Monday, May 11, 2015

The Greatest of these …


Today's blog post is contributed by Denise Friedman:

And now these three remain:  faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.  1 Cor 13:13

We have learned, in recent posts, that faith is the key which makes the impossible possible and hope is the confidence we have that God will work it out.  Today let’s examine “the greatest of these...” The word greatest means most powerful, unstoppable. When we study the above scripture, we learn that love is unstoppable!  John 14:31 “so that the world may learn that I love the Father and do exactly what my Father has commanded me…”

Love actually empowers us to be unstoppable. What gives love its power? Remaining in relationship with Jesus and being obedient to him.  How is our love proven?  Our love is proven by The Father’s love flowing through us. 

When we combine the three, here is what we get:

Faith is your key.  Hope is your attitude.  Love is your motivation.

Father, today I ask you to open our hearts to allow your love flow through each of us.  Let everything we do be motivated by love. We ask this in the name of your precious Son, Jesus, amen.

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