[New post] Are you able to pray to love like this?

dailylivingministries posted: " Be Still . . . Devotionals for Daily Living © Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with th" Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on Daily Living Ministries Are you able to pray to love like this? by dailylivingministries Be Still . . . Devotionals for Daily Living © Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. (1 Corinthians 13:4-7 (ESV)) Have you ever been at a loss for words? I, like many of you, have read this passage countless times, but tonight, the simple yet magnificent beauty of this type of love left me without words. I had to read it many times and pray for insight. As humans, we like to think that we are capable of love, but when compared to this standard, we fall very short of the ideal that God has defined for us. Sadly, I didn't even make it past the third word. How far did you make it before you started feeling something tugging at your spirit? This passage defines for us the ideal love that God desires for us to possess, but it also acts as a measuring rod that we should use as a basis for our desires and our prayers to possess a love like the love of the Lord! Have you heard of the concept of praying the scriptures? Basically you take a passage and you pray for that passage to be made manifest in your life. You stand firm in the truth and the power of scripture. All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. (2 Timothy 3:16-17 (NIV)) I can't think of a better passage to pray in order to be thoroughly equipped for every good work. Lord, I long to love as You love. Make me patient. Make me kind. I don't want to be envious or boastful. Correct me when I am arrogant or rude. Lord, help me to put others first and myself last. Give me Your joy and Your peace so that I am not irritable or resentful. Lord, give me a heart that breaks when I see wrongdoing. Let me delight in Your truth and in those who know Your truth. Lord, give me the ability to bear all things for the truth of Your love. Instill in me a belief that all things work for Your good. Lord, give me the ability to hope when it appears that all hope is gone, and grant me the endurance to see Your love made manifest in all the earth! For the second time tonight, I am at a loss for words because of the sheer power of such a prayer. Are you able to love like this? Are you able to pray to love like this? Copyright 1998 - 2021 Dennis J. Smock Daily Living Ministries, Inc. http://www.dailylivingministries.org Support Daily Living Ministries Subscribe to daily email delivery Visit us on facebook This free site is ad-supported. Learn more ​ dailylivingministries | July 29, 2021 at 3:19 am | Tags: Be still, bears, believes, endures, hopes, kind, Love, patient, rejoices, truth | Categories: Uncategorized | URL: https://wp.me/plx60-1Xd Comment    See all comments    Like Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from Daily Living Ministries. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: https://dailylivingministries.wordpress.com/2021/07/29/are-you-able-to-pray-to-love-like-this/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com