God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)
[Love] is not a feeling but a determined act of will, which always results in determined acts of self giving. Love is the willing, joyful desire to put the welfare of others above our own.
John MacArthur
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