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Numbers 24; Numbers 25; Numbers 26; Numbers 27; 1 Corinthians 13
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Scripture

1 Corinthians 13

Love

1 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.

2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.

3 If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.

4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.

5 It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.

6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.

7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.

9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part,

10 but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears.

11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me.

12 Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.


Observation

If I asked you to describe “love” what would you say?

Would you define love as an emotion, or as a feeling; what is love to you?

This is the love chapter of the Bible and you can’t explain God’s love any better than what is written in I Cor. 13!

The best definition that I have ever heard of God’s “Agape” Love is this: Meeting a person’s needs, their physical needs and their spiritual needs.

Agape Love is way more than a feeling; way more than romantic it is God’s love for others. When I hear from couples that are fighting it is usually because they are not putting into practice I Cor. 13! “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.”


Application

Are we putting into practice “Agape Love”? Let’s evaluate our relationships today in light of I Cor. 13!


Prayer

Heavenly Father, help me Agape love people today. Help me be more concerned about them than for myself. Love people through today me. Thank you that you always love me with “Agape Love”!




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