I Corinthians 12: 1 – 11 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed. You know that when you were pagans, you were enticed and led astray to idols that could not speak. Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking
Continue readingSunday 16th February Psalm 136 1 O thank the LORD, for he is good;his love endures for ever.2 O thank the God of gods always;his love will fail us never. 3 Give glory to the Lord of lords;his love endures for ever.4 Great wonders he alone performs;his love will fail
Continue readingSaturday 15th February 1 Corinthians 11: 27 – 34 Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be answerable for the body and blood of the Lord. Examine yourselves, and only then eat of the bread and drink of the
Continue readingFriday 14th February 1 Corinthians 11: 17 – 26 Now in the following instructions I do not commend you, because when you come together it is not for the better but for the worse. For, to begin with, when you come together as a church, I hear that there are
Continue readingThursday 13th February 1 Corinthians 11: 1 – 16 Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ. I commend you because you remember me in everything and maintain the traditions just as I handed them on to you. But I want you to understand that Christ is the head
Continue readingWednesday 12th February I Corinthians 10: 23 – 33‘All things are lawful’, but not all things are beneficial. ‘All things are lawful’, but not all things build up. Do not seek your own advantage, but that of others. Eat whatever is sold in the meat market without raising any question
Continue readingTuesday 11th February I Corinthians 10: 14 – 22 Therefore, my dear friends, flee from the worship of idols. I speak as to sensible people; judge for yourselves what I say. The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a sharing in the blood of Christ? The bread
Continue readingMonday 10th February 1 Corinthians 10: 1 – 13 I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that our ancestors were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea, and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, and all ate
Continue readingSunday 9th February Psalm 135 1 Praise the LORD, all you his servants!Praise his name with glad accord,2 You who serve God in his temple,in the dwelling of the LORD. 3 Praise the LORD, for this is fitting.He is good; his praise proclaim.Praise the LORD, for it is pleasantto sing
Continue readingSaturday 8th February I Corinthians 9: 24 – 27 Do you not know that in a race the runners all compete, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win it. Athletes exercise self-control in all things; they do it to receive a perishable
Continue readingFriday 7th February I Corinthians 9: 19-23 For though I am free with respect to all, I have made myself a slave to all, so that I might win more of them. To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to win Jews. To those under the law
Continue readingThursday 6th February I Corinthians 9: 1 – 18 Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord? If I am not an apostle to others, at least I am to you; for you are
Continue readingWednesday 5th February I Corinthians 8 Now concerning food sacrificed to idols: we know that ‘all of us possess knowledge.’ Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. Anyone who claims to know something does not yet have the necessary knowledge; but anyone who loves God is known by him. Hence,
Continue readingTuesday 4th February I Corinthians 7: 36 – 40 If anyone thinks that he is not behaving properly towards his fiancée, if his passions are strong, and so it has to be, let him marry as he wishes; it is no sin. Let them marry. But if someone stands firm
Continue readingDear <<First Name>> We have now finished our long journey through the Saul – David – Solomon saga. Well done for sticking with the story, the long readings and, I hope, the interesting practical reflections on them. We try to alternate between Old and New Testament and mix various styles of
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