In this 3 minute clip John Piper talks about what it means to love. What are you in it for?

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“Love is unselfishly choosing for another’s highest good.” – C. S. Lewis

Love is from God the way light is from the sun.

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John Piper explains that when you truly love people you have to hate what hurts them.

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Mark Driscoll explains love languages. Taken from the sermon The Peasant Princess: Sweet To My Taste.

“Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls. ” – Mother Teresa

“Love is of God. God is love; and he who loves most is most like God.” – George Muller

“Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm, for love is strong as death, jealousy is fierce as the grave. Its flashes are flashes of fire, the very flame of the Lord. Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it. If a man offered for love all the wealth of his house, he would be utterly despised.” – Song Of Solomon 8:6-7

“A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.” – Proverbs 17:17

“We cannot love grace into a child, nor mercy into a friend; we cannot love them into heaven, though it may be the great desire of our soul. ” – John Owen