The critical piece…

Smack dab in the middle of 3 whole chapters discussing spiritual gifts, Paul gives the quintessential description of LOVE. Before that famous section, he establishes the need for love over everything else.

Without love there is pride. Without love there is division. Without love…God isn’t the focus.

While we were talking about spiritual gifts this past weekend, let’s not forget the heart of a servant…a heart of love is the key!

“If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.” (1 Corinthians 13:1-3 NIV)