by MJR | May 23, 2022 | Genuine Hope
Be on your guard, stand firm in the faith, live like men, be strong! Let everything that you do be done in love.1 Corinthians 16: 13-14 As Paul concludes his first letter to the church at Corinth, he inserts a final significant spiritual challenge to the people in...
by MJR | May 20, 2022 | Genuine Hope
So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.1 Corinthians 13: 13 Earlier this week, I saw this quote on social media: We are not told in the Sermon on the Mount, ‘Live like this and you will become Christian’; rather we are told,...
by MJR | May 18, 2022 | Genuine Hope
Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.1 Corinthians 13: 7 (NLT) Have you ever been a bit disillusioned by another person? Betrayed? Hurt? Have you come to the end of your own ability to love another who has...
by MJR | May 17, 2022 | Genuine Hope
Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth.1 Corinthians 13: 4-6 It is hard to argue against the...
by MJR | May 16, 2022 | Genuine Hope
Love is patient and kind…1 Corinthians 13: 4(a) Expressing our love in terms of patience and kindness is often challenging, especially in our family relationships, but I once witnessed a parent who was the epitome of patience and kindness. A waiting room is hardly a...
by MJR | May 13, 2022 | Genuine Hope
If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am...