“Hanani, one of my brothers, came from Judah with some other men, and I questioned them about the Jewish remnant that had survived the exile, and also about Jerusalem.” Nehemiah 1:2 (NIV): Some questions are too costly to ask. Not…
“Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.” 1 John 3:18 (NIV) It is easy to love the idea of love. You can talk about agapē, study it, post about it, and…
“Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” John 15:13 (NIV) Nobody warns you how expensive agapē really is. You can admire it from a distance, sing about it on Sunday, and nod…
“Follow the way of love and eagerly desire gifts of the Spirit, especially prophecy.” 1 Corinthians 14:1 (NIV) There is someone in your life you have written off. Maybe they betrayed your trust, walked away without explanation, or caused damage…
“But the greatest of these is love.” 1 Corinthians 13:13b (NIV) You were never meant to generate this love on your own. Many believers carry a quiet exhaustion, trying harder to be more patient, more kind, more giving. But agapē…
“And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.” 1 Corinthians 13:13 (NIV) Most people are building lives that won’t survive eternity. They pour their best years into careers, possessions, and reputations that…
“Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share. In this way they will lay up treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the coming age, so that they…
“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 (NIV) One day…
“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 Corinthians 13:11 (NIV) Spiritual maturity changes…
“If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, their work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the…