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 worldโs evil influence. This is the kind of worship that God accepts as pure and good.
I have been crucified with the Anointed OneโI am no longer aliveโbut the Anointed is living in me; and whatever life I have left in this failing body I live by the faithfulness of Godโs 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 wayโlove.
1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Itโs 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 isnโt envious, doesnโt boast, brag, or strut about. Thereโs no arrogance in love; itโs never rude, crude, or indecentโitโs not self-absorbed. Love isnโt easily upset. Love doesnโt tally wrongs or celebrate injustice; but truthโyes, truthโis loveโs delight! Love puts up with anything and everything that comes along; it trusts, hopes, and endures no matter what.
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