God loves to find His children yearning after Him and seeking His presence. Please find encouragement here to embrace that quest.
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive what is due him for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad. 2nd Corinthians 5:10 NIV A sports injury had left him with a small disability in his right arm. The insurance company wanted... Continue Reading →
We live by faith, not by sight. 2nd Corinthians 5:7 NIV In the evening they parked the car a short distance from the hide. It was a small platform made of poles that stood a few meters off the ground. The animal-viewing platform was in a remote game ranch in Africa and overlooked one... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 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 →
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 →
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