Love — light poured out and received in open hands

Love is the greatest1 Corinthians 13:1-13Length: Standard

Eat

Read the passage slowly, read it again, then retell it in your own words. If you can't retell it, read it once more.

  • Read
  • Reread
  • Retell

Digest

Answer from what the passage actually says — stay in the text.

  1. What does this passage show me about God?

    • How does this passage describe what love is and what love is not?
  2. What does it show me about people — and about myself?

    • Which phrase — patient, kind, not easily angered, keeps no record of wrongs — challenges you most?
  3. What will I obey this week? (a concrete step, with a day)

    • Choose one line of this chapter to practice with one person this week — which will it be?
  4. Who will I tell?

    • Who could you read this chapter with and talk about the love that never fails?

Grow

Growth is God's part, not yours. Do the cycle faithfully and trust Him to give the growth (1 Corinthians 3:6–7).

Pray

Lord, without love I am nothing, no matter what else I do. Make me patient and kind, and grow in me this gift that is greater than all the rest.