Archive for September 2019

1 Cor. 12:29‭-‬31aAre all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Are all workers of miracles? Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak with tongues? Do all interpret? But earnestly desire and strive for the greater gifts. God makes available to us many gifts of the Spirit. Scripture tells us that God distributes…

Eph. 2:19‭-‬22So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and are members of God’s household, having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the Cornerstone, in whom the whole structure is joined together, and it continues growing into…

2 Thes. 1:9‭-‬10These people will pay the penalty and endure the punishment of everlasting destruction, banished from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power, when He comes to be glorified in His saints on that day, and to be marveled at among all who have believed, because our testimony to…

1 Cor. 6:1‭-‬3Does any one of you, when he has a complaint with another believer, dare to go to law before unrighteous men instead of before the saints? Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? If the world is to be judged by you, are you not competent to try trivial…

Gal. 6:9‭-‬10Let us not grow weary or become discouraged in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap, if we do not give in. So then, while we have the opportunity, let us do good to all people, and especially to those of the household of faith. A common response to the death…

1 Tim. 1:12‭-‬13I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has granted me strength and made me able for this, because He considered me faithful and trustworthy, putting me into service, even though I was formerly a blasphemer and a persecutor and a shameful and outrageous and violent aggressor. Yet I was shown mercy because I…

Matt. 10:8Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give. A former colleague of mine often would say the phrase, “God helps those who help themselves.” Before becoming a Christian, I never gave much thought to this expression. I took this to mean something like the…

Titus 3:1‭-‬2Remind people to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready and willing to do good, to slander or abuse no one, to be kind and conciliatory and gentle, showing unqualified consideration and courtesy toward everyone. The first job I had after dropping out of college was at a hotel…