At Home Or Away

Therefore we are always confident and know that as long as we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord.  2nd Corinthians 5:6  NIV   They gave the man a tie and a button-up shirt.  They had invited him to church, but his clothes just didn´t quite fit the occasion.  When... Continue Reading →

Heavenly Home

For while we are in this tent, we groan and are burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.  2nd Corinthians 5:4  NIV   A good-hearted Christian woman once took a young man in to... Continue Reading →

Our House In Heaven

Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.  2nd Corinthians 5:1  NIV   Sent to do a job in Italy a small team of workers was not impressed with where their employers provided for... Continue Reading →

Eyes Fixed

So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.  2nd Corinthians 4:18  NIV   His attention should have been on the sermon.  But the speaker rambled on.  His mind began to wander from the preacher´s words to... Continue Reading →

Troubles Work Good

For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.  2nd Corinthians 4:17  NIV   Two months after the accident a man found himself checking into the hospital for his operation.  One wrong move had torn a ligament in his knee and now he would have a... Continue Reading →

Renewed Day-By-Day

Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.  2nd Corinthians 4:16  NIV   When the man started to forget things and how to get home, his family decided he couldn´t live on his own anymore.  One of his daughters took him to... Continue Reading →

Because We Know

because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you in his presence.  2nd Corinthians 4:14  NIV   One day while singing hymns in church, a small boy began singing at the top of his voice.  He was aware that... Continue Reading →

Hard Pressed

We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;  2nd Corinthians 4:8  NIV   “Why me?” She cried to her husband as they finally put their toddler down to sleep.  She had had a meeting at work that day.  They had offered her a permanent position in the company,... Continue Reading →

Not From Us

But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.  2nd Corinthians 4:7  NIV   “You will never get anything by sitting still.” They told him. .The college boy tried to find some devotion to God in this theory, but could see that... Continue Reading →

Selling Ourselves

For we do not preach ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.  2nd Corinthians 4:5  NIV   After working for years in one of the fortune 500 companies a man was in the curious situation of finding a job in the real world.  He set himself to the... Continue Reading →

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