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1 John 4:10 (NLT) This is real love—not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.

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1 Corinthians 13:6-8 (NIV) Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.  It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.  Love never fails.   I waited until after Valentine’s Day to complete our love scripture because V-Day is a single day while God’s love is to be celebrated and shared every…

It’s sometimes good to hear a fresh spin on a familiar passage.  These are the words of Eugene Peterson from The Message. 1 Corinthians 13:1-10 (MSG) – The Way of Love If I speak with human eloquence and angelic ecstasy but don’t love, I’m nothing but the creaking of a rusty gate.  If I speak…

1 Corinthians 13:4-5 (NLT) 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 of being wronged.   Remember while reading further into this familiar scripture that Paul is not describing romantic love, rather…

1 Corinthians 13:1-3 (NIV) If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.  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,…