LOVE IS ESSENTIAL (1 OF 7)
by Joey Rodgers
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1-8
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Love Is Essential (1 of 7)
Series: Love Revolution
Joey Rodgers
1 Corinthians 13:1-8
Love. What comes to mind when you hear this word? It's a topic that's inspired 100's of poems, 1000's of songs, and untold numbers of books - all talking about this crazy little thing called love. But what is it really?
I asked a person this week this question and they said, Love is what makes the world go round. True, love may make the world go round, but as my dad would say, so too does a big swallow of tobacco juice!
Yet the truth is - the idea of love can be a bit elusive. I read a story about a pastor who preached one Sunday evening on love and how this world needs more love. The next day, he had some concrete poured for a new patio behind his house. But before the concrete could set, some neighborhood kids decided they'd leave their handprints in the wet cement. When the pastor caught them in the act, he angrily yelled at them. ''Get out of here!'' Noticing his hateful attitude, his wife said, ''Didn't you just preach a sermon last night on how to be loving to others! You didn't show much love to those kids!'' He replied, ''What I meant was I love people in the abstract, but not in concrete!''
Isn't this the problem many of us face? We like the idea of love - loving people in the abstract,'' but when it comes right down to loving people in the concrete - loving them when it matters, we might still be lacking.
This AM, I want us to look at passage that's likely very familiar to all of us from 1 Corinthians 13. It's a passage we've likely heard recited 100's of times at weddings and from pulpits concerning the idea of love.
If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my b ...
Series: Love Revolution
Joey Rodgers
1 Corinthians 13:1-8
Love. What comes to mind when you hear this word? It's a topic that's inspired 100's of poems, 1000's of songs, and untold numbers of books - all talking about this crazy little thing called love. But what is it really?
I asked a person this week this question and they said, Love is what makes the world go round. True, love may make the world go round, but as my dad would say, so too does a big swallow of tobacco juice!
Yet the truth is - the idea of love can be a bit elusive. I read a story about a pastor who preached one Sunday evening on love and how this world needs more love. The next day, he had some concrete poured for a new patio behind his house. But before the concrete could set, some neighborhood kids decided they'd leave their handprints in the wet cement. When the pastor caught them in the act, he angrily yelled at them. ''Get out of here!'' Noticing his hateful attitude, his wife said, ''Didn't you just preach a sermon last night on how to be loving to others! You didn't show much love to those kids!'' He replied, ''What I meant was I love people in the abstract, but not in concrete!''
Isn't this the problem many of us face? We like the idea of love - loving people in the abstract,'' but when it comes right down to loving people in the concrete - loving them when it matters, we might still be lacking.
This AM, I want us to look at passage that's likely very familiar to all of us from 1 Corinthians 13. It's a passage we've likely heard recited 100's of times at weddings and from pulpits concerning the idea of love.
If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my b ...
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