“For we know that if the tent that is our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.” 2 Corinthians 5:1 ESV Reflection: what will your heavenly mansion look like? We were out for a walk yesterday with our grandson, and noticed that […]
“The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!” John 1:29 ESV Reflection: how is Jesus taking away sin from your life? The statement “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!” John 1:29b ESV
“So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day.” 2 Corinthians 4:16 ESV Reflection: what is the longest timeframe you use for planning something in your life? I was talking with a financial planner the other day who asked me the question
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“But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us.” 2 Corinthians 4:7 ESV Reflection: have you ever felt inadequate in yourself, wondered if and how God to use you for his purposes? The Hartford Institute defines a megachurch as a Protestant congregation
“For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.” 2 Corinthians 4:6 ESV Reflection: do you see the light of Christ? The first and general accepted definition of “darkness” is the
“And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.” 2 Corinthians 3:18 ESV Reflection: when you look in the mirror, what do you see? Most people have a
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“who has made us sufficient to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.” 2 Corinthians 3:6 ESV Reflection: if you were a minister for some office, what would be your function or activities? Early in my engineering career, I
“And you show that you are a letter from Christ delivered by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.” 2 Corinthians 3:3 ESV Reflection: thinking back, what has been the most significant or important letter you have ever
“But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere.” 2 Corinthians 2:14 ESV Reflection: how can our words behave like a “fragrance”? During my high school years, I was at Christian youth camp where one of the girls
“in order that Satan might not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.” 2 Corinthians 2:11 NIV Reflection: if a brother or sister in Christ have sinned against you, are you just to forgive and move on? In the first letter to the Corinthians, Paul addressed a very shameful situation of sin
