1 Corinthians 13:1-13

• Paul is addressing believers
• Children like to ring the doorbell over and over
• God says it’s time to grow up and stop ringing the doorbell over and over
• Ringing the doorbell represents what you say and not what you do! [If I am the most intelligent person in the world and have faith (what you say), but don’t love others (what you do)…you are nothing)]
• You can boast about all the things you do, but you gain nothing if you do not have love for others
• Love is patient and kind
• Patience makes a perfect work. When you ask for it, you will be tried
• You must be able to ring the doorbell once and know that it will be opened
• You should not be irritable, be rude, or keep records of when you have been wronged (ding dong ding dong)
• We should not boast and rejoice when someone else has a downfall (ding dong, dong)
• Love never gives up because it hides a multitude of sin
• Love endures in every situation (not some) and every circumstance
• Your gifts will eventually become useless (prophecy/tongues) and we only know parts…but love lasts forever
• When Jesus comes back, these partial things become useless
• When you grow up, you put away childish things (ringing the doorbell over and over)
• There are three things that last…faith, hope and love
• But the greatest of these is love
• Grow up, recognize when you make a fool of yourself (doing the same things over and over again and expect a different result) and know that love will hide a multitude of sin
• Agape love- love in spite of; It’s the God in you that provides that agape love
• Love is a decision, not a feeling

2 Chronicles 7:14

• Devote
• Interest
• kNowing
• God
• Definitely
• Only
• Needs
• Gratefulness