(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 […]
(Amplified) 1 Corinthians 13:4 “…love never is envious nor boils over with jealousy…” Of what can be said with assurance concerning envy and/or jealousy? They are both deadly…they kill relationships and they create viciousness within the person enslaved by them. (Amplified) Proverbs 14:30 “A calm and undisturbed mind and heart are the life and health […]
A prayer which can be used for others and for yourself: (NASB) Philippians 1:9-11 “And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in real knowledge and all discernment, 10 so that you may approve the things that are excellent, in order to be sincere and blameless until the day of […]
Love is patient…Love is kind… Have you noticed that these words do not have ‘if’ attached to them. Love is patient…if others are patient with me. Love is kind…if others are kind towards me. As a follower of Christ – there are no conditions, no ‘ifs’, ‘ands’, or ‘buts’. Love is patient. Love is kind. […]
(NASB) 1 Corinthians 13:4 “Love is patient…” God is patient…with you and me. He has chosen to be patiently loving and lovingly patient with us. Have you ever sat in a park, or in a ‘private place’ meditating on God and His love? Have you ever thought about His patience with you? How easy it […]
A prayer which can be used for others and for yourself: (NASB) Philippians 1:9-11 “And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in real knowledge and all discernment, 10 so that you may approve the things that are excellent, in order to be sincere and blameless until the day of […]