(NASB) 1 Corinthians 13:6 Love…“does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth.” Before you asked Jesus to be your Savior, what was your life like? Was it filled with anger or bitterness, or self-pity or fear, or desperation or other negative feelings which consumed your thinking? Any of these conditions are a miserable […]
Psalm 12:1, 5-6 1 “HOW LONG, O LORD? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? 5 But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation. 6 I will sing to the LORD, for he has been good to me.”
What? Who will ‘get even’ if I don’t? Do you mean that list I’ve kept for years will have to be thrown out? (Amplified) 1 Corinthians 13:5 Love…“takes no account of the evil done to it [it pays no attention to a suffered wrong.]” (NIV) 1 Corinthians 13:5 Love…“keeps no record of wrongs.” Self-pity, revenge, […]
(NASB) 1 Corinthians 13:5 Love…“is not provoked…” (NIV) 1 Corinthians 13:5 Love…“is not easily angered…” (Amplified) 1 Corinthians 13:5 Love…“is not touchy or fretful or resentful…” As you go through your day, perhaps you will monitor what triggers your anger, what makes you fret or become resentful… Love ~ God’s love in you ~ can […]
(NASB) 1 Corinthians 13:5 Love…“does not seek its own…” (Amplified) 1 Corinthians 13:5 …“Love (God’s love in us) does not insist on its own rights or its own way, for it is not self seeking…” Love is unselfish, thinking of others first. Those without knowledge of God’s word (the Bible) have a different point of […]
(KJV) 1 Corinthians 13:5 Charity…“Doth not behave itself unseemly…” (NIV) 1 Corinthians 13:5 Love…“is not rude…” (NASB) 1 Corinthians 13:5 Love…“does not act unbecomingly…” Your actions speak louder than anything you say. Ask a child about what their parents teach them. The child will remember their parent’s actions…words have little meaning if not backed up […]
(NASB) 1 Corinthians 13:4 Love…“is not arrogant.” The arrogant credit themselves for events and circumstances. The arrogant person says…‘I will…’ The ultimate arrogance is what Satan said before he fell out of heaven (NIV) Isaiah 14:14 “I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.” Kings and […]
God’s words can be used to praise and worship Him: The great Sha’ma is for all followers of Christ as well as the chosen people of Israel: (NASB) Deuteronomy 6:4 “Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD is one!” (NASB) Deuteronomy 6:5 “You shall love the LORD your God with all your […]
(NIV) 1 Corinthians 13:4 “Love…is not proud.” (NASB) 1 Corinthians 13:4 “Love…is not arrogant.” (Amplified) 1 Corinthians 13:4 “Love…does display itself haughtily.” Listen to people, watch their body language and facial features…pride and arrogance can be heard in a tone of voice, in the words chosen to speak. Haughtiness looks down on others as ‘lesser […]
(NIV) 1 Corinthians 13:4 “Love…does not boast…” What do people think of those who brag about what they have or the position they hold…or whatever they boast about…isn’t it a ‘turn-off’? Boasting puts the spotlight on the speaker…“Hey, look at me…” What are followers of Christ to boast about? (NIV) 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 26“Brothers, think […]