monthly prayer focus

In America, for alot of people, this month seems to focus on hearts and flowers, gifts and romance.
 There's nothing wrong with any of that, but what about love?

The words of that old(ish) song ring true today----
"What the world needs now is love, sweet love. It's the only thing that there's just too little of......."

Of course we mean His definition of love, not the world's. 

2 Cor. 13:1-7:

"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.
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.
 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.
Love is patient,
love is kind.
 It does not envy,
 it does not boast,
it is not proud.
 It does not dishonor others,
it is not self-seeking,
it is not easily angered,
 it keeps no record of wrongs.
Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres." 

Lord, help us to not confuse lust with love,
or romance with kindness and generosity.
Teach us to love as You love....sacrificially,
that we may display love with no agenda
 other than to honor You in all of our relationships.
We pray this in Jesus's name, amen. 

LOVE