“Let love be your highest goal” 1 Corinthians 14:1 NIV
To Love the Way We Are Called to Love:
- Wordsare not enough
“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.” 1 Corinthians 13:1 NIV
- Knowledgeand faithare not enough
“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 do not have love, I am nothing.” 1 Corinthians 13:2 NIV
- Giftsand sacrificeare not enough
“If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.” 1 Corinthians 13:3 NIV
Love Is:
- Patient, kind
Love is Not:
- Envious, boastful, proud, dishonorable, self-seeking, easily angered, begrudging
Love Does:
- Rejoice with the truth, always protect, always trust, always hope, always persevere
Love Does Not:
- Delight in evil, fail
“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, 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.” 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 NIV