TODAY’S SCRIPTURES: Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record or being wronged. It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance. ” 1 Corinthians 13: 4-7
” Three things will last forever- faith, hope and love- and the greatest of these is love.” 1 Corinthians 13:13
TODAY’S MESSAGE: Jealous, boastful, irritable, rude, love to do things my way, carry grudges, give up, and lose faith. These are all things that clarify just what love is not. My question today is how many of us fall into the category of being guilty of at least one of these? Well, I can confess that I either am or I have been guilty of every one of them. I would guess that everyone reading this message today is also guilty of them all. The Lord has provided to us the gift of Love. He tells us, very clearly, that love is patient and love is kind. Through my years of living in this world I have found that I can be patient some of the time and I can be kind some of the time but then I always seem to fall back into my old self. We as sinners have a way of sinning even though we know we should not. We know we should not be proud and boastful but that is hard when you are working hard and accomplishing things that we want others to be aware of. We know that we should not carry grudges or keep a record of those who do bad things to us, but we do anyway. We know that our faith is what keeps us going and that we should continue to strengthen it, but we sometimes lose faith anyway. But that is ok. We may not be perfect but our God in heaven is perfect. He does truly love us and is always patient with the things we do well and in our times of failure. He wipes away the sins that we commit and never keeps a record of them. He may discipline us to help us to learn but always does it with love and understanding. Jesus is love. He is the greatest gift we have ever received. We may not always do the right things in life, but our goal should be to always strive for the same attitude and kindness our Lord displayed when he walked this very earth. He loves us, understands us and always forgives. Accept his gift, spread his love and always strive for strengthened faith! Jesus loves us all! Jesus is Lord! PRAISE THE LORD IN ALL THINGS!
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