2/26/2021 1 By the humility and gentleness of Christ, I appeal to you– I, Paul, who am “timid” when face to face with you, but “bold” toward you when away! 2 I beg you that when I come I may not have to be as bold as I expect to be toward some people who…
Indescribable – 2 Corinthians 9:11-15
2/20/2021 You will be enriched in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God. 12 This service that you perform is not only supplying the needs of the Lord’s people but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanks to God….
Sowing and Reaping – 2 Corinthians 9:6-10
2/10/2021 6 Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. 7 Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. 8 And God is able to bless you abundantly, so…
Practical – 2 Corinthians 9:1-5
February 6, 2021 1 There is no need for me to write to you about this service to the Lord’s people. 2 For I know your eagerness to help, and I have been boasting about it to the Macedonians, telling them that since last year you in Achaia were ready to give; and your enthusiasm…
Reassurance – 2 Corinthians 8:16-24
1/19/2021 Thanks be to God, who put into the heart of Titus the same concern I have for you. 17 For Titus not only welcomed our appeal, but he is coming to you with much enthusiasm and on his own initiative. 18 And we are sending along with him the brother who is praised by…
Commitments and Equality – 2 Corinthians 8:6-15
1/14/2021 So we urged Titus, just as he had earlier made a beginning, to bring also to completion this act of grace on your part. 7 But since you excel in everything– in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness and in the love we have kindled in you– see that you also excel…
Connections – 2 Corinthians 8:1-5
1/9/2021 And now, brothers and sisters, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the Macedonian churches. 2 In the midst of a very severe trial, their overflowing joy and their extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity. 3 For I testify that they gave as much as they were able,…
December 2020 Family Photo Contest Entries
Our theme for December was INSIDE. It was fun to look around and see things we might not have noticed. Which one is your favorite?
Correction – 2 Corinthians 7:12-16
1/1/2021 So even though I wrote to you, it was neither on account of the one who did the wrong nor on account of the injured party, but rather that before God you could see for yourselves how devoted to us you are. 13 By all this we are encouraged. In addition to our own…
Christmas Presents
12/28/2020 This will be a Christmas I will remember for the rest of my life. At about 4:30 on Christmas morning I received a call from the hospice nurse letting me know that my father had died. He had been declining for several days and it seemed fitting that he would get to go home…