{"id":5208,"date":"2015-12-16T01:00:09","date_gmt":"2015-12-16T06:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/?p=5208"},"modified":"2015-12-15T13:52:21","modified_gmt":"2015-12-15T18:52:21","slug":"bible-verse-of-the-day-12-16-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/bible-verse-of-the-day-12-16-15\/","title":{"rendered":"Bible Verse of The Day &#8211; 12-16-15"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>In everything that we do, there is one motive that is pure; Love.<\/p>\n<p>Love can overcome racism, bigotry, sexism, greed, envy, adultery, anger, selfishness, poverty and so many other things that we wrestle with or are affected by in our lives.<\/p>\n<p>So much time and energy is wasted on trying to find solutions for many of life&#8217;s problems. But God has already shown us the right way&#8230; the Perfect way; Love.<\/p>\n<p>Love will always put others first. Love will cause us to reach out to others in need. Love will cause us to see past a person&#8217;s sin or shortcomings and give to them, even if they don&#8217;t deserve it.<\/p>\n<p>Love will keep us from judging someone based on their clothing, their attitude, their physical appearance, their race or their ethnicity.<\/p>\n<p>Love overcomes fear. Love overcomes doubt. Love overcomes suspicion. Love overcomes cynicism.<\/p>\n<p>If we could live our lives and leave only one thing behind as a legacy, let it be this; Love.<\/p>\n<p>1 Corinthians 13:13 (NKJV) 13 And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.<\/p>\n<p>Pastor Curt &amp; Pastor Ellie<\/p>\n<p>Seven Seas Ministries<br \/>\nP.O. Box 272<br \/>\nBradford, RI 02808<\/p>\n<p>401-315-0902<\/p>\n<p>If you know someone who will enjoy this or be encouraged by it, please feel free to share it with them!<\/p>\n<p>To have the Bible Verse of The Day delivered to your inbox each day, please <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Click Here<\/a> and then enter your email address in the box near the upper left corner of the\u00a0page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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, &#8230; <a title=\"Bible Verse of The Day &#8211; 12-16-15\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/bible-verse-of-the-day-12-16-15\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Bible Verse of The Day &#8211; 12-16-15\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[2735,2923,2925,2926,2924,2339],"class_list":["post-5208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-love","tag-bible-verses-about-love","tag-bible-verses-about-love-conqueors-all","tag-bible-verses-about-love-overcoming-hatred","tag-bible-verses-about-love-overcoming-racism","tag-bible-verses-about-love-overcoming-sin","tag-what-the-bible-says-about-love"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5208"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5210,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5208\/revisions\/5210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}