Tag - 1 Corinthians
30Mar

LET NOTHING MOVE YOU!

S. O. A. P. Here’s Your 90 second AM Devotional! S-cripture: 1 Corinthians 15:58 Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain. O-bservation: St. Paul casts all other issues of life aside and commands all believers everywhere to be given FULLY to Jesus. He says, with emphasis, "LET NOTHING MOVE YOU!" A-pplication: Most would call this an admonishment by St. Paul, but the more one reads the verse the more it appears to be a command. He commands all "Followers...

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29Mar

Gifts That Build Up The Church

S. O. A. P. Here’s Your 90 second AM Devotional! S-cripture: 1 Corinthians 14:12 So it is with you. Since you are eager for gifts of the Spirit, try to excel in those that build up the church. O-bservation: Jesus was the founder and St. Paul was the architect of the Early Church. Here Paul instructs the Church at Corinth to use their spiritual "Gifts That Build Up The Church." A-pplication: Certainly we've all witnessed people in the body of Christ who seem to be "tootin’ their own horn," like my Father used to say. That's not what the Apostle is directing here. He is admonishing all...

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26Mar

Time For A Spiritual EKG

S. O. A. P. Here’s Your 90 second AM Devotional! S-cripture: 1 Corinthians 11:28 Everyone ought to examine themselves before they eat of the bread and drink from the cup. O-bservation: Toward the end of his directive regarding the taking of the Lord's Supper, St. Paul tells the Church at Corinth it's "Time For A Spiritual EKG." A-pplication: Make no mistake about it. The Apostle wasn't writing only to the newly formed group of Jesus people in Corinth, he's also writing for the entirety of the Body of Christ today. The challenge is that all of us must do everything possible to keep the "WHY" in front...

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21Mar

Man Up!

S. O. A. P. Here’s Your 90 second AM Devotional! S-cripture: 1 Corinthians 6:20 You were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies. O-bservation: Paul was talking to believers who were battling the temptation of sexual immorality. He told them that they had been bought with a price, meaning the death and resurrection of the Lord. Consequently, Paul said, "Honor God with your bodies." A-pplication: Yes, the context of much of this chapter has to do with sexual immorality. Yet honoring God with our bodies includes health. Health sometimes is on us. If eating habits are horrible and weight is out of control, how...

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17Mar

Wisdom For The Mature

S. O. A. P. Here’s Your 90 second AM Devotional! S-cripture: 1 Corinthians 2:6 We do, however, speak a message of wisdom among the mature, but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. O-bservation: St. Paul began this first letter to the church at Corinth by arguing for the wisdom of God, which was considered foolishness to the people. He said we speak a message of "Wisdom For The Mature," but not for this world or the people who are leading it. Paul said they're coming to NOTHING! A-pplication: Wisdom from God is certainly the only...

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