Day 12 - Sept 25
Daily Reading: 1 Corinthians 13
Theme: Overflowing Joy
Special Verse: Romans 15:13 — “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace…”
Personal: Ask God to restore joy, hope, and spiritual vitality.
External: Pray for those battling depression, anxiety, or hopelessness.
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Love Defined
More songs have been sung, books written, pictures painted, hearts healed, or relationships restored by love than any other force.
But no description of love matches this incredible revelation in the Bible. The beauty of these words is the work of the Holy Spirit, who moved the Apostle to record them for all people to understand how love operates.
The most powerful and compelling thing a follower of Jesus can do is to take the revelation of God and apply it in obedience to Christ. Here is an interesting way to personalize this teaching on love. Take each descriptive and replace the word “love” with your own name.
Here’s the template for your use. Simply put your name in each of the blanks, read it aloud, and you’ll end up with a vision for how you should live your life.
Suffers long and is kind; does not envy; does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. never fails.
