God loves to find His children yearning after Him and seeking His presence. Please find encouragement here to embrace that quest.
He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant--not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life. 2nd Corinthians 3:6 NIV In the classroom the teacher hung a few simple rules: I sit in my chair, I am quiet, I respect others, I use... Continue Reading →
Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim anything for ourselves, but our competence comes from God. 2nd Corinthians 3:5 NIV The teenage boy was drawn out of curiosity to the airport. He stood and looked through the fence at the light aircraft. Just then a pilot walked by. “Would you like to... Continue Reading →
You show that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts. 2nd Corinthians 3:3 NIV They had not seen each other for ages. Far too many years had... Continue Reading →
Unlike so many, we do not peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, like men sent from God. 2nd Corinthians 2:17 NIV Instead of the church that day, they went to hear a visiting lecturer. The speaker was an expert who had written... Continue Reading →
To the one we are the smell of death; to the other, the fragrance of life. And who is equal to such a task? 2nd Corinthians 2:16 NIV “Oh, you just have to try it!” They were told. “It is the best fruit ever!” But the newly arrived visitors stared at the sign in... Continue Reading →
But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of him. 2nd Corinthians 2:14 NIV The day finally came when a teenage boy got his driving license. He had fallen in love with a car and dreamed of having... Continue Reading →
For I wrote you out of great distress and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to grieve you but to let you know the depth of my love for you. 2nd Corinthians 2:4 NIV The two men had shared many memorable experiences together. Despite a difference in their age, they had gone... Continue Reading →
Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. He anointed us, set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come. 2nd Corinthians 1:21-22 NIV The show ended in a thrilling grand finale. The performers took... Continue Reading →
Indeed, in our hearts we felt the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead. 2nd Corinthians 1:9 NIV A man accepted the invitation to go with a friend to a concert. He did not always agree with the way his friend... Continue Reading →
For just as the sufferings of Christ flow over into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows. 2nd Corinthians 1:5 NIV All she wanted to do was to have a little nest where she could raise her children in comfort and security. What she didn´t understand was that God had different plans... Continue Reading →
Searching For Christ 