Good morning, Lord Jesus. You are in me and I am in You. Form Your thoughts in my mind and Your desires in my heart, as You guide my steps throughout this day. …
“Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though all have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing. 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. Love never fails…” (1 Corinthians 13:1-8).
The mountains may tremble and the seas may roar, but Your love never fails. Earthquakes may rock our world and economic tsunamis may wash away everything not built upon the solid rock of a security in You alone, but Your love never fails. And Your love is in us—moving us with compassion for the broken, courage to stand with the fearful, tenacity to endure with the hopeless, because Your love never fails. “Three things will last forever—faith, hope, and love—and the greatest of these is love” (1 Corinthians 13:13, NLT).
When we love, we cannot fail. We may make mistakes; we may sin. But by the mercy of Your grace, You redeem our mistakes and forgive our sins. You keep on loving us and keep on loving through us. Your love is the greatest power in the world—the power to change us and the power to change the world through us. And with that thought in our minds and that desire in our hearts, we cannot fail, because love never fails. “The faithful love of the Lord never ends! His mercies never cease. Great is His faithfulness” (Lamentations 3:22-23, NLT).
In the power of Your love, every catastrophe becomes an opportunity for Your nature to be manifested through our lives. Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory. And the foundation of Your kingdom, Your power, and Your glory is love. “He who does not love does not know God, for God is love (1 John 4:8). It’s a kingdom of love that will never end (Daniel 7:14). And it’s a kingdom of love that’s here now, within us (Luke 17:20-21). This is the kingdom of Your love that will never fail. In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.
Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays
Friends, I join with you in prayer for the people of Japan, enduring the devastation of yet another earthquake. May these catastrophes in their lives and any in our lives become opportunities to love and be loved in the power of God through the people of God. God bless you and thank you for joining with me in the journey of prayer for one another and for our world.
Thank you for praying for us at our Power and Love Conference this week in Lexington. We've been going out in the city all week, praying for people and coming back to share amazing stories of God's love and power moving among us. I pray for the move of God in the power of His love in Your city and region as well!
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