Text: 1 Corinthians 2:10b-16 Theme: Those with God’s Spirit have Christ’s mind. Key verses: “We have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us.” (v. 12) “This is what we speak…in words taught by the Spirit, espressing spiritual truths ...
Text: 1 Corinthians 2:6-10 Theme: God’s wisdom can only be known by God’s servants. Key verses: “No, we speak of God’s wisdom, a wisdom that has been hidden and that God destined for our glory before time began. None of the rulers of this age understood it, for if they had, they would not have ...
Text: 1 Corinthians 2:1-5 Theme: Paul never “put on aires”; rather, he simply trusted God to work through him as he focused on Christ and the cross. Key verses: “When I came to you…I did not come with eloquence or superior wisdom…For I resolved to know nothing…except Jesus Christ and him crucified. I came to you in ...
Text: 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 Theme: God designed us to bring glory to His Son. Key verses: “But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty…the things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are, that no flesh should glory in His presence. But of Him ...
Text: 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 Theme: World’s wisdom vs God’s Key verses: “For the mesage of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.” (v. 18) “Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?” (v. 20b) “but we preach Christ ...
Text: 1 Corinthians 1:10-17 Theme: Paul wanted the Church to focus on God and not on their own opinions and preferences. Key verses: “I appeal to you…that all of you agree wih one another so that there may be no divisions among you…” (v. 10) “One of you says, ‘I follow Paul’; another, ‘I follow Apollos’…” ...
Text: 1 Corinthians 1:4-9 Theme: Jesus will confirm his children as holy and spotless in the end. Key verses: “I thank my God always concerning you for the grace of God which was given to you by Christ Jesus.” (v. 4) “so that you come short in no gift, eagerly awaiting for the revelation of ...
Text: 1 Corinthians 1:1-3 Theme: Paul knew he was in God’s will to be an apostle and underscored the calling of holiness on the church. Key verses: “Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God…to the church of God…to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy…” ...
I took a sabatical from online journaling over the summer because I felt I was getting into a rut. It was becoming too much of a routine to me. As they say, familiarity can breed contempt. Instead I used some devotional books, listened to audio Bible readings from Daily Audio Bible, and simply read from ...
Text: Luke 11:1-13 Theme: Jesus wants us to know how to fervently and effectively. Key verses: “One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, ‘Lord, teach us to pray…\'” (v. 1) “He said to them, ‘When you pray, say…\'” (v. 2) “Then he said ...
