“For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive what is due him for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.” (2 Corinthians 5:10 NIV84) Have you ever found it confusing to hear that we are saved by grace through faith, and not by […]
08/19/23 Daily Devotion – We live by faith, not by sight!
“We live by faith, not by sight.” (2 Corinthians 5:7 NIV84) A seven-word sentence that packs more meaning than entire novels. And if you know anything about Paul’s writings, a seven-word sentence is almost unheard of coming from him. Paul makes it clear by this verse, and the context surrounding it, that we as Christians […]
08/18/23 Daily Devotion – While in this tent we groan!
“For while we are in this tent, we groan and are burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.” (2 Corinthians 5:4 NIV84) In this fifth chapter of 2nd Corinthians, Paul is stressing the fact […]
08/17/23 Daily Devotion – Our perspective matters!
“For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.” (2 Corinthians 4:17-18 NIV84) Have you ever been through one […]
08/16/23 Daily Devotion – Jars of Clay!
“But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.” (2 Cor. 4:7 NIV) Some of you may know of the contemporary Christian music group Jars of Clay. It is one of my favorites, but it is not the reason I chose this […]
08/15/23 Daily Devotion – We do not preach ourselves!
“For we do not preach ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake. For God, who said, ‘Let light shine out of darkness,’ made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.” — […]
08/14/23 Daily Devotion – We reflect the glory of God with unveiled faces!
“And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.” — 2 Corinthians 3:18 (NIV84) In our verses for today, Paul contrasted the radiant glory of the Lord that beamed from Moses’ face and the glory […]
08/13/23 Daily Devotion – The letter kills, but the Spirit gives life!
“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.” –2 Corinthians 3:6 (NIV84) Paul was so adamant that we make a proper distinction between law and Gospel. Throughout his ministry he had the Judaisers (Jewish […]
08/12/23 Daily Devotion – Letters written on the heart!
“You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by everybody. 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. “— 2 Corinthians 3:2, 3 […]
08/11/23 Daily Devotion – Don’t let Satan outwit you!
“If you forgive anyone, I also forgive him. And what I have forgiven – if there was anything to forgive – I have forgiven in the sight of Christ for your sake, in order that Satan might not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.” — 2 Corinthians 2:10, 11 (NIV84) We […]
