"Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth." (1 Corinthians 13:6) If we think of evil as dark and truth as light, then the picture of this concept becomes clearer. We know that Satan is "the evil one" and we know he represents darkness, death and...
It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres." (1 Corinthians 13:7) I have a chronic condition that causes pain and fatigue. I have the tools to manage the pain, but the fatigue is much more elusive. Recently when my symptoms began to intensify,...
"Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears." (1...
"When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me." (1 Cor. 13:11) What exactly are "the ways of childhood"? Children depend quite a bit on others to do for them what...
"For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known." (1 Corinthians 13:12) You are "fully known" by God. He formed you in your mother’s womb. (Psalm 139:13) He has...
While David is fleeing Israel, he meets up with numerous people on the way. The first recorded encounter was with Ziba, the servant of Mephibosheth, and Ziba came bearing gifts: "There was Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth, who met him with a couple of saddled donkeys,...
Last week, in Managing Troubles, Part 4, we discovered that falling into the trap of talking but not listen will only make things worse for us. This week's lesson focuses on another mistake we so often make when faced with troubles: We fail to see God's unfailing love...
In Bread of Life, Part 2, we discovered that Jesus is our "bread", that when we accept His gift of Salvation by Grace, we have our sustenance into life eternal! But more than that, Jesus also gives us freedom from addictions, freedom from worry, power over sickness...
In Bread of Life, Part 3, we discovered that Jesus' discourse on being the Bread of Life is really a true picture to us of God's unending, merciful love, love that reached out to a sinful, dying people who are on a death race to hell, and opened another door. We saw...