Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ

1 Corinthians

This Is Love

1 CORINTHIANS 13:4-8a – “Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends.”…

Questions To Live By

1 CORINTHIANS 10:31 – “So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.” THEME OF THE DAY: QUESTIONS TO LIVE BY.  The Teacher of all Teachers, the Lord Jesus, often used the effective teaching method of asking questions. This method was so effective because of the One asking them. When the Creator asks questions,…

The Father’s Love

1 CORINTHIANS 1:30-31 – “And because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption, so that, as it is written, “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”” THEME OF THE DAY: THE FATHER’S LOVE. There is an ancient chorus, author unknown, that reads . . . “Absolutely tender, infinitely…

Yes, We Will Make It

1 CORINTHIANS 1:4-9 – “I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that was given you in Christ Jesus, that in every way you were enriched in him in all speech and all knowledge— even as the testimony about Christ was confirmed among you— so that you are not lacking in any gift, as you…

The Sin Of Envy

1 SAMUEL 18:6-9 – “As they were coming home, when David returned from striking down the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with tambourines, with songs of joy, and with musical instruments. And the women sang to one another as they celebrated, “Saul has struck down his thousands, and David…

The Greatest Motivator To Defeat Temptation

GENESIS 39:6-10 – “So he left all that he had in Joseph’s charge, and because of him he had no concern about anything but the food he ate. Now Joseph was handsome in form and appearance. And after a time his master’s wife cast her eyes on Joseph and said, “Lie with me.”  But he refused and said to his master’s wife,…