Morning Devotion

Tuesday, Oct 3 2023

Father in heaven!, thank you for guiding us in to your
love,for this time we want to listen about your word,
please give us your holy spirit that open our heart to
ecceive your word, in the name of Jesus Christ we pray,
amin
 1 Corinthians 13:4–13
4 Love is patient,v love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no
record of wrongs.
6 Love does not delight in evila but rejoices with the truth.
7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, d they will cease; where there are
tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.
9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when completeness comes, what
is in part disappears.
11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I
reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood
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behind me.
12 For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; i then we shall see
face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am
fully known.
13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. l But the greatest of
these is love.
 I Can See You
The optometrist helped three-year-old Andreas adjust his first pair of glasses. “Look in the
mirror,” she said. Andreas glanced at his reflection, then turned to his father with a joyful
and loving smile. Then Andreas’ father gently wiped the tears that slipped down his son’s
cheeks and asked, “What’s wrong?” Andreas wrapped his arms around his father’s neck. “I
can see you.” He pulled back, tilted his head, and gazed into his father’s eyes. “I can see
you!”

As we prayerfully study the Bible, the Holy Spirit gives us eyes to see Jesus, the “image of
the invisible God” (Colossians 1:15). However, even with our vision cleared by the Spirit as
we grow in knowledge through Scripture, we can still only see a glimpse of God’s infinite
immensity on this side of eternity. When our time on earth is done or when Jesus fulfills His
We won’t need special glasses in that joy-filled moment when we see Christ
face-to-face and know Him as He knows each of us, the beloved members
of the body of Christ—the church. The Holy Spirit will infuse us with the
faith, hope, and love we need to stand firm, until we gaze at our loving and
living Savior and say, “I can see You, Jesus. I can see You!”
 Reflect & Pray

What has the Holy Spirit revealed to you recently as you’ve read the
Bible? How has your growth in the knowledge of God changed you?

Jesus, please help me see You clearer and know You intimately as I walk with
You faithfully now and until the day You call me home or come again.