GOOD MORNING:
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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:
OUR DAILY MEDITATION SCRIPTURES: 1 CORINTHIANS 13:8 – 12.
(8) CHARITY NEVER FAILETH: BUT WHETHER THERE BE PROPHECIES, THEY SHALL FAIL; WHETHER THERE BE TONGUES, THEY SHALL CEASE; WHETHER THERE BE KNOWLEDGE, IT SHALL VANISH AWAY.
PAUL IS SAYING THAT LOVE (AGAPE) WILL ENDURE FOREVER BECAUSE LOVE IS AN ETERNAL QUALITY BASED ON THE NATURE OF EL SHADDAI GOD HIMSELF ( 1 JOHN 4:7, 16). AS CHRISTIANS WE SHOULD LOVE PEOPLE GENUINELY EVERYDAY OF OUR LIVES! HALLELUJAH! AMEN.
(9, 10) FOR WE KNOW IN PART, AND WE PROPHECY IN PART. BUT WHEN THAT WHICH IS PERFECT IS COME, THEN THAT WHICH IS IN PART SHALL BE DONE AWAY.
PAUL WAS WRITING TO THE CORINTHIANS BUT IT ALSO, LETS US KNOW THAT EVEN WHEN WE PROPHECY WE CAN ONLY REVEAL WHAT THE LORD REVEALS TO US BECAUSE WE DON’T HAVE FULL KNOWLEDGE ITS ONLY WHAT THE LORD REVEALS TO US THAT WE CAN SAY…… THE LORD DOESN’T REVEAL EVERYTHING TO US BUT WHAT HE WANTS! HALLELUJAH! AMEN. WE MUST ALWAYS REMEMBER: MANY THINGS ARE TEMPORARY, BUT LOVE IS ETERNAL! AMEN.
(11) WHEN I WAS A CHILD, I SPAKE AS A CHILD, I UNDERSTOOD AS A CHILD, I THOUGHT AS A CHILD: BUT WHEN I BECAME A MAN, I PUT AWAY CHILDISH THINGS.
THIS IS A REFERENCE TO HOW CHILDREN VIEW THE WORLD IN COMPARISON TO HOW MATURE PEOPLE VIEW LIFE. CHILDREN ONLY SEE HERE AND NOW.; THEY SEE NO FUTURE VISION. IN THE AREA OF GIFTS, THE CORINTHIAN CHRISTIANS, UNLIKE PAUL, WERE CHILDISH AND WE KNOW THAT LEARNING TO LOVE IS PART OF THE PROCESS OF MATURING IN CHRIST.
(12) FOR NOW WE SEE THROUGH A GLASS, DARKLY,; BUT THEN FACE TO FACE: NOW I KNOW IN PART; BUT THEN SHALL I KNOW EVEN AS I AM KNOWN.
IN THE NEW TESTAMENT IN PAUL’S TIME A MIRROR WAS MADE OF POLISHED METAL, SO PEOPLE LOOKING INTO THESE MIRRORS DID NOT SEE A VERY CLEAR IMAGE OF THEMSELVES. PAUL IS TELLING US WE DO NOT SEE OURSELVES CLEARLY NOW. WE DO NOT REALLY SEE OUR SIN OR POTENTIAL. WE AS CHRISTIANS NEED TO CRY OUT UNTO GOD DAILY SEEKING HIM, LETTING HIM KNOW I AM NOT SATISFIED WHERE I AM, FORGIVE ME OF MY SINS, CLEANSE ME OF ALL MY UNRIGHTEOUSNESS, IF I SAID OR THOUGHT THE WRONG THING OR DID SOMETHING UNPLEASING IN THINE SIGHT FORGIVE ME, O GOD, BLOT OUT MY TRANSGRESSIONS, BLOOD WASH ME BLOOD COVER ME IN CHRIST JESUS NAME, MAKE ME WHITE AS SNOW, MAKE ME TO HEAR JOY AND GLADNESS, CREATE IN ME A CLEAN AND PURE HEART, I WANT MORE OF YOU (GOD), YOUR CHARACTER, ATTITUDE, JUST TO BE MORE LIKE YOU IN CHRIST JESUS NAME I LOVE YOU WITH ALL MY SOUL, WITH ALL MY HEART, WITH ALL MY MIND, AND WITH ALL MY STRENGTH. THANK YOU JESUS. HALLELUJAH! AMEN. PRAISE GOD. HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY! THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND VISITING MISSIONARY CYNTHIA BENNETT. I LOVE YOU. GOD BLESS YOU!