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A Minister of Comfort

2 CORINTHIANS 7:5-6 – For even when we came into Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were afflicted at every turn—fighting without and fear within. But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the coming of Titus.”   Today’s scripture finds the Apostle Paul hurting. Suffering in the physical, emotional, and spiritual realms grips him – our bodies had…

Lessons From Our Failures

LUKE 22:31-34 – “Simon, Simon, behold, Satan demanded to have you, that he might sift you like wheat, 32 but I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned again, strengthen your brothers.” 33 Peter said to him, “Lord, I am ready to go with you both to prison and to death.” 34 Jesus said,…

Shed Any Tears Lately?

LUKE 19:41-44 – And when he drew near and saw the city, he wept over it, 42 saying, “Would that you, even you, had known on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. 43 For the days will come upon you, when your enemies will set up a barricade around you and surround…

Motivated By Love

1 CORINTHIANS 16:14 – Let all that you do be done in love.”   It is less than ten words, yet, like a small stick of dynamite, it contains enormous power. In fact, it is the greatest power in the earth.  It heals hurts.  It carries burdens.  It lifts the downcast.  It removes the dark clouds of depression.  And in God’s work…

The Two Workings Of God’s Grace

1 CORINTHIANS 15:10 – But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me.   Today’s scripture might be considered one of those humanly irreconcilable dilemmas in our…