What Works Through

  Your boasting is not good. Don't you know that a little yeast works through the whole batch of dough?  1st Corinthians 5:6 He was so excited to be allowed to bake.  The young boy quickly gathered the ingredients and began putting them into the mixer.  Disregarding his parent´s pleas to wait for them to... Continue Reading →

Not Talk But Power

For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power.  1st Corinthians 4:20  NIV The hotel room looked out over some trees and hardly any buildings.  He had been traveling for some time and missed his family and friends.  Life on the road has its ups and downs and although he... Continue Reading →

The Motives

Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait till the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men's hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God.  1st Corinthians 4:5 Gentle hands took the man by the arm and guided him to... Continue Reading →

Entrusted Secrets

So then, men ought to regard us as servants of Christ and as those entrusted with the secret things of God.   1st Corinthians 4:1  NIV A kindergarten girl caught the boy as his family pulled up in the car.  Before he got in she told him that she had a secret to share with him. ... Continue Reading →

All Things Yours

So then, no more boasting about men! All things are yours,  1st Corinthians 3:21  NIV A man wanted to row in a race.  The goal was to cross a great expanse of ocean.  But he did not have enough money to pay the entrance fee to the race.  One of the committee members was also... Continue Reading →

The Wise

and again, "The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile."  1st Corinthians 3:20  NIV She left her small village in the mountains when she was only a teenager.  She went to work in the city.  Only when her own children were going to school did the government start putting requirements on attaining... Continue Reading →

God´s Temple

Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that God's Spirit lives in you?  1st Corinthians 3:16  NIV Before the first day of work, the whole company filed solemnly into the temple.  It was a tall tower that was beautifully decorated with bright colors.  It stood out in sharp contrast in between the... Continue Reading →

Tested in the Fire

his work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each man's work.  1st Corinthians 3:13  NIV It was the day they had trained for.  They were trying out to make the team and... Continue Reading →

Founded In Christ

For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.  1st Corinthians 3:11  NIV The tiny hands closed over the coloring crayon.  With his face twisted up in concentration, the small child did his best to make a beautiful work of art.  He was coloring a picture of... Continue Reading →

Only God

So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.  1st Corinthians 3:7  NIV He thought he would be kind and share a quote from a classical Christian writer.  The quote had helped bring him closer to God.  So the man tried posting to his church´s Facebook... Continue Reading →

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