This is the story of her very stressful period of time when she broke up with Marc Anthony and decided to go on tour for the very first time(!). I had hoped there would be something in there that would make me like her. Love is the one needful thing-our priority.I will say right upfront that I am not a Jennifer Lopez fan, and I didn't change my mind after reading this book. Love is the greatest of all gifts, for love makes the rest of the gifts graceful. Love’s pre-eminence is suggested by the phrase “but the greatest of these is love” (v. Love will always abide, may always be exercised, and can be adapted to all circumstances in which we may be placed. Love’s permanency is suggested by the phrase “love never fails” (v. Love brightens all things, bears all things and braves all things.ģ. Love maintains a disposition that refuses to make public or to avenge the faults of others. Love rejoices in the virtues of others, not their vices. It does not sympathize with evil, nor does it delight in anything that does not conform to the standard of right. It does not condemn on suspicion or without evidence, nor is it malicious nor disposed to find fault. When love holds the reins of the soul, there is little danger of provocation to anger and spiteful action that leads to sin. There is no selfishness in the true love. Love does not brag or boast or sing its own praises. Love takes a back seat and is willing to work behind the scenes. Love never embarrasses the owner or recipient. 4), not jealous or displeased when others are successful. Love produces good manners and courtesy at all times. It is mild under all irritations and ill usage. It bears injustice without anger or despair. Nothing can supply its place naught can be connected with salvation without it.”Ģ. Love therefore, is more valuable and precious than all these endowments. If I have not true love to God, I must perish, after all. Albert Barnes notes, “If there is not true piety, there can be no benefit in this to my soul. If a person could unlock the mysteries of the entire universe and call forth faith to remove mountains, he would be zero without love. Love is the vital principle, and without it all other endowments, including excellence in communication, is vain. There’s no better passage to study than the “Love Chapter” of the Bible which describes the agape love of God which is necessary for mothers, fathers, sons, daughters-and for all the rest of us.ġ. There’s no one like mothers! The words “mother” and “love” go together like left and right hands, and on this Mother’s Day of 2003, Spit it out.” Keith dutifully removed the gum and went back to his meeting. “Phil Keith, are you chewing gum?” demanded his mom, who had been watching on cable TV. Startled to see that the call was from his mother, he rushed to the press table and phoned her. Introduction: According to the Knoxville News-Sentinel, Police Chief Phil Keith was in the middle of a city council meeting in Knoxville, Tennessee, when his pager beeped. You’re never too old for your mother to correct you. Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1–13, especially verse 1: “Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal.” To we are going to look in to the power of Love for one another. What greater Love between two Humans then the love between a mother and her child. Mother’s day is the day we honor mothers here in the United States. What greater Love then the love of a mother? It read, “Mom, I remember that little prayer you used to say for me every day,” Inside was the prayer: “God help you if you ever do that again.” He had a little cut on his face and there were smudges all over this card. He had a wagon, and toys were everywhere. On the front was a little boy with untied sneakers. It was a great big card written in a little child’s printing-little first-grade printing. I remember a Mother’s Day card I saw that was really cute. A Mother’s Day Comment by Chuck Swindoll:
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