2 Corinthians 11:28,29, “And, apart from other things, there is the daily pressure on me of my anxiety for all the churches. Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to fall and I am not indignant?” Paul had continual sufferings and mistreatment throughout his ministry, yet he never kept his eyes …
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2 Corinthians 10:17, “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord. For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.” Paul was a superior model of a great faithful spiritual teacher, leader, and writer, that never boasted about his own abilities. He lived out …
2 Corinthians 10:4-5, “For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ.” Do you remember the movie War Room and Miss Clara, who was a …
2 Corinthians 8:7, “But as you excel in everything – in faith, in speech, in knowledge in all earnestness, and in our love for you – see that you excel in this act of grace also.” Has your faith been challenged during our shelter-in-home situation? Have your thoughts been more on feeling you are afflicted, …
2 Corinthians 7:5b-7, “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, and not only by his coming but also by the comfort with when he was comforted by you, as he told us of your longing, your …
2 Corinthians 6:1-2, “Working together with him, then, we appeal to you not to receive the grace of God in vain. For he says, “In a favorable time I listened to you, and in a day of salvation I have helped you” Behold, now is the favorable time, behold, now is the day of salvation.” …
2 Cor. 5:14,15, “For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one who has died for all, therefore all have died; and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.” What motivates you …
2 Corinthians 5:11, “Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade others. But what we are is known to God, and I hope it is known also to your conscience.” Paul said, “what we are is known to God . . .” Isaiah 43:1 states, “But now thus says the LORD, he who created …
2 Corinthians 5:9-10, “So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please him. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.” Paul, in his day, …
2 Corinthians 5:5-8, “He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a guarantee. So we are always of good courage. We know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord, for we walk by faith, not by sight. …
