Think of us in this way, as servants of Christ and stewards of God’s mysteries. Moreover, it is required of stewards that they should be found trustworthy. But with me it is a very…

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Added by Christine on February 10, 2010 at 10:02pm — 2 Comments

Sacred Ground and Satan Ground

Good Morning, Friends~

I’m baaack. . . .and I’m entitling today’s briefing “Sacred Ground and Satan Ground” because it fits the last week…

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Added by Christine on February 9, 2010 at 9:20pm — No Comments

Once upon a time . . . the Temple ~ 1 Corinthians 3.16-22

Once upon a time . . . the temple—now vast and varied

Once upon a time, a very long time ago when Moses wrote the Law, the penalty for violating or defiling the temple was death. Leviticus 15.13

Once upon a time, when I was growing up, we really revered the house of God, (our own, of course). We dressed a certain way, and respected the sanctuary as a holy place.

Once upon a time, when I was younger and read today’s Scripture, I thought Paul was talking about… Continue

Added by Christine on February 3, 2010 at 6:26pm — No Comments

The value of your work ~ 1 Corinthians 3.10-16

“The value of your work”

Early this morning I was walking down a side street to get to prayer meeting, and I noticed something I had never seen. Larger than life was a huge vacant lot, more or less obscured by a city-constructed fence. I had walked by it many times, but this morning I saw it. I kept looking to surmise what might have been there once, and also mused about why it is no longer there, and why this huge piece of real estate sits neglected and unused. I could see painted parking… Continue

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A common purpose: being a link ~ 1 Corinthians 3.5-9

A COMMON PURPOSE: being a link

Paul diagnosed the immaturity of the Corinthian believers by showing their divisiveness was due to their spiritual immaturity. In this passage he puts the leaders in their rightful place —the servants’ quarters. Only One was due the place of supremacy. Take a look:

“What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Servants through whom you came to believe, as the Lord assigned to each. I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. So neither the one who plants… Continue

Added by Christine on February 1, 2010 at 10:00pm — No Comments

Of diets and divisions ~ 1 Corinthians 3.1-4

We all come into the world drinking milk.

And then, someone gives us cereal . . .

Next, the exciting world of Gerber plums and peaches, and sweet potatoes…

Finally, with teeth, we get something a little more interesting.

By the time we get to solid food, it means we have teeth. . .

it means we are maturing.

Of Diets and Divisions - 1 Corinthians 3.1-4

Dear brothers and sisters, when I was with you I couldn’t talk to you as I would to spiritual people. I… Continue

Added by Christine on January 31, 2010 at 10:18pm — No Comments

For such a time as this

FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS

Good Day~

This morning at Women of Passion we got into a lively discussion about how the Holy Spirit works in our lives, and how and when he shows himself to us. That opened the door for a couple women to share from a sacred place in their hearts, which was very edifying for all of us. Here is what I noticed: each softened her voice as she began, and I think we all knew we were standing on holy ground; the women had been in painful situations when… Continue

Added by Christine on January 28, 2010 at 10:35pm — No Comments

Spirit takes us deeper ~ 1 Corinthians 2.10-16

Spirit takes us deeper ~ 1 Corinthians 2.10-16

But God revealed it through his Spirit, for the Spirit explores all things, even the deep things of God. For what man knows the things of the man unless the spirit of the man which is in him? So no one ever knew the things of God except the Spirit of God. It is not the spirit of the world that we have received, but the Spirit which comes from God, so that we may know the things given to us by the grace of God. The things we speak we do not… Continue

Added by Christine on January 27, 2010 at 7:31pm — No Comments

The Wisdom of Narnia ~ 1 Corinthians 2.6-9

THE WISDOM of NARNIA - 1 Corinthians 2.6-9

True, we speak wisdom among those who are mature—but it is a wisdom which does not belong to this world, nor to the rulers of this world whose extinction is inevitable. But we speak the wisdom of God in a way that only he who is initiated into Christianity can understand, a wisdom which up to now has been kept hidden, a wisdom which God fore-ordained before time for our eternal glory, a wisdom which none of the leaders of this world knew; for, if… Continue

Added by Christine on January 26, 2010 at 8:41pm — No Comments

Keep me near the cross

Jesus, keep me near the cross, there a precious fountain~

Free to all, a healing stream, flows from Calvary's mountain.*

Good Day . . .

The Cross – it has stumbled some, repulsed others, and caused them to say, ‘no way’. Have you ever stood at the foot of the cross, and looked up? What did you see there? Did you see a man who gave up his royal robes for you, and took your place? It is ironic that so many of the Jews rejected him because they were most equipped to understand… Continue

Added by Christine on January 25, 2010 at 9:17pm — No Comments

Doorway to wisdom is humility ~ 1 Corinthians 1.26-31

Doorway to wisdom is humility

Brothers, just look at the way in which you have been called. You can see at once that not many wise men—by human standards—not many powerful men, not many high-born men have been called. But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise men; and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the strong things; and God has chosen the ignoble and the despised things of the world, yes, and the things which are not, to bring… Continue

Added by Christine on January 24, 2010 at 10:00pm — 2 Comments

Stumbling over the Cross ~ 1 Corinthians 1.18-25

STUMBLING OVER THE CROSS

For the story of the cross is foolishness to those who are on the way to destruction, but it is the power of God to those who are on the way to salvation. For it stands written: ‘I will wipe out the wisdom of the wise and I will bring to nothing the cleverness of the clever.’ Where is the wise? Where is the expert in the law? Where is the man who debates about this world’s wisdom? Did not God render foolish the wisdom of this world? For when, in God’s wisdom, the… Continue

Added by Christine on January 21, 2010 at 9:19pm — No Comments

No divisions among you ~ 1 Corinthians 1.10-17

NO DIVISIONS AMONG YOU.

Brothers, I urge you through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ that you should make up your differences and that you should see to it that there may be no divisions among you, but that you should be knit together in the same mind and the same opinion. Brothers, it has become all too clear to me, from information that I have received from members of Chloe’s household, that there are outbreaks of strife among you. What I mean is this – each of you is saying: ‘I… Continue

Added by Christine on January 20, 2010 at 8:54pm — No Comments

Paul thanks God for what he has done

PAUL THANKS GOD for what he has done. 1 Corinthians 1.4-9

Always I thank my God for you, for the grace of God which has been given to you in Christ Jesus. I have good reason to do so, because in him you have been enriched in everything, in every form of speech, and in every form of knowledge, inasmuch as what we promised you that Christ could do for his people has been proved to be true in you. The result is that there is no spiritual gift in which you lag behind, while you eagerly wait… Continue

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