You might think you are a very religious person. But if your tongue is out of control, you are fooling yourself. Your careless talk makes your offerings to God worthless. The worship that God wants is this: caring for orphans or widows who need help and keeping yourself free from the worldβs evil influence. This is the kind of worship that God accepts as pure and good.
I have been crucified with the Anointed OneβI am no longer aliveβbut the Anointed is living in me; and whatever life I have left in this failing body I live by the faithfulness of Godβs Son, the One who loves me and gave His body on the cross for me.
Pursue the greater gifts, and let me tell you of a more excellent wayβlove.
1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Itβs a loving God who birthed creation and now pursues a broken people in the most spectacular way. That same love must guide believers.
Love is patient; love is kind. Love isnβt envious, doesnβt boast, brag, or strut about. Thereβs no arrogance in love; itβs never rude, crude, or indecentβitβs not self-absorbed. Love isnβt easily upset. Love doesnβt tally wrongs or celebrate injustice; but truthβyes, truthβis loveβs delight! Love puts up with anything and everything that comes along; it trusts, hopes, and endures no matter what.
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