9 a.m.
Please arrive by 8:30 a.m. Downloadable PDF Lesson Plans for 9:00 a.m. Service:
10:45 a.m.
Please arrive by 10:15 a.m. Downloadable PDF Lesson Plans for 10:45 a.m. Service:
Leader Devo
“Can’t Buy Me Love” by the Beatles was a crazy popular song back in the 1960s. Its message is clear: You can’t buy love.
So how do we find love? And maybe more importantly, how do we share love?
In 1 Corinthians 13:1–8, Paul writes that we can have many spiritual gifts, knowledge, and money, but if we lack God’s love, we truly have nothing. To make matters more challenging, he writes in verse 12, “For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror” (NIV). Our knowledge, our hope, even our understanding of God’s love are not yet complete—they are like looking in a fogged-up mirror. We can wipe it, but our reflection remains hazy.
So if the mirror is fogged up, how can we understand what God’s love is all about?
We will only know it by entering into a sweet relationship with Jesus. He’s the only one who can fully wipe away the fog. He’s the one who knows us and understands how to love us.
Take a moment to read 1 Corinthians 13:1–8, 12–13.
As you consider these words of Paul, what could you do to get a clearer vision of God’s love for you? Have you let yourself be fully embraced by Him, or are there parts of you that you hold back? What might it look like to share this kind of love with those around you?
Sit back and lean into Jesus, who knows you and wants you to fully know Him.
—Tom Bump
Children’s Ministry Leader, Author, and Coach
Contributor to Wonder Ink
*Wonder Ink Video for this series**Word of Wonder*
Word of Wonder:
“The three most important things to have are faith, hope and love. But the greatest of them is love.”
—1 Corinthians 13:13 (NIrV)
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