Charity (Love)

Hello everyone,

How are you doing on this day? I hope well and bubbling in the Lord.

Primary Text

“So don’t lose a minute in building on what you’ve been given, complementing your basic faith with good character, spiritual understanding, alert discipline, passionate patience, reverent wonder, warm friendliness, and generous love,…” 2 Peter 1v5-7 (MSG)

The Bible here tells us, that even as we add to the promises and faith that we have virtue, knowledge, self-control, patience, godliness, brotherly kindness, we should also add love. What then is love? 1 Corinthians 13v4-8 (AMP) says “Love endures long and is patient and kind; love never is envious nor boils over with jealousy, is not boastful or vainglorious, does not display itself haughtily. It is not conceited (arrogant and inflated with pride); it is not rude (unmannerly) and does not act unbecomingly. Love (God’s love in us) does not insist on its own rights or its own way, for it is not self-seeking; it is not touchy or fretful or resentful; it takes no account of the evil done to it [it pays no attention to a suffered wrong]. It does not rejoice at injustice and unrighteousness, but rejoices when right and truth prevail. Love bears up under anything and everything that comes, is ever ready to believe the best of every person, its hopes are fadeless under all circumstances, and it endures everything [without weakening]. Love never fails [never fades out or becomes obsolete or comes to an end]. As for prophecy (the gift of interpreting the divine will and purpose), it will be fulfilled and pass away; as for tongues, they will be destroyed and cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away [it will lose its value and be superseded by truth].”

Prayer

Father, I thank You for Your Word. Father, in accordance to Philippians 1v9-11, I pray that our love will overflow more and more, and that we will keep on growing in knowledge and understanding. That we will understand what really matters, so that we may live pure and blameless lives until the day of Christ’s return. May we always be filled with the fruit of our salvation – the righteous character produced in our lives by Jesus Christ  - for this will bring much glory and praise to God. This we pray in accordance to Your Word, believing You have heard and will answer and thanking You for this in Jesus name, amen.