Your Nightly Prayer 🙏🏾 Psalm 61:2
1 Corinthians 13:4 Love endures long and is patient and kind; love never is envious nor boils over with jealousy, is not boastful or vainglorious, does not display itself haughtily.
1 Corinthians 13:5 It 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 its own rights or its 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 [it pays no attention to a suffered wrong].
1 Corinthians 13:6 It does not rejoice at injustice and unrighteousness, but rejoices when right and truth prevail.
1 Corinthians 13:7 Love bears up under anything and everything that comes, is ever ready to believe the best of every person, its hopes are fadeless under all circumstances, and it endures everything [without weakening].
1 Corinthians 13:8 Love never fails [never fades out or becomes obsolete or comes to an end]. As for prophecy (the gift of interpreting the divine will and purpose), it will be fulfilled and pass away; as for tongues, they will be destroyed and cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away [it will lose its value and be superseded by truth].
DEVOTION
Based on 1 Corinthians 13
Love is a verb, not just a feeling—Paul gives us fifteen actions that define it. Patient when people are difficult, kind when they don't deserve it. Never jealous of others' blessings, never boastful about our own. Love has manners, puts others first, keeps its temper. It doesn't keep score of wrongs or celebrate when others fall.
Love throws a party for truth, bears unbearable burdens, believes the best when evidence suggests the worst, hopes when hope seems foolish, endures what seems unendurable. This isn't human love but divine love flowing through human vessels. Every characteristic listed is how God loves us—this passage is a portrait of Jesus.
A.C.T.S. REFLECTION
ADORATION: Perfect Love, You embody every quality listed here. You are endlessly patient with me, unceasingly kind, never jealous or proud. Your love never fails, never ends, never gives up.
CONFESSION: I confess how far I fall short of this love. I'm impatient, unkind, jealous, proud. I keep records of wrongs and give up too easily. My love is conditional and limited.
THANKSGIVING: Thank You for loving me with this perfect love when I'm so imperfect. Thank You for being patient when I'm difficult, kind when I'm ungrateful, hopeful when I'm hopeless.
SUPPLICATION: Lord, teach me to love like You love. Help me be patient today, kind today, humble today. Give me strength to bear, believe, hope, and endure all things through Your love.
PRAYER
From the end of the earth, I will call to you when my heart is overwhelmed. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
PSALM 61:2
Hear my cry, O God, listen to my prayer. I am crying out to You, seeking Your mercy and grace. I am weary and weak, feeling the world's weight on my shoulders. My heart is faint, and my mind is clouded. But I know that You are the rock higher than me, and I look to You for strength and guidance. Lord, You have been my refuge, a strong tower against the enemy. You have protected me in the past, and I trust You will continue to watch over me tonight. Help me let go of my worries and fears and rest in knowing that You are always with me. May Your peace fill my heart and Your love surround me as I sleep. Thank You, God, for Your constant presence in my life. As I close my eyes tonight, I know I am safe in Your hands. In Jesus’ Name, Amen. 🙏🏾
PRAY FOR YOUR COMMUNITY
All sickness and disease to leave my family every curse to be broken over my family to see God heal my broken heart to turn what the devil meant for evil to let only what u can do because of your mercy and grace.
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