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2 Corinthians
Contributed by C. Philip Green on Nov 8, 2024 (message contributor)
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1. The God Of All Comfort
Contributed on Nov 8, 2024
To find healing for your heart, praise God who comforts you in affliction, and trust God who delivers you from affliction.
There is an old story floating around about a soldier who was wounded in a battle. His commanding officer ordered him to go to the nearest military hospital. When he arrived at the entrance, he saw two doors: one marked “For Minor Wounds,” the other “For Serious Wounds.” He entered the first door ...read more
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2. Cleaning Up The Mess Of Misunderstanding
Contributed on Nov 20, 2024
To clean up the mess of misunderstanding, act with integrity and love, affirming God’s integrity and love in everything you do.
Evelyn Shetter from Abilene, Kansas, accepted a lunch invitation with former coworkers. Since she was going to be gone over the lunch hour, she set the table and left dinner in the oven for Larry, her farmer husband. She scribbled him a note saying, “Dinner in oven.” When she returned home at 4 ...read more
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3. The Tools Of Restoration
Contributed on Dec 4, 2024
To restore a sinning believer, grab the tools of restoration: pain; punishment; pardon; and partnership.
The Tools of Restoration (2 Corinthians 2:5-11) Author and Canadian Theologian, Randall Rauser, tells the story of a boy, whose parents had promised him a beautiful car to drive when he turned 16. He dreamed about it all his life, planning to park it in the family’s barn where it could stay warm ...read more
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4. Smell Good
Contributed on Dec 13, 2024
When you feel defeated, trust Christ to use your feeble efforts and faltering speech to make an eternal difference in people’s lives.
A marathon, for most runners, seems long, but it is always 26.2 miles. Always. Except for the Lakeshore Marathon held in Chicago on Memorial Day weekend 20 years ago (2005). That day the 529 runners who finished actually ran 27.2 miles, one mile more than they were supposed to. Only, nobody told ...read more
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5. Staring Down Your Critics
Contributed on Dec 19, 2024
Behold the glory of the Lord and be bold in your service for the Lord.
There is an old Peanuts cartoon, in which Linus has just written a comic strip of his own, and he wants Lucy's opinion. In the first frame, he tentatively hands Lucy his comic strip and says, “Lucy, would you read this and tell me if you think it is funny?” In the next frame, you see Lucy ...read more