passed from death to life, because we Love our brothers. Anyone who does not Love remains in death.
74. 1 John 3:16This 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.
75. 1 John 4:18There is no fear in Love. But perfect Love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in Love.
76. 1 John 4:20If anyone says "I Love God," yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not Love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot Love God, whom he has not seen.
77. 1 John 4:21and he has given us this command:" Whoever Loves God, must also Love his brother.
78. 1 John 5:2This is how we know that we Love the children of God: by Loving God and carrying out His commands
79. 1 John 5:3This is Love for God:to obey His commands. And His commands are not burdensome.
80. 2 John 1:6And this is Love: that we walk in obedience to His commands. As you have heard from the beginning, His command is that we walk in Love.
81. Jude 1:2Mercy, peace and Love be yours in abundance.
82. Jude 1:21Keep yourself in Gods Love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.
83. Revelations 3:19To those whom I Love, I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent.
84. Ephesians 4:15Instead, speaking the truth in Love, we will in all things grow up into Him who is the Head, that is, Christ.
85. Ephesians 4:16from Him, the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament,grows and builds itself up in Love, as each part does its work.
86. 1 Peter 3:10For, "Whoever would Love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech."
87. Daniel 9:4I prayed to the Lord my God and confessed: "O Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant of Love with all who Love Him and obey His commands"
88. Lamentations 3:22Because of the Lords Great Love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.
89. Lamentations 3:32Though he brings grief, he will show compassion, so great is his unfailing Love.
90. Isaiah 54:10Though the mountains be shaken, and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing Love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed." says the Lord who has compassion for you.
91. Isaiah 63:9In all their distress he too was distressed, and the angel of his presence saved them. In his love and mercy he redeemed them; he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.
92. Proverbs 16:6Through Love and faithfulness sin is atoned for; through the fear of the Lord a man avoids evil.
93. Proverbs 17:9He who covers over an offense promotes Love, but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends.
94. Proverbs 17:17A friend Loves at all times, and a brother is born into adversity.
95. Proverbs 21:21He who pursues righteousness and Love, finds life, prosperity and honor.
96. Proverbs 22:11He who Loves a pure heart and whose speech is gracious will have the king for his friend.
97. Psalm 145:8The Lord is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in Love.
98. Psalm 145:20The Lord watches over all who Love Him, but all the wicked He will destroy.
99. Psalm 147:11The Lord delights in those who fear Him, who put their hope in His unfailing Love.
100. Proverbs 3:12because the Lord disciplines those He Loves, as a father the son he delights in.
There you have it! 100 verses about LOVE! And whats amazing, is that I had 697 verses that mentioned love in some context to choose from. I would say that Love is pretty important if it mentioned that many times, telling us to Love the Lord, and our neighbor, and our enemies as we love ourselves!!