Posts with the tag “love”

Paul ends 1 Corinthians 13 by lifting love above gifting, influence, knowledge, and spiritual activity because love is what lasts forever. In this devotional, we reflect on the difference between selfish ambition and the love of Christ, and how easy it is to quietly build our lives around recognition instead of faithfulness. If you’ve been wrestling with striving, comparison, or the pressure to be impressive, this devotional will gently call you back to what matters most.  Read More

Paul connects spiritual maturity directly to love, not merely knowledge, gifting, or influence. In this devotional, we reflect on 1 Corinthians 13:11 and how immaturity often reveals itself most clearly in relationships through pride, offense, selfishness, impatience, and the need for attention. If you’ve been asking God to deepen your spiritual growth, this devotional will challenge you to grow not only in knowledge, but in love.   Read More

Real love does not disappear the moment relationships become difficult. In this devotional, we reflect on 1 Corinthians 13:7 and the kind of enduring love that remains faithful, hopeful, and tender even through disappointment and hurt. If you’ve been tempted to withdraw emotionally, give up on people, or protect yourself through distance, this devotional will encourage you to keep your heart soft before God.  Read More

One of the clearest signs that hurt is hardening our hearts is when we begin keeping score. In this devotional, we reflect on 1 Corinthians 13:5 and how bitterness quietly grows when offenses are continually replayed instead of surrendered to God. Forgiveness does not minimize pain or instantly restore trust, but it does refuse to let bitterness take root in the heart. The Gospel reminds us that God relates to us through mercy, not by continually holding our record of wrongs against us. If you’ve been carrying unresolved hurt, resentment, or offense, this devotional will gently encourage you toward healing, surrender, and freedom.  Read More

Kindness can feel small or even weak in a culture that rewards outrage, criticism, and sharpness, but Scripture presents kindness as evidence that the nature of God is truly forming within us. If you’ve been challenged by frustration, criticism, or harshness in your own heart, this devotional will gently call you back to the kindness of Jesus.  Read More

Most people hear 1 Corinthians 13 and immediately think about romance, but Paul originally wrote these words to a divided and spiritually immature church. If you’ve ever wrestled with what biblical love actually looks like in today’s culture, this devotional will challenge and encourage you deeply.  Read More

Light and darkness can’t exist in the same place, and neither can love and hate. This devotional reminds us that walking in the light isn’t about what we claim, but how we love others. If you’ve felt your heart hardening toward others, this is an invitation to let God restore love and bring you back into His light.  Read More

Love isn’t an addition to truth. It’s the evidence of light. In a culture that often rewards harshness, it’s easy to carry truth without realizing love is missing. Scripture brings it back to something simple: where love is present, light is present. If you’ve been trying to hold onto truth but aren’t sure how to carry it well, this will help refocus your heart.   Read More

In Bound Together, this devotional uses the city of Venice as a vivid picture of how love and the Holy Spirit hold God’s people together. Drawing from Colossians 3, it reminds us that compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, patience, and forgiveness are the visible signs of a heart bound together by divine love.  Read More