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Love is Patient

Posted: September 27, 2011 in 1 Cor 13:8, New Testament
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A responsive reading based on 1 Cor 13:1-8 M:        Love is patient C:        It is not hurried M:        love is kind C:        It is not harsh, rough or hurtful M:        It does not envy C:        It knows no other Gods M:        it does not boast C:        but only in Christ M:        it is not proud [...]

Love is patient It is not hurried love is kind It is not harsh, rough or hurtful It does not envy It knows no other Gods it does not boast but only in Christ it is not proud It is humble It is not rude It is polite, refined and civil it is not self-seeking [...]

Love never fails. (NIV) Love never dies.  (MSG) Love will last forever.  (NLT) Love never ends.  (ESV) Love never failith.  (ASV) The love doth never fall. (YLT) It doesn’t matter how you say it; God is love and love does not fail. “Love” is a difficult word to define and you will get a different [...]

This past Sunday I was delivering a children’s message on Jesus’ parable of the fig tree (Luke 13:6-9) and I made the point with the children that Jesus is like the gardener because he is patient with us.   This was unplanned, but the next thing that I said was that I know this because:   [...]