Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not love, I am become as sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. Though I'm the highest paid preacher and the most sought-after speaker, and can command thousands by my great oratory skills, if I have not love, in the ears of God, my voice sounds like a baseball bat striking an empty metal bucket.
And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge; and though I have all faith so that I could remove mountains, and have not love, I am nothing. Even if I could predict with precision events of the future; and though there was not a single mystery that I could not solve, nor was there any question that I could not answer; and though I could accomplish great feats with my positive leadership skills, if I have not love, I am nothing.
And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not love, it profits me nothing. Though I empty my bank account and sell everything I have to buy food for the poor, and even if I become a martyr for my cause, if I have not love, it profits me zero.
Love suffers long; Love is kind; Love does not envy; Love does not vaunt itself; Love is not arrogant; Love does not behave rudely; Love does not always demand its own way; Love is not easily provoked; Love does not keep a scorecard of wrongs; Love rejoices in Truth, not iniquity.
Love never gives up; Love is always hopeful, and Love endures through every circumstance.
Love never fails, it never quits, and is everlasting because God is Love and God is everlasting.
And now abides Faith, Hope, and Love, these three, but the greatest of these is Love. Faith will cease when we see Him (Hebrews 11:1); Hope will cease when we receive what we hope for (Romans
Begin the New Year on a solid foundation. Learn of God by studying your Bible. The more you know God, the more you will Love Him.
--Toby Miller
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