Month: May 2024

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2 Corinthians 6 Day 1

And working together with Him, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain— 2 Corinthians 6:1

Don’t let this might and marvelous work of God come to an end in your life.  If you do, all that came before would be in vain.  There’s not a happy ending for those who start but stop following Jesus.  Receive the grace (the underserved and unreserved love of God) afresh and anew every single day.  All the power of Christ and His cross are available to you for today and tomorrow.

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2 Corinthians 5 Day 5

Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade men, but we are made manifest to God; and I hope that we are made manifest also in your consciences.

2 Corinthians 5:11

The Kitchen Table Devotional

2 Corinthians 5 Day 5

Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade men, but we are made manifest to God; and I hope that we are made manifest also in your consciences.

2 Corinthians 5:11

Let your spirit shine!  Let the convictions that rule your life color your life.  Know what you believe and hear the Holy Spirit saying, and do it.  As you do, your spirit will become known to the spirit of those around you.  It’s not hard to live this life, just live from faith, with hope, in love according to God’s word and by the power of God’s Spirit.  This life is lived by faith, not sight, believing Jesus, not just believing in Jesus.

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2 Corinthians 5 Day 4

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be recompensed for his deeds in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.

2 Corinthians 5:10

What have we done for Him lately?  Everything we have is a gift from God, including this body.  Now this thing is wearing out and it has its limitations but it’s here where we learn to live there, in that new body.  And we’re all going to give an account for what we did with this, while we here, before get there to get that when we get to then.  Don’t worry about holding on to this body when you’re going to get that body He has prepared for you.

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2 Corinthians 5 Day 3

Therefore, being always of good courage, and knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord— ⁷ for we walk by faith, not by sight— ⁸ we are of good courage, I say, and prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord.

2 Corinthians 5:6-8

This present body has nothing on our future body.  Don’t live in fear of losing this body, God has something far greater in store for those who live by faith.  In fact, we start living that new life when we start living by faith, not fear.  Have courage, God has something even better for you.