Agape Acrostic Alphabet

Abiding "The one who loves his brother abides in the light ..." 1 John 2:10
Blessing "Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you ..." Luke 6:27-28
Controlled "For the love of Christ controls us ..." 2 Corinthians 3:14-15
Devoted "Be devoted to one another in brotherly love ..." Romans 12:10
Enduring "Love is not provoked ... bears all things ... endures all things." 1 Corinthians 13:5,7
Forgiving "Love ... does not take into account a wrong suffered ..." 1 Corinthians 13:5
Gentle "With all humility and gentleness, with patience, showing forbearance to one another in love." Ephesians 4:2
Humble "Love does not brag and is not arrogant." 1 Corinthians 13:4
Interceding "Love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you." Matthew 5:44
Joyful "Love rejoices with the truth." 1 Corinthians 13:6
Kind "Love is kind." 1 Corinthians 13:4
Laboring "God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love which you have shown toward His name, in having ministered and in still ministering to the saints." Hebrews 6:10
Merciful "Love your enemies ... be merciful, just as your Father is merciful." Luke 6:36
Neighborly "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." Galatians 5:14
Obedient "He who has My commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves Me." John 14:21
Patient "Love is patient." 1 Corinthians 13:4
Quiet "Now as to the love of the brethren ... make it your ambition to lead a quiet life and attend to your own business and work with your hands ..." 1 Thessalonians 4:9,11
Refreshing "I have come to have much joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother." Philemon 7
Serving "... through love serve one another." Galatians 5:13
Truthful "Speaking the truth in love." Ephesians 4:15
Undefiled "But the goal of our instruction is love from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith." 1 Timothy 1:5
Virtuous "For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and discipline." 2 Timothy 1:7
Walking "Walk in love, just as Christ also loved you ..." Ephesians 5:2
Xpectant "Love ... believes all things ..." 1 Corinthians 13:7
Yielded "Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends." John 15:13
Zealous "And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might." Deuteronomy 6:5

CROSS+WISE WORDS

Christ Redeemed Our Sin-sick Souls
"For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God."
(quote of the Apostle Paul, 1 Corinthians 1:18)

Calls His Own Sheep Each [by] Name
"... and the sheep hear [Jesus'] voice, and He calls His own sheep by name and leads them out."
(quote of the Apostle John, John 10:3)

Holding Onto Promises Eternal
"For as many as are the promises of God, in [Jesus] they are yes ..."
(quote of the Apostle Paul, 2 Corinthians 1:20)

Ask Seek Knock
"Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened."
(quote of Jesus by the Apostle Matthew, Matthew 7:7-8)

No One That * Comes Asking Salvation Thrown * Out Unto Torment
"All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will certainly not cast out."
(quote of Jesus by the Apostle John, John 6:37)

Authentic Belief Involves Dwelling Intimately Near God
"Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. We have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him."
(quote of the Apostle John, 1 John 4: 15-16)

Quelling Unbelief In Expectant Trust
"Surely I have composed and quieted my soul; like a weaned child rests against his mother, my soul is like a weaned child within me. O Israel, hope in the LORD from this time forth and forever."
(quote of King David, Psalm 131:2-3)

Full Assurance In Things Hoped
"Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him."
(quote from the book of Hebrews, Hebrews 11:1,6)

Devil's Occupation: Undermining Believer's Trust & Stability
"But he must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind. For that man ought not to expect that he will receive anything from the Lord, being a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways."
(quote of James, the half-brother of Christ, James 1:6-7)

Speaking Truth And Not Doubting
"Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might. Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm." (quote of the Apostle Paul, Ephesians 6;10-13)