Saint Valentine’s Day
Bible Reading: 1 Corinthians 13 vv 1 - 13
- Verse 1:Read : Psalm 150
Both readings talk about musical instruments.
Why should we play musical instruments in church ?
- Verses 2,3,4.Read: Hebrews 11 vv 35 to end
Why are people prepared to suffer for loving Jesus?
Do you think that this happens today at all?
Does this help when people tease you for going to church?
- Verses 5,6,7,8,
Put your own name at the start of each sentence.
-------------------------is patient
-------------------------is kind.
-------------------------does not boast.
-------------------------is not proud.
-------------------------is not rude.
-------------------------is not self-seeking.
-------------------------is not easily angered.
-------------------------keeps no record of wrongs.
-------------------------does not delight in evil.
-------------------------rejoices with the truth.
-------------------------always protects.
-------------------------always trusts
-------------------------always hopes.
-------------------------always perseveres.
-------------------------never fails people.
- Verses 9 - 11: These verses are about growing up as a Christian.
Make a list of the people who have taught you about being a Christian.
- Verse12:Mirrors in St. Paul’s time were not made of glass, but of polished
metal. Look at your reflection in the sheet of foil card, to see how poor
a reflection this could be.
- On this page somewhere , there is a graph of how much knowledge human beings
have , compared to God. Can you find it?(a clue is in the colour)
Verse 13: The four types of love mentioned in the Bible are:
Romantic love
Family love
Friendship
AGAPE
AGAPE is the special love between Christians.
- Look up: 1John3 especially verses 23 to the end.
What is special about this kind of love?
Look up other verses which talk about this kind of love that we should have for
one another.You can use the CONCORDANCE , which is a special type of dictionary,
which helps you to find special verses, by listing the words that you are looking
for.
Write a thankyou letter to someone who has taught you about Jesus. (They did
it out of love).