Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ

2 Corinthians

The Giving Christians

2 CORINTHIANS 9:6-8 – Remember this: The person who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the person who sows generously will also reap generously. Each person should do as he has decided in his heart—not reluctantly or out of necessity, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to make every grace overflow to you, so that in every…

Matching Our Practice Of Faith With Our Profession Of Faith

DEUTERONOMY 26:17 – You have declared today that the Lord is your God, and that you will walk in his ways, and keep his statutes and his commandments and his rules and will obey his voice. THEME OF THE DAY. MATCHING OUR PRACTICE OF FAITH WITH OUR PROFESSION OF FAITH.  Before a watching world, the greatest hindrance, even contradiction, to the Gospel…

Nothing Comes Out Of The Blue

PSALM 31:14-15 – But I trust in you, O Lord; I say, “You are my God.” My times are in your hand; rescue me from the hand of my enemies and from my persecutors! THEME OF THE DAY. NOTHING COMES OUT OF THE BLUE.  I am sure we have heard these words from someone or about someone when a circumstance or situation…

God Has Us Right Where He Wants Us

2 CORINTHIANS 1:8-10 – For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the affliction we experienced in Asia. For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself. Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God who raises…

Digging Deep In God’s Word

2 CORINTHIANS 1:3-4 – Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.”   Biblical meditation.  It is a…