Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. (1 Corinthians 13:1)
Lord, let my speech be filled with your love.
And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. (1 Corinthians 13:2)
Holy Spirit, I need your fruit (love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; see Galatians 5:22-23) in my life s well as your gifts. Help me grow into the man you want me to be.
And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing. (1 Corinthians 13:3)
Father, help me have your love at work in my life.
Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; (1 Corinthians 13:4)
Jesus, let your love be shown forth in my life.
does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; (1 Corinthians 13:5)
Holy Spirit, protect me from all evil thoughts.
does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; (1 Corinthians 13:6)
Father, help us throughout this diocese rejoice in the truth of the gospel.
bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. (1 Corinthians 13:7)
Jesus, give us your enduring strength.
Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away. (1 Corinthians 13:8 )
Father, thank you for your unfailing love.
For we know in part and we prophesy in part. But when that which is perfect has come, then that which is in part will be done away. (1 Corinthians 13:9-10)
Holy Spirit, help us recognize how partial our knowledge is while we wait for that which is perfect to come.
When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. (1 Corinthians 13:11)
Father, please help us put aside all childish ambitions and desires, and desire your maturity and character.
For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known. (1 Corinthians 13:12)
Lord Jesus, please help me know myself as I am known by you.
And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love. (1 Corinthians 13:13)
Holy Trinity, one God, help us daily abide in your faith, hope, and love. Thank you.
Monday: 25 * 9, 15; 1 Samuel 18:5-16,27b-30 Acts 11:19-30 Mark 1:29-45
Tuesday: 26, 28 * 36, 39; 1 Samuel 19:1-18 Acts 12:1-17 Mark 2:1-12
Albany Intercessor
