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SPECIFICATIONS TIMELESS WORDS SERIES A Time to Heal ISBN: 9788771324174 A Time to Laugh ISBN: 9788771324150 A Time to Love ISBN: 9788771324143 A Time to Plant ISBN: 9788771324167 Age: Adults Size: 105x105 mm Pages: 96 pages + ends + case + 1 card + 1 bag Full color Case:128 gsm glossy art with matt lamination + patterned gold foil stamping over 2.5 mm board; Ends: 140 gsm woodfree; Card: 250 gsm C1S with UV varnishing; Bag: 140 gsm glossy art with machine varnishing Retail price: US $14.99/set containing book, card, and bag
When you want to say more than just “Thank you” or “Praying for you,” the little books from this series will express your concern for those you cherish and love.
A TIME TO
LOVE
love A TIME TO
Timeless Words from the Bible about Love and Grace
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A TIME TO LOVE
TIMELESS WORDS FROM THE BIBLE ABOUT LOVE AND GRACE Published by Scandinavia Publishing House 2013 Scandinavia Publishing House Drejervej 15,3, DK-2400 Copenhagen, NV, Denmark E-mail: info@scanpublishing.dk Web: www.scanpublishing.dk Editor and designer: Ben Alex Proofreader: Anne Clark All quotes from New International Version (NIV and NIV 1984) Photo copyright © Thinkstock pages front cover,1,8,10,13,14,17,22,24,28,31,32,38,40,46,51,54,56,59, 62,65,66,69,70,71,76,81,82,84,87,93,95 Photo copyright © Janis Zroback pages 21,27,34,90 Visit Janis at http://www.redbubble.com/people/paintability Photo copyright © Karen Julie Frederiksen pages 44,52 Photo copyright © Grethe Dyrsø Larsen pages 43,75 Photo copyright © Scandinavia/Nationalhistorisk Museum, Frederiksborg, Denmark page 79
There is a time for everything, and a season for every action under heaven: a time to love and a time to hate. Ecclesiastes 3:1,8a
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Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? Romans 8:35
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God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him. 1 John 4:16b
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For the LORD is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations. Psalm 100:5
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I will not take my love from him, nor will I ever betray my faithfulness. Psalm 89:33
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The LORD, the LORD, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness. Exodus 34:6
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He has taken me to the banquet hall, and his banner over me is love. Song of Songs 2:4
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I will betroth you to me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in love and compassion. Hosea 2:19
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For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16
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This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. 1 John 4:10
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Has his unfailing love vanished forever? Has his promise failed for all time? Psalm 77:8
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Is your love declared in the grave, your faithfulness in Destruction? Psalm 88:11
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All my intimate friends detest me; those I love have turned against me. Job 19:19
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Neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:39
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Turn, O LORD, and deliver me; save me because of your unfailing love. Psalm 6:4
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I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation. Psalm 13:5
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The LORD disciplines those he loves, as a father the son he delights in. Proverbs 3:12
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I love the LORD, for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy. Psalm 116:1
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For great is your love toward me; you have delivered me from the depths of the grave. Psalm 86:13
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When I said, “My foot is slipping,� your love, O LORD, supported me. Psalm 94:18
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Surely it was for my benefit that I suffered such anguish. In your love you kept me from the pit of destruction. Isaiah 38:17a
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The Lord... redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion. Psalm 103:4
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Rise up and help us; redeem us because of your unfailing love. Psalm 44:26
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The LORD your God... turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loves you. Deuteronomy 23:5
The LORD your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing. Zephaniah 3:17
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Though he brings grief, he will show compassion, so great is his unfailing love. Lamentations 3:32
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Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever. Psalm 23:6
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The LORD’s unfailing love surrounds the man who trusts in him. Psalm 32:10b
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You loved me before the creation of the world. John 17:24
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As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. John 15:9
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There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear. 1 John 4:18a
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What a man desires is unfailing love. Proverbs 19:22a
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We love because he first loved us. 1 John 4:19
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Love is the fulfillment of the law. Romans 13:10
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Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.
And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.
Proverbs 13:12
Romans 5:5
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Many waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot wash it away. Song of Songs 8:7b
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Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul. Psalm 143:8
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Follow the way of love.... Do everything in love. 1 Corinthians 14:1a,16:14
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Live a life of love. Ephesians 5:2a
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Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. 1 Corinthians 8:1
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Love covers over all wrongs. Proverbs 10:12b
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The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love. Galatians 5:6b
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The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Galatians 5:22-23
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Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud... Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth... Love never fails. 1 Corinthians 13:4,6,8a
M ...and to know this love that surpasses knowledge— that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. Ephesians 3:19
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My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. John 15:12
He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. Micah 6:8
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By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another. John 13:35
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Let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth. 1 John 3:18
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A friend loves at all times. Proverbs 17:17a
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Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you. Matthew 5:44
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How beautiful you are and how pleasing, O love, with your delights! Song of Songs 7:6
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I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride.... Song of Songs 5:1a
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Your love is more delightful than wine. Song of Songs 1:2b
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Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you: Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires. Song of Songs 8:4
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I belong to my lover, and his desire is for me. Song of Songs 7:10
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How beautiful you are, my darling! Oh, how beautiful! Your eyes are doves. Song of Songs 1:15
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Husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. Ephesians 5:28
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Enjoy life with your wife, whom you love, all the days of this meaningless life that God has given you under the sun—all your meaningless days. Ecclesiastes 9:9
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Love one another deeply, from the heart. 1 Peter 1:22b
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Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. 2 Peter 3:18a
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From the fullness of his grace we have all received one blessing after another. For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. John 1:16-17
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And if by grace, then it is no longer by works. Romans 11:6a
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My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. 2 Corinthians 12:9a
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God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble. 1 Peter 5:5b
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For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich. 2 Corinthians 8:9
In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace. Ephesians 1:7
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But rejoice that you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed. 1 Peter 4:13
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Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. 1 Peter 5:6-7
Hebrews 4:16
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Better is open rebuke than hidden love. Proverbs 27:5
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Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt. Colossians 4:6a
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Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. Deuteronomy 6:5
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May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. 2 Corinthians 13:14
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Greet those who love us in the faith. Grace be with you all. Titus 3:15b
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So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him. Luke 15:20
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The Lord is gracious and righteous; our God is full of compassion. Psalm 116:5
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Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions. Psalm 51:1
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When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them and healed their sick. Matthew 14:14
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Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.
Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you!
Lamentations 3:22
Isaiah 49:15
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The Lord longs to be gracious to you; he rises to show you compassion. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him! Isaiah 30:18
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They will neither hunger nor thirst, nor will the desert heat or the sun beat upon them. He who has compassion on them will guide them and lead them beside springs of water. Isaiah 49:10
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Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Colossians 3:12
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Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you. Ephesians 4:32
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