12/20/2020 8 Even if I caused you sorrow by my letter, I do not regret it. Though I did regret it– I see that my letter hurt you, but only for a little while– 9 yet now I am happy, not because you were made sorry, but because your sorrow led you to repentance. For…
Hope
12/15/2020 Since we have not been able to gather in a normal way due to the pandemic, we celebrated the season of advent with our life group on Sunday evening. As we were exploring the meaning of the five candles, I was struck by the relationship of three of the candles to the fruit of…
Make Room in Your Heart – 2 Corinthians 7:2-7
12/13/2020 2 Make room for us in your hearts. We have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have exploited no one. 3 I do not say this to condemn you; I have said before that you have such a place in our hearts that we would live or die with you. 4…
Purity – 2 Corinthians 7:1
12/5/2020 1 Therefore, since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God. (2 Corinthians 7:1 NIV) I probably should have included verse 1 with the previous blog. The promises Paul is referring to are all about God dwelling with…
November 2020 Family Photo Contest Entries
Our theme for November was Fences. It was interesting to have a theme we had to be very intentional about. Which is your favorite? [ngg src=”galleries” ids=”38″ display=”basic_thumbnail”]
A Personal Appeal – 2 Corinthians 6:11-18
11/29/2020 11 We have spoken freely to you, Corinthians, and opened wide our hearts to you. 12 We are not withholding our affection from you, but you are withholding yours from us. 13 As a fair exchange– I speak as to my children– open wide your hearts also. 14 Do not be yoked together with…
Would you hire this team? – 2 Corinthians 6:1-10
11/25/2020 1 As God’s co-workers we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain. 2 For he says, “In the time of my favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you.” I tell you, now is the time of God’s favor, now is the day of salvation. 3 We…
Ambassadors – 2 Corinthians 5:16-21
11/22/2020 16 So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! 18 All this is from God,…
Control – 2 Corinthians 5:11-15
11/8/2020 11 Since, then, we know what it is to fear the Lord, we try to persuade others. What we are is plain to God, and I hope it is also plain to your conscience. 12 We are not trying to commend ourselves to you again, but are giving you an opportunity to take pride…
Finish Well – 2 Corinthians 5:6-10
11/5/2020 6 Therefore we are always confident and know that as long as we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord. 7 For we live by faith, not by sight. 8 We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the…
