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Money Doesn’t Really Buy You Happiness?: 2 Corinthians 6:10
“Our hearts ache, but we always have joy. We are poor, but we give spiritual riches to others. We own nothing, and yet we have everything.” – 2 Corinthians 6:10 NLT Paul turns the modern view of contentment on its head here. In a passage listing the ways Paul and his companions are truly demonstrating
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Christ Makes Us New People: 2 Corinthians 5:17
“This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!” – 2 Corinthians 5:17 NLT This is a powerful verse. One of the best passages to expound this with is Romans 6. Which speaks to Christ’s death enabling us to live righteously
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Never Destroyed When in Christ: 2 Corinthians 4:8-9
“We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.” – 2 Corinthians 4:8-9 NIV We can go through any difficult trial, but God won’t abandon us. And because we know that God won’t abandon us and because we know his
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Steps From Sacrifice: 2 Kings 16:3
“He followed the ways of the kings of Israel and even sacrificed his son in the fire, engaging in the detestable practices of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites.” – 2 Kings 16:3 NIV The story of Ahaz reminds us that no matter how much we can get closer and closer
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Week 14: April 2rd – April 8th, 2023
This week on my journey towards eldership I have been working on self discipline in my relationship with Elders Academy work. According to Titus 1:8 I must be disciplined if I am to be an elder: “Rather, he must be hospitable, one who loves what is good, who is self-controlled, upright, holy and disciplined.” –
The Disciple of Christ 