“Once the owner of the house gets up and closes the door, you will stand outside knocking and pleading, ‘Sir, open the door for us.’ "But...

“Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way...

“Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God,” I John 4:7....