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  Love | Orderly Worship By:   R. Nicholas Sybrowsky Opening Word & Main Text 1 Corinthians 13  [NIV]  "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. 2 If 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. 3 If 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. 4 Love is patient, 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 evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. 8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is k...

  Shades & Colors of Love—Acts of Service By Rev. Nicholas Sybrowsky  Heb. (נּט רּקהץ מּןביםךשד דּטנרם'דלט) Gk. (Βψ Ρεω. Νιξηολασ Σψβροωσκψ) Opening Word & Reading for Worship: If we learn to love God, we will inevitably love our neighbor but watch out for pride. "Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the LORD our Maker;  for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his care. Today, if only [we] would hear his voice,"  ~Psalm 95:6, 7 (NIV)

  Shades & Colors of  Love—Words of Affirmation By Rev. Nicholas Sybrowsky  Heb. (נּט רּקהץ מּןביםךשד דּטנרם'דלט) Gk. ( Βψ Ρεω. Νιξηολασ Σψβροωσκψ ) Opening Word & Reading for Worship: Psalm 119:97-104 Mem "Just like water, the Word sustains us daily."   ~Tatyana Yaremkiv  In these verses, the psalmist talks to God about his love for the Word and reveals how it has helped and affected his life.  In prior sections of this Hebrew alphabet Psalm 119, he seems to cry out to God about enemies, difficulties, and trials more than anything.  But here [I agree with writer Tatyana Yaremkiv] that it's more than a coincidence that the definition of Mem connects with these verses. Just as water is a symbol of life, growth and refreshment, so is the Bible for us today.  We need it daily!  As we read through the verses, think about the various ways that God's Word affects you each day: "MEM. O how love I thy law! it [is] my meditation all the day....