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A prayer of love from 1 Corinthians 13 written by Debbie McDaniel and read by Kelly Givens.

Love Never Fails 1 Corinthians 13-8.

Known as the love chapter, 1 Corinthians 13 is one of the greatest reminders to us today of what real love looks like and what it doesn't look like.

Widely read at weddings or written all over love notes, these words may become so familiar over time they can almost lose some of their important message.

As we read this portion of scripture today, let us ask God for help in soaking in every truth as we pray His powerful words back to Him.

Let us ask for the freshness of His Spirit to bring His message of love alive within our hearts and flowing through our lives.

We can't do it on our own. We never be able to muster enough strength within us.

It's only possible through Him. And more than ever before, our world needs to see what true love looks like.

We can do a lot of good things in this life. We can give gifts and we can even make notable sacrifices for others.

But if we do not have Christ's love within us, compelling us, filling us every moment of every day, it profits us nothing.

His words of truth and love. If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love, I become like a noisy gong or a clinging symbol.

If I have the gift of prophecy, I know all mysteries and all knowledge. And if I have all faith so as to move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.

And if I give all my possessions to feed the poor, and if I surrender my body to be burned, but do not have love, it profits me nothing.

Love is patient. Love is kind and is not jealous. Love does not brag and is not arrogant. It does not act unbecomingly. It does not seek its own.

It is not provoked. It does not take into account a wrong suffered. It does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth.

It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

Love never fails, but now faith, hope, love abide these three. But the greatest of these is love.

Let us pray. Dear God, thank you that you are a loving, gracious God. Thank you that you've offered us forgiveness and the gift of new life in you.

Thank you that your love is perfect. It never fails, and that nothing can separate us from your love.

We pray that our lives would be filled and overflowing with the power of your love, so that we can make a difference in this world and bring honor to you.

We ask for your help and reminding us that the most important things are not what we do outwardly and is not based on any talent or gift.

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