Every Day With Jesus, February 12, 2023
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February 12: God’s Love Behaves
1 Corinthians 13:1-13
1 Corinthians 13:1-13
The Greatest Gift
1Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. 2And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body [a]to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing.
4Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not [b]puffed up; 5does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, [c]thinks no evil; 6does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; 7bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
8Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away. 9For we know in part and we prophesy in part. 10But when that which is [d]perfect has come, then that which is in part will be done away.
11When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. 12For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known.
13And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
1 Corinthians 13:5
Doth not behave itself unseemly.
Pastor Andrew Wommack Teaches On "God’s Love Behaves"
One of the biggest lies the devil ever sold us is that love is an overpowering feeling that cannot be controlled. However, God’s kind of love never acts in an inappropriate way. Greek scholar Fritz Rienecker says, “Unseemly means to behave indecently or in a shameful manner.” God’s love is tactful and does nothing that would raise a blush.
People who are so overwhelmed with love that they just can’t control themselves, aren’t overwhelmed with God’s love at all. That unseemly love is devilish. It’s selfish and full of lust. The old line, “We just love each other so much that we can’t control ourselves,” is more accurately rendered, “We are so full of lust that we can’t control ourselves.”
Understanding this will shine the light of truth on many of the lies Satan brings our way. Any time we are smitten with feelings for someone other than our mate, it is not God’s kind of love. His love will never act contrary to His Word. God’s kind of love will never leave us either. Anytime we feel like love is gone, all that really happened is that lust has gone. God’s kind of love never fails. (1 Cor. 13:8.)
Ask the Lord to help you redefine what true love is-on His terms, not yours. Start with the assurance that His kind of love is not a rush of hormones that’ll get you in trouble! His love will bring peace and abundant life.
Prayer
Heavenly Father, help me redifine what true love is on Your terms, not on my terms, so I am able to love unconditionally. I yield to Your Spirit to teach, equip, enable, and empower me with the assurance that Your kind of love is not a rush of hormones that will get me in trouble. I ask for the ability to know and understand when it is your kind of love that will bring me peace and abundant life. I ask for the ability to know and understand when it is your kind of love, when it brings me peace and abundant life. I believe, agree, and receive in Jesus' Mighty Name. Amen!!! (c) pflb 2/12/2023
Devotional by Pastor Andrew Wommack.
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