1 Corinthians 13:1-13 (NIV) 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.
Read the Love Passage (1 Cor 13) three times slowly.
Underline the descriptive words of ‘Love’
Read the passage out loud substituting the word “love” with “Jesus”.
Does this passage describe Jesus?
Now, read the passage out loud substituting the word “love” with your name.
Does the passage describe you?
What do you need to confess or repent to God?
Spend time in prayer, praying as the Lord leads.