In The Word Read: 2 Corinthians 5:11-6:10 11 Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade people, but we are well known to God; and I hope that we are also well known in your consciences. 12 We are not commending ourselves to you again, but are giving you an opportunity to be proud of us, so that you will have an answer for those who […]
Month: December 2022
We May Be Crushed But Not Destroyed
In The Word Read: 2 Corinthians 4:7-5:10 7 But we have this treasure in earthen containers, so that the extraordinary greatness of the power will be of God and not from ourselves; 8 we are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not despairing; 9 persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed; 10 always carrying around in the body the dying of Jesus, so that the life of […]
Living The Talk
In The Word Read: 2 Corinthians 3:1-4:6 Ministers of a New Covenant 3 Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, as some, letters of commendation to you or from you? 2 You are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read by all people, 3 revealing yourselves, that you are a letter of Christ, delivered by us, written […]
Forgiving And Comforting One Another
In The Word Read: 2 Corinthians 1:23-2:17 23 But I call God as witness to my soul, that it was to spare you that I did not come again to Corinth. 24 Not that we domineer over your faith, but we are workers with you for your joy; for in your faith you are standing firm. Reaffirm Your Love 2 But I decided this for my own sake, that […]
Boast In The Lord
In The Word Read: 2 Corinthians 1:12-22 Paul’s Integrity 12 For our proud confidence is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and godly sincerity, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you. 13 For we write nothing else to you than what you read and understand, […]
The God Of All Comfort
In The Word Read: 2 Corinthians 1:1-11 Introduction 1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Timothy, To the church of God which is at Corinth with all the saints who are throughout Achaia: 2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father […]
You Are More Than A Conqueror
In The Word Read: Psalms 41 The Psalmist in Sickness Complains of Enemies and False Friends. For the music director. A Psalm of David. 41 Blessed is one who considers the helpless; The Lord will save him on a day of trouble. 2 The Lord will protect him and keep him alive, And he will be called blessed upon the earth; And do not turn him over to […]
God’s Love Will Preserve You
In The Word Read: Psalms 40:11-17 11 You, Lord, will not withhold Your compassion from me; Your mercy and Your truth will continually watch over me. 12 For evils beyond number have surrounded me; My guilty deeds have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see; They are more numerous than the hairs of my head, And my heart has failed […]
Waiting For The Lord
In The Word Read: Psalm 40:1-10 God Sustains His Servant. For the music director. A Psalm of David. 40 I waited patiently for the Lord; And He reached down to me and heard my cry. 2 He brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the mud; And He set my feet on a rock, making my footsteps firm. 3 He put […]
Cast Our Cares To The Lord
In The Word Read: Psalms 39 The Futility of Life. For the music director, for Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. 39 I said, “I will keep watch over my ways So that I do not sin with my tongue; I will keep watch over my mouth as with a muzzle While the wicked are in my presence.” 2 I was mute and silent, […]