Week 33:Love
Monday: August 12th
Read the Essay or Story in your CORE 52 Book (5-10minutes)
Adult CORE 52: Pages 221-226
Teen CORE 52: Pages 154-157
Kids CORE 52: Pages 141-142
Watch the video lesson below (5-6 minutes)
Wednesday: August 14th
Read the additional scripture below to see how the Core Verse was expressed in the real lives of God’s people.
1 Corinthians 13
13 If I speak in the tongues[a] 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,[b] 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 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 behind me. 12 For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; 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. But the greatest of these is love.
Thursday: August 15th
Read 3 additional mini-passages, and think about how they connect to the Core Verse and what it teaches. You might begin by reviewing the core text from memory.
Romans 5:8
8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Romans 8:38-39
38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,[a] neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
1 John 3:16-17
16 This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters. 17 If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person?
Friday: August 16th
Complete Your Challenge
Adult Challenge:
Clean out a closet, garage, or storage unit, and find a aplace to donate those items.
Teen Challenge:
Do something specific that shows love to a member of your family you often overlook..Kids Challenge:
Try to memorize 1 Corinthians 13:4-7. Yes, it’s hard. No, you don’t have to get every word exactly right.Overachiever Challenge:
Memorize- Romans 5:8
