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5 days ago
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2 Corinthians 8:3-5
3For I testify that they gave as much as they were able, and even beyond their ability. Entirely on their own, 4they urgently pleaded with us for the privilege of sharing in this service to the Lord’s people. 5And they exceeded our expectations: They gave themselves first of ... [read more]
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4 months ago
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Psalm 17:5
5My steps have held to your paths; my feet have not stumbled.
How do you know when a young child is ready to walk on his own strength? Sensible parents hold their young child and let him stand on their palm to test how the child responds. If the child jumps up and down, they hold him... [read more]
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1 year ago
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Prologue
For the last two Sundays ending on June 8, and last two Wednesdays ending June 11, I was amazed to find out the messages on the pulpit are interrelated. The two Sundays dealt with the Tale of Two Churches – Laodicea and Smyrna, and the two Wednesdays are about Jesus knows all men and Jes... [read more]
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2 years ago
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1 Corinthians 14:22-25
22Tongues, then, are a sign, not for believers but for unbelievers; prophecy, however, is not for unbelievers but for believers. 23So if the whole church comes together and everyone speaks in tongues, and inquirers or unbelievers come in, will they not say that you are o... [read more]
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2 years ago
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1 Corinthians 14:18-21
18I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you. 19But in the church I would rather speak five intelligible words to instruct others than ten thousand words in a tongue. 20Brothers and sisters, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in ... [read more]
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2 years ago
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1 Corinthians 14:14-17
14For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unfruitful. 15So what shall I do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my understanding; I will sing with my spirit, but I will also sing with my understanding. 16Otherwise when you are praisin... [read more]
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2 years ago
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1 Corinthians 12:27-31
27Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it. 28And God has placed in the church first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, of helping, of guidance, and of different kinds of tongues. 29Are all apo... [read more]
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2 years ago
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1 Corinthians 12:14-20
14Even so the body is not made up of one part but of many. 15Now if the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. 16And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belon... [read more]
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