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Paul also says, in ALL things. This encompasses every season and every circumstance. There is no feasible situation in which genuine love would fail to cover and protect. Love is consistent and true. Love keeps personal matters confidential. When we love others, they should never fear the things they have shared with you will be…
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The passage from 1 Corinthians 13:6 teaches that love does not rejoice in unrighteousness but in truth. It challenges us to examine our reactions to others’ blessings and confronts envy and bitterness. True love rejoices in integrity, honesty, and selflessness, never finding pleasure in others’ failures.
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The post delves into the nature of love, emphasizing that genuine love does not rejoice in wrongdoing. It highlights the tendency to derive pleasure from others’ misfortunes and emphasizes the importance of empathetic and compassionate responses. The message conveys that celebrating others’ hardships contradicts the essence of love and calls for heartfelt concern instead.
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Love does not nurse resentment of others who have wronged us. When we fixate on how we have been wronged, our anger takes on a life of its own and becomes disproportionate to the original offence.
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Angry people are often repeat offenders. Anger is like an addictive substance. The more angry you are, the more you feel the need to get angry. Read that again! The more angry you are the more you feel the need to be angry. Being angry has become a normal feeling and without it, you feel lost and not…
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Those who are selfish will tear down others in order to elevate themselves or to get what they want. Selfishness is a very ugly quality for an individual to have and can do great damage to others.
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God created everyone with a purpose and each person is significant. Cutting others down, belittling, and rude sarcasm should never hold a place in the life of a Christian character.
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As we continue our journey this month in discovering God’s Love, we have looked at the source of all love is God. God is love and love is God. We have journeyed through love being patient and kind. We have also looked at love not being envious or boastful. We come to the end of 1 Corinthians 13:4 and
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Those who boast about themselves are discontent grumblers who live according to their own selfish desires. They use their words to flatter people and impress people for their own advantage.
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So Paul listed that love is patient and kind, then he hits the first characteristic love is not: envious. What is envy? Desiring what is not yours. Fear of loosing something. Painful or resentful awareness of an advantage enjoyed by another joined with desire to posses the same. The Greek word used is zēloō. It
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