Know What?

So it is with you. Unless you speak intelligible words with your tongue, how will anyone know what you are saying? You will just be speaking into the air.  1st Corinthians 14:9   In Japan on a business trip, the host company felt the need to entertain a man one evening.  He was taken to... Continue Reading →

Love Never Fails

Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.  1st Corinthians 13:8   He met them at the airport in a hired van.  His team had returned from completing a job in another area of the world. ... Continue Reading →

Have Love?

If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.  1st Corinthians 13:2  NIV   In the middle of a US tour, the team stopped in a frozen city to fill up with... Continue Reading →

One Spirit

For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body--whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free--and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.  1st Corinthians 12:13  NIV   The preacher told a little joke in church one morning.  It was the one of some people who were being showed around the streets... Continue Reading →

To Show God´s Approval

No doubt there have to be differences among you to show which of you have God's approval.  1st Corinthians 11:19  NIV   She worked hard.  More than that she cared about the children she taught.  Her children loved her and were happy to learn.  The school where she worked was a religious institution.  They prided... Continue Reading →

Not To Restrict

I am saying this for your own good, not to restrict you, but that you may live in a right way in undivided devotion to the Lord.  1st Corinthians 7:35  NIV They met at work.  She was a fiery young lady.  He was happy-go-lucky.  Soon they were going out.  They had a lot of friends... Continue Reading →

Each His Own Gift

I wish that all men were as I am. But each man has his own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that.  1st Corinthians 7:7  NIV   They stopped the car on a dimly lit street and got out.  The house they were going to visit was only a hundred yards away. ... Continue Reading →

Grace With Us

The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.  Romans 16:20  NIV The grace of Jesus is with us all!  He has come to us and become the living reflection of God. He has brought us grace untold.  Christ has opened a door of... Continue Reading →

A Matter Of

For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit,  Romans 14:17  NIV There is one grave mistake that we continue to make that we should have effectively dealt with long ago.  It is the evil habit of changing holy issues into... Continue Reading →

Living Sacrifice

Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God--this is your spiritual act of worship.  Romans 12: 1 NIV We hear of offering ourselves to God, and often run out to perform a host of actions and declarations to convince the world... Continue Reading →

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