August 16, 2020

1 Corinthians 13:11

When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

Greetings Bible Enthusiast!

Yesterday we looked at 1 Corinthians 13:4-7, where Paul is talking about love.

"Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things."

It is difficult for children to love this way, as they are self-centered. The common tease for teenagers these days, is that they say, "It's ALL about ME!"

Not so with the spirit led Christian. It's ALL about GOD, JESUS, and the HOLY SPIRIT! What do they want!

God Bless You!
Annie

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TODAY'S NOT SO TRIVIAL TRIVIA QUESTION:

Q. Who lifted up the serpent in the wilderness?

Answer below.

TODAY'S BIT OF WISDOM/REFLECTION:

Christians are supposed not merely to endure change, nor even to profit by it, but to cause it.

-Harry Emerson Fosdick

FEATURED FUNNY:

A few years ago we were desperately trying to sell our house, which was situated on a busy thoroughfare. Our real estate agent decided to have open-house inspection nearly every day to promote the sale. We instructed the children not to talk to anyone about the house.

One evening a man took our seven-year-old daughter aside and asked if our house had any secrets he should know. Her first reaction was to smile and ignore his question. But he became more persistent and, finally, she confessed there was one secret but she could not tell it to him.

"Now we're getting somewhere," he said. "Tell me the secret. I promise I won't tell anyone."

She looked him straight in the eye and whispered, "We have angels watching over us here."

ANSWER TO TRIVIA QUESTION:

Q. Who lifted up the serpent in the wilderness?

A. Moses

John 3:14

And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness....