SPIRITUAL GIFTS
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Daily Readings: 1 Corinthians 14 and Psalm 119:129-144 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. 26 … Everything must be done so that the church may be built up. 40 But everything should be done in a fitting and
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Daily Readings: 1 Corinthians 13 and Psalm 113-128 1 Corinthians 13 sits snugly between two chapters about spiritual gifts. And that is by no means random. Despite the fact that most of us associate 1 Corinthians 13 with weddings and romantic love, it is actually all about the “the most excellent way” to exercise one’s
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Daily Readings: 1 Corinthians 12 and Psalm 119:97-112 1 Corinthians is filled with Paul’s responses to issues confronting the Church in Corinth. In chapter 12 he turns to the question of spiritual gifts. Their pagan past had exposed them to many people with what looked a lot like the spiritual gifts they now saw in
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Daily Readings: Acts 6 and Psalm 74 The lesson of Acts 6 is very clear. When every disciple of Jesus responds faithfully to the call of the Lord and serves the Kingdom’s cause in the power of the Holy Spirit with his or her particular gifts and abilities, the Lord uses that to extend His
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