February 9, 2026 - Good Morning! It’s Monday, February 9.
This Saturday is Valentine’s Day. So today, here at the Daily Devotions, we begin a week-long series on the subject... of love.
Tonight marks the 62nd anniversary of a momentous moment. 78 million Americans tuned their TVs to the Ed Sullivan Show, and the world of popular music was changed forever, as four young lads from Liverpool took the stage. John, Paul, George, and Ringo - The Beatles. Maybe some of you were watching. It was a Sunday night, so I was at church!
The Fab Four sang five songs that evening. All five, not surprisingly, were about love. The centerpiece was a simple little song that would become the best-selling single of the sixties, “She Loves You”. You remember that one. It features the immortal lyric - “Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!”
The Beatles were trailblazers in so many areas of music and culture. But they were far from the first artists to focus on the subject of love. Songwriters and poets and playwrights have been focusing on that lofty theme for as long as there has been language. Why? Because we human beings are created to need love in our lives. That instinct is so strong that sometimes we make poor choices in pursuit of it.
When the Bible talks about the love of God, it uses the Greek word “agape.” This term describes a selfless, giving, steadfast, faithful kind of love. Agape is the word being used here, in this famous scripture verse - “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”
In other words - He loves you! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!
Meet you back here tomorrow,
David
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