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T.O.D.A.Y.'S ENCOURAGEMENT for Apr. 20, 2004
T.O.D.A.Y.
Ministries
14745 Merrilltown #1611 Austin TX 78728
Good
Morning!
I
am using the Amplified Version of the Bible to expound on 1Corinthians 13:4-8,
and I started this "series" out by saying that The Lord gives us
Stop signs in our daily journey with Him...(I encourage you to go back and
read that "encouragement"). You can go to the "archive
page" on our website....it started with April 07, 2004. I
gave you some "scriptures" that show us some of those Stop signs.
Now, we are walking through the
"scriptures" that are found in 1Corinthians 13...I guess I should
entitle this part of the series..."Stop in the name of Love"!
(no pun intended!)
We have already looked at the Stop signs
in verse 4...let's move on to verse 5. I encourage you, again, to put
your name wherever you see the word "love"!
1Corinthians 13:5....Love is not
conceited---arrogant and inflated with pride; it is not rude (unmannerly), and
does not act unbecomingly. Love (God's love in us) does not insist on it's own
rights or it's own way, for it is not self-seeking; it is not touchy or
fretful or resentful; it takes no account of the evil done to it---pays no
attention to a suffered wrong.
Are you willing to say.....I refuse to be
conceited and full of pride, and I refuse to be rude, and I refuse to insist
that everyone has to let me have "my way", and I refuse to be
"touchy" or "resentful", and I refuse to "keep a
record" of all the hurtful things that someone has said or done to me?
If you are willing to say that "out loud", then you have made a
"decision" to obey some of the STOP signs, which means
that you are still "making progress" on your journey....but, there
are more STOP signs up ahead! We will talk about them tomorrow~~~~~
Have
a Blessed Day!!
(Keep it Simple!) In His Love,
Luanne
www.todayministries.org
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