Bible Verse of The Day – 9-7-18

1 Corinthians 13:4-7 (NKJV) 4 Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; 5 does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; 6 does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; 7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

Love does not seek its own.

Love will not put itself before others, nor will it be self-serving.

Love will let others go first. Love will offer what it has to others, even when what is being offered is not plentiful.

Love will be kind and considerate, even when doing so doesn’t come easy.

Love will smile and encourage others even while fighting unknown battles that make us want to do anything but smile.

As a young teenager, I remember spending the night at my maternal grandparents’ house. In the morning I wanted to have a bowl of cereal for breakfast. My grandmother also wanted to have a bowl of bran cereal.

The problem was that there was only enough milk for one of us. I would have been perfectly fine with having something else for breakfast, but my grandmother wouldn’t hear of it. She knew I preferred cereal.

She quickly poured herself a bowl of bran flakes and proceeded to put water in her bowl, instead of milk, choosing to eat her cereal with water so I could have the last bit of milk with my cereal.

That is one of the best examples of love not seeking its own that I can think of sharing with you to demonstrate this particular aspect of love.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

401-315-0902

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