WORD 4 Today 5/31: Well, my brothers and sisters, let’s summarize. When you meet together, one will sing, another will teach, another will tell some special revelation God has given, one will speak in tongues, and another will interpret what is said. But everything that is done must strengthen all of you. 1 Corinthians 14:26 NLT

Confess: EVERYTHING that is DONE is to STRENGTHEN & BLESS & BUILD UP the CHURCH, the BODY of CHRIST! May my life always seek GOD’S BEST in the lives of others. That truly is the way of love. - P. Rick

WORD 4 Today 5/30: Dear brothers and sisters, don’t be childish in your understanding of these things. Be innocent as babies when it comes to evil, but be mature in understanding matters of this kind. 1 Corinthians 14:20 NLT

Confess: In my understanding I want to be WISE & MATURE in all I do & say.  When it comes to any evil may I always be like a baby who is unaware and uninvolved in any type of sin.  My desire is to be PURE & WALK IN LOVE!  Amen! - P. Rick

WORD 4 Today 5/29: The answer is simple enough. Do both. I should be spiritually free and expressive as I pray, but I should also be thoughtful and mindful as I pray. 1 Corinthians 14:15 MSG

Confess: As a believer I want to PRAY OUT the WILL OF GOD!  But I must also use my mind & thoughts in my prayers as well.  I AM ABLE to be EXPRESSIVE in my PRAYERS & SPIRITUALLY FREE as well.  Amen & amen! - P. Rick

WORD 4 Today 5/28: So, when you pray in your private prayer language, don’t hoard the experience for yourself. Pray for the insight and ability to bring others into that intimacy. 1 Corinthians 14:13 MSG

Confess: My PRIVATE PRAYER LANGUAGE is a blessing for me & an opportunity to PRAY out the INSIGHT & ABILITIES of God into the LIVES of others. Your KINGDOM COME, Your WILL BE DONE. Hallelujah! - P. Rick

WORD 4 Today 5/27: Since you’re so eager to participate in what God is doing, why don’t you concentrate on doing what helps everyone in the church? 1 Corinthians 14:12 MSG

Confess: As a BELIEVER I want to PARTICPATE & be INVOLVE in what God is doing. I will focus & concentrate on what BENEFITS the CHURCH. I will not let DIVISION & ARGUING reign in my life. Love says: do what is BEST for the WHOLE CHURCH! Amen! - P. Rick

WORD 4 Today 5/26: Well then, what shall I do? I will pray in the spirit, and I will also pray in words I understand. I will sing in the spirit, and I will also sing in words I understand. 1 Corinthians 14:15 NLT

Confess: The BOTTOM LINE reason for the GIFTS of the SPIRIT are for the BENEFIT of the CHURCH! I will not allow DIVISION or DISTRACTION to hinder the WORK & WORD OF GOD! My goal is to OPERATE IN LOVE ALWAYS! - P. Rick

WORD 4 Today 5/25: And the same is true for you. Since you are so eager to have the special 
abilities the Spirit gives, seek those that will strengthen the whole church. 1 Corinthians 14:12 
NLT

Confess: Again, the PURPOSE, the REASON for the SPIRITUAL GIFTS are to EXPRESS GOD’S LOVE 
so that the WHOLE CHURCH will be STRONG & BLESSED & HELPED! Amen again! - P. Rick

WORD 4 Today 5/24: I wish you could all speak in tongues, but even more I wish you could all prophesy. For prophecy is greater than speaking in tongues, unless someone interprets what you are saying so that the whole church will be strengthened. 1 Corinthians 14:5 NLT

Confess: The BOTTOM LINE is to STRENGTHEN the WHOLE CHURCH. I won’t let anything stand in the WAY OF LOVE. Love will ALWAYS DO WHAT IS BEST in the lives of others! God’s goal & my goal is to BLESS & ENCOURAGE the WHOLE CHURCH! Amen! - P. Rick

WORD 4 Today 5/23: Go after a life of love as if your life depended on it—because it does. Give yourselves to the gifts God gives you. Most of all, try to proclaim his truth. 1 Corinthians 14:1 MSG

Confess: A LIFE OF LOVE is what my life DEPENDS upon. I will TOTALLY GIVE MYSELF to God’s wonderful love & the amazing GIFTS He has for me! Hallelujah! - P. Rick

WORD 4 Today 5/22: EAGERLY PURSUE and seek to acquire [this] love [make it your aim, your great quest]; and earnestly desire and cultivate the spiritual endowments (gifts), especially that you may prophesy (interpret the divine will and purpose in inspired preaching and teaching). 1 Corinthians 14:1 AMP

Confess: Pursuing LOVE, hunting it down & CAPTURING it is ESSENTIAL in my life!  It truly is MY GREATEST AIM in life!  It is MY GREAT QUEST in life! Plus I’ll pursue other spiritual desires in & for my life. - P. Rick

WORD 4 Today 5/21: Let love be your highest goal! But you should also desire the special abilities the Spirit gives—especially the ability to prophesy. 1 Corinthians 14:1 NLT

Confess: WALKING in LOVE & PLEASING God with my LOVE WALK is NUMBER ONE in my life.  It is truly my FIRST & HIGHEST GOAL IN LIFE!- P. Rick

WORD 4 Today 5/20: But for right now, until that completeness, we have three things to do to lead us toward that consummation: Trust steadily in God, hope unswervingly, love extravagantly. And the best of the three is love. 1 Corinthians 13:13 MSG

Confess: The fact is: I’ll TRUST STEADILY in God.  My hope will NOT BE MOVED by changing circumstances & my EXPRESSION of LOVE will always be EXTRAVAGANT! - P. Rick

WORD 4 Today 5/19: Three things will last forever—faith, hope, and love—and the greatest of these is love. 1 Corinthians 13:13 NLT

Confess: These three things are ETERNAL & give ETERNAL PERSPECTIVE. I’ll always KEEP THE FAITH, STAY in HOPE & WALK in LOVE! But the best, the first, the most important thing is LOVE! 
- P. Rick

WORD 4 Today 5/18: For now we are looking in a mirror that gives only a dim (blurred) reflection [of reality as in a riddle or enigma], but then [when perfection comes] we shall see in reality and face to face! Now I know in part (imperfectly), but then I shall know and understand fully and clearly, even in the same manner as I have been fully and clearly known and understood [by God]. 1 Corinthians 13:12 AMP

Confess: I may not KNOW EVERYTHING or UNDERSTAND the WHY of what God is doing but I KNOW He is doing those things for MY GOOD & what is BEST for me.  I will TRUST in the LOVE OF GOD!  - P. Rick

WORD 4 Today 5/17: Now we see things imperfectly, like puzzling reflections in a mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity. All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God now knows me completely. 1 Corinthians 13:12 NLT

Confess: I may not UNDERSTAND but I will ALWAYS TRUST GOD, TRUST the LOVE of God PRODUCING His LIFE & CHARACTER in me!  Wow God you are AWESOME! - P. Rick

WORD 4 Today 5/16: We know only a portion of the truth, and what we say about God is always incomplete. But when the Complete arrives, our incompletes will be canceled. 1 Corinthians 13:9–10 MSG

Confess: I may not have COMPLETE TRUTH yet but I’m GROWING & PERFECTING in LOVE!  I WALK & LIVE in God’s LOVE!  AMEN! - P. Rick

WORD 4 Today 5/15: Love never fails [never fades out or becomes obsolete or comes to an end]. As for prophecy (the gift of interpreting the divine will and purpose), it will be fulfilled and pass away; as for tongues, they will be destroyed and cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away [it will lose its value and be superseded by truth]. 1 Corinthians 13:8 AMP

Confess: God’s love IN ME will NEVER FAIL! Prophetic words interpretation or knowledge may PASS AWAY & loves its value but NOT LOVE. Love NEVER FAILS! I’ll ALWAYS choose the WAY 
OF LOVE! - P. Rick

WORD 4 Today 5/14: Love bears up under anything and everything that comes, is ever ready to believe the best of every person, its hopes are fadeless under all circumstances, and it endures everything [without weakening]. 1 Corinthians 13:7 AMP

Confess: Because God’s LOVE is IN ME I can HANDLE anything that comes. I will see the best & believe the best about others & MY HOPE will be constant never fading or failing! Amen. - P. Rick

WORD 4 Today 5/13: Love is always supportive, loyal, hopeful, and trusting. 1 Corinthians 13:7 CEV

Confess: I’m COMMITTED to being SUPPORTIVE for others. I am a VERY LOYAL CHRISTIAN. I’m ALWAYS hopeful & TRUST IN GOD! - P. Rick

WORD 4 Today 5/12: Love never stops being patient, never stops believing, never stops hoping, never gives up. 1 Corinthians 13:7 GW

Confess: As a BELIEVER I will NEVER STOP BELIEVING God.  My HOPES are CONSTANT & I will never ever ever GIVE UP!  P. Rick

WORD 4 Today 5/11: (Love) Puts up with anything, Trusts God always, Always looks for the best, 1 Corinthians 13:6 MSG

Confess: As I GROW & MATURE in my Christian WALK I can do all things through Christ. I can put up with anything & I DO TRUST GOD ALWAYS! My outlook is to see the BEST IN OTHERS as well. - P. Rick

WORD 4 Today 5/10: Love doesn’t strut, Doesn’t have a swelled head, Doesn’t force itself on others, Isn’t always “me first,” Doesn’t fly off the handle, Doesn’t keep score of the sins of others, 1 Corinthians 13:4–5 MSG

Confess: So because I’m made in God’s image, in the IMAGE OF LOVE I don’t STRUT IN PRIDE. I don’t have a BIG HEAD or FORCE myself or my opinions on others. And I don’t EXPLODE in anger or KEEP SCORE of those who have WRONGED ME! - P. Rick

WORD 4 Today 5/9: (LOVE) does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. 1 Corinthians 13:5 NLT

Confess: So I DECLARE I’m not DEMANDING or IRRITABLE or UNFORGIVING! With God’s help I easily put up with irritable people & forgive them as well! - P. Rick

WORD 4 Today 5/8: Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. 1 Corinthians 13:4-5 NLT

Confess: God is LOVE & I’m made in the IMAGE of God, in the IMAGE OF LOVE! So I’m PATIENT, KIND, never jealous or proud. Daily I express God’s love towards others! - P. Rick

WORD 4 Today 5/7: So, no matter what I say, what I believe, and what I do, I’m bankrupt without love. 1 Corinthians 13:3 MSG

Confess: Did you get that? I’m BANKRUPT, ruined, devastated without love! Without God’s love I’m absolutely NOTHING! - P. Rick

WORD 4 Today 5/6: Even if I dole out all that I have [to the poor in providing] food, and if I surrender my body to be burned or in order that I may glory, but have not love (God’s love in me), I gain nothing. 1 Corinthians 13:3 AMP

Confess: As commendable as it may be if I GIVE my money, food, or even my life WITHOUT LOVE it GAINS ME NOTHING. I benefit nothing and others get nothing as well. I guess LOVE IS 
VITAL IN LIFE! - P. Rick

WORD 4 Today 5/5: If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it; but if I didn’t love others, I would have gained nothing. 1 Corinthians 13:3 NLT

Confess: Even though I’m the BIGGEST GIVER in the world & I SACRIFICE everything but WITHOUT LOVE I have GAINED NOTHING at all! I’m a ZERO WITHOUT LOVE! - P. Rick

WORD 4 Today 5/4: If I had the gift of prophecy, and if I understood all of God’s secret plans and possessed all knowledge, and if I had such faith that I could move mountains, but didn’t love others, I would be nothing. 1 Corinthians 13:2 NLT

Confess: LOVE MATTERS! I can strongly declare God’s Word & know His SECRET PLANS & even possess incredible knowledge but WITHOUT LOVE it equals NOTHING, ZERO! I am even more committed to LOVING AS JESUS LOVED, with NO STRINGS ATTACHED! Amen! - P. Rick

WORD 4 Today 5/3: If I speak with human eloquence and angelic ecstasy but don’t love, I’m nothing but the creaking of a rusty gate. 1 Corinthians 13:1 MSG

Confess: Language matters but not without LOVE. Again I’m strongly devoted to living & acting in God’s LOVE everyday. I must ask, “How am I doing when compared to Jesus??? - P. Rick

WORD 4 Today 5/2: IF I [can] speak in the tongues of men and [even] of angels, but have not love (that reasoning, intentional, spiritual devotion such as is inspired by God’s love for and in us), I am only a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 1 Corinthians 13:1 AMP

Confess: A noisy gong is an IRRITATING ANNOYING sound. It is like scratching a chalkboard. Today I’m committed to LOVING as Jesus LOVED! Lord, help me to always respond in LOVE! - P. Rick

WORD 4 Today 5/1: If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn’t love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 1 Corinthians 13:1 NLT

Confess: No matter how INTELLIGENT one may be, even able to speak multiple languages, it doesn’t matter without LOVE! LOVE is to be CENTRAL in the life of all BELIEVERS. As a Christian I’m COMMITED to walking in GOD’S AMAZING LOVE! - P. Rick