“I urge you, then, be imitators of me.” 1 Corinthians 4:16 ESV Reflection: when others look at you, what do you want them to see and imitate? We all have someone we imitate. Some might be more of a “free thinker” than others, but from an early childhood we are taught all sorts of norms. […]
“Already you have all you want! Already you have become rich! You have begun to reign—and that without us! How I wish that you really had begun to reign so that we also might reign with you!” 1 Corinthians 4:8 NIV Reflection: are you open for correction? If I look back at my life, there
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“Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. Then each one will receive his commendation from God.” 1 Corinthians 4:5 ESV Reflection: spirituality speaking, who do you currently listen to and follow?
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“So let no one boast in men. For all things are yours, whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future—all are yours, and you are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s.” 1 Corinthians 3:21-23 ESV Reflection: as a child of God and disciple of Christ,
“Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise.” 1 Corinthians 3:18 ESV Reflection: have you ever deceived yourself? Perhaps the favorite weapon of the devil is “deception”. How would we describe it? It basically is a
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“Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw— each one’s work will become manifest, for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed by fire, and the fire will test what sort of work each one has done.” 1 Corinthians 3:12-13 ESV Reflection: what materials are
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“The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit.” 1 Corinthians 2:14 NIV Reflection: why is “humility” an essential characteristic of a follower of Christ? Was listening to a Christian music
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“But, as it is written, “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him”—“ 1 Corinthians 2:9 ESV Reflection: do you love God? There are countless love stories of people who have first become “pen pals”, writing letters to each other
“But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God, which God decreed before the ages for our glory.” 1 Corinthians 2:7 ESV Reflection: who can know the heart and the will of God? For anyone who has ever bought a full suit, you know the difficulty in getting the right size of jacket and
“For you see your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called. But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which
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