The Daily Fountain Devotional of the Church Of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) 22 September 2025 – Love: A More Exceptional Way
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TOPIC – Love: A More Exceptional Way
Read: 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 (NKJV)
- Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal.
- And though I have [the gift of] prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
- And though I bestow all my goods to feed [the poor,] and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing.
- Love suffers long [and] is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up;
- does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil;
- does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth;
- bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
- Love never fails. But whether [there are] prophecies, they will fail; whether [there are] tongues, they will cease; whether [there is] knowledge, it will vanish away.
- For we know in part and we prophesy in part.
- But when that which is perfect has come, then that which is in part will be done away.
- When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
- For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known.
- And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these [is] love.
THE MESSAGE:
In chapter 12, Paul gave evidence of the Corinthians’ lack of love in the use of spiritual gifts. Our text today shows that love is more important than all the spiritual gifts exercised in the body of Christ. Our text also describes God’s kind of love which is unselfish and goes against our natural beliefs and way of loving. This most excellent way is the way of kindness, long suffering, and enduring evil, injury or provocation. In this way, pride and vainglory are subdued and there is no room for envy, hatred, malice, or revenge.
Love is the fulfilment of all the laws of God and once we allow the love of God to spread over us, our hearts will be transformed and we will receive the impartation of the agape love. However, this will only be possible if we allow the light of the Gospel to bring the knowledge of Christ to inspire faith and hope in us which will help us to set aside our natural desires so that we can love and not expect anything in return. Thus, the more we become like Christ, the more love we will show to others. This will help us to understand that love is the greatest of all human qualities and an attribute of God Himself (1 John 4:8).
PRAYER: Dear Father, please pour Your love into my heart
