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“Would to God ye could bear with me a little in my folly: and indeed bear with me. For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. But I fear, lest by any means, as theContinue reading “Godly Jealousy (2 Cor 11:1-6)”

“’Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.’ For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.” (2 Corinthians 10:17–18, ESV) My dad taught me a lot of things. One was that a man should not have to toot his own horn. To “tootContinue reading “Proper Boasting (2 Cor 10:13-18)”

“For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.” (2 Corinthians 10:12, KJV) I used an illustration in a sermon once to demonstrate people’s flawed evaluation of themselves. I took a gray pieceContinue reading “Two Standards (2 Corinthians 10:12)”

“For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible. Let such an one think this, that, such as we are in word by letters when we are absent, such will we be also in deed when we are present.” (2 Corinthians 10:10–11, KJV) My wifeContinue reading “Be Consistent (2 Cor 10:6-11)”

“For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thoughtContinue reading “Weapons of War (2 Cor 10:1-6)”

“Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.” (2 Corinthians 9:15, KJV) I truly cannot think of a time that I was left speechless. As the saying goes, no preacher is ever left without something to say. I know there must have been some. I just cannot remember them. The only thing that comes toContinue reading “The Greatest Gift (2 Cor 9:15)”

“And by their prayer for you, which long after you for the exceeding grace of God in you.” (2 Corinthians 9:14, KJV) We do have some strange practices in this life. One of them is in the giving of a gift. We will take a gift and put it in a container of some sort.Continue reading “Unseen Gift Exchange (2 Cor 9:14-15)”

(For those who missed my posts for Thursday and Friday last week, I apologize. I had family in town and forgot to post the devotions. Hopefully I am back on track now.) “He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvestContinue reading “Seed for Sowing (2 Cor 9:10-11)”

“(As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever.” (2 Corinthians 9:9, KJV) In the last devotional, I shared about my early days as a believer and the lesson of faith God gave me in the area of giving. While the lesson was powerful, thereContinue reading “The Lord Provides (2 Cor 9:9)”

“And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:” (2 Corinthians 9:8, KJV) In 1983, the Lord saved me while reading a Bible placed by the Gideon’s International in a Minneapolis hotel room. That evening, my life wasContinue reading “Divine Provision (2 Cor 9:8-9)”