Scripture Reading - I Cor. 13:4-13
Key Verse - II Cor. 13:5 "Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith, prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates."
One of my friends ,who is the daughter of my mentor in the Lord, recently suggested that I read a book by Francis Chan called Crazy Love. I will be forever grateful for her suggestion as the prayerful reading, study, and application of the thoughts brought forth in this book have caused radical changes in my walk with Christ. The book will cause you to take a close look at yourself. In a lot of areas I didn't like what I saw. But, I am very thankful because God is changing different aspects of my life. One of the things in the book was an exercise which was very convicting to me. Read the passage below, then read the passage again substituting your name for the words that are in bold type.
"Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends.... faith, hope, and love abide, these three, but the greatest of these is love." I Cor. 13:4-8,13
We need to remember that love is a fruit of the Spirit. If you find out as I did that you are falling short in exhibiting love toward God, your family, your church, your neighbor, the stranger on the street, ask God to help you in these areas. Always consider the perfect, unconditional love He has for us. Keep the cross fresh in your mind and follow the greatest commandment found in Matt. 22:37-39 "thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it. Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself."
Be Blessed and Live in the NOW
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