God IS love.
From Genesis to Revelation, the Bible reveals the timeless, unchanging, ever-present love of God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. As we accept this purely unpolluted, undiluted love, we receive God’s view of love to embrace for ourselves, live by faithfully, and give lavishly to others.
All of us need this! Yet, searching out these passages and considering them in context takes time and resources many people do not have. And so, I began this blog with carefully selected and prayerfully paraphrased (prayer-a-phrased) Bible verses to show God’s ongoing Way of Love.
Eventually the posts resulted in a book What the Bible Says About Love, available in print and also in a Kindle e-book. May its pages help you to see how very, very loved you are!
Mary Harwell Sayler, ©2018
What the Bible Says About Love, paperback
Kindle e-book
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Friday, January 5, 2018
Saturday, September 30, 2017
Praying for love
And this is my prayer:
that your love may overflow
more and more
with knowledge and insight,
that you may be able to discern
and do
what is best,
that you may be truthful
yet inoffensive
as you innocently await
the Day of Christ.
Philippians 1:9-10
prayer-a-phrased by Mary Harwell Sayler, ©2017, using a variety of Bible translations from Bible Gateway.
Most of the previous paraphrases on this blog have been collected into the book, What the Bible Says About Love. Lord willing, this begins a series on what the Bible says.
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that your love may overflow
more and more
with knowledge and insight,
that you may be able to discern
and do
what is best,
that you may be truthful
yet inoffensive
as you innocently await
the Day of Christ.
Philippians 1:9-10
prayer-a-phrased by Mary Harwell Sayler, ©2017, using a variety of Bible translations from Bible Gateway.
Most of the previous paraphrases on this blog have been collected into the book, What the Bible Says About Love. Lord willing, this begins a series on what the Bible says.
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Wednesday, September 27, 2017
Dressed in love
Above all things
deck yourself out
in love
which ties you
to Christ’s perfection!
Colossians 3:14 prayer-a-phrased by Mary Harwell Sayler, ©2017.
Praise God, these prayerful paraphrases have now been collected in the book, What the Bible Says About Love.
Lord willing, this will be the first of a series on prayer-a-phrased scriptures about a variety of Bible topics, so please let me know which biblical subjects you’d most like to see in one book. Thanks and blessings.
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deck yourself out
in love
which ties you
to Christ’s perfection!
Colossians 3:14 prayer-a-phrased by Mary Harwell Sayler, ©2017.
Praise God, these prayerful paraphrases have now been collected in the book, What the Bible Says About Love.
Lord willing, this will be the first of a series on prayer-a-phrased scriptures about a variety of Bible topics, so please let me know which biblical subjects you’d most like to see in one book. Thanks and blessings.
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Thursday, September 21, 2017
Our common union in the Trinity
May the grace
of the Lord Jesus,
the love
of God our Heavenly Father,
and the fellowship
of the Holy Spirit
be in communion with us all.
Mary Harwell Sayler, © 2017, prayer-a-phrased 2 Corinthians 13:14 after reading several translations of the verse provided by Bible Gateway.
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of the Lord Jesus,
the love
of God our Heavenly Father,
and the fellowship
of the Holy Spirit
be in communion with us all.
Mary Harwell Sayler, © 2017, prayer-a-phrased 2 Corinthians 13:14 after reading several translations of the verse provided by Bible Gateway.
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Saturday, September 2, 2017
God’s love fills the earth
O LORD,
Your faithful love
fills the whole earth!
Teach me Your Laws
of Love.
Mary Harwell Sayler, ©2017, paraphrased Psalm 119:64 after reflecting on the verse in a variety of translations on Bible Gateway.
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Your faithful love
fills the whole earth!
Teach me Your Laws
of Love.
Mary Harwell Sayler, ©2017, paraphrased Psalm 119:64 after reflecting on the verse in a variety of translations on Bible Gateway.
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Thursday, August 24, 2017
Loving the One Who Listens
I love the Lord!
He hears my voice.
He hears my pleas for mercy.
As long as I live,
I will call on the Lord –
The One Who Listens.
Mary Sayler, ©2017, prayer-a-phrased Psalm 116:1-2 after reflecting on the verses found in a variety of translations on Bible Gateway.
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He hears my voice.
He hears my pleas for mercy.
As long as I live,
I will call on the Lord –
The One Who Listens.
Mary Sayler, ©2017, prayer-a-phrased Psalm 116:1-2 after reflecting on the verses found in a variety of translations on Bible Gateway.
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Monday, August 21, 2017
God’s love, day and night
By day
the Lord aims
His love
toward me!
All night
His song runs
through me —
a prayer
to the God
of my life.
Mary Sayler, ©2017, prayer-a-phrased Psalm 42:8 after reflecting on the verse found in a variety of translations on Bible Gateway.
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the Lord aims
His love
toward me!
All night
His song runs
through me —
a prayer
to the God
of my life.
Mary Sayler, ©2017, prayer-a-phrased Psalm 42:8 after reflecting on the verse found in a variety of translations on Bible Gateway.
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