2 Corinthians

Who’s In Charge?

Who’s In Charge?

Who’s in charge? You thought you were, then WHAM! Life happened. When my friend, Kathy, got cancer her immediate question was “Why not me?” I asked her why she didn’t ask instead, “Why me?” She said that she was a member of the human race. Rain (and sin, destruction, disease,…

It’s Coming! Old Age

It’s Coming! Old Age

I’m dying my hair this morning. The gray is overtaking the brown quicker and quicker. I’m plucking gray hairs from my eyebrows. I’m getting old. When did this happen! Like many things, age sneaks up on us one day at a time. Big events mark our years – birthdays, anniversaries,…

Changes

Changes

Changes. My in-laws moved from Texas to Kansas into our basement apartment. We are so glad to have them closer. But change is hard on them and on us as we figure out what our relationships will look like and how we can serve one another without getting into each…

God’s Grace / Our Grace

As to this salvation, the prophets who prophesied of the grace that would come to you made careful searches and inquiries, seeking to know what person or time the Spirit of Christ within them was indicating as He predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow. It was…

Finding Love and Peace

“Finally, brethren, rejoice, be made complete, be comforted, be like-minded, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you.” 2 Corinthians 13:11 This is a list of commands and a great promise! Let’s look at each action on the list. First, rejoice. Learning to live…

Free from Shame

“Therefore, since we have this ministry, as we received mercy, we do not lose heart, But we have renounced the things hidden because of shame, not walking in craftiness or adulterating the word of God, but by the manifestation of truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight…

God’s Sufficiency

“God is able to make all grace abound to you; that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good word and work.” 2 Corinthians 9:8 God’s grace is pardoning grace, needful grace, all sufficient grace, and sanctifying grace. Grace pardons all of our sins making…

Hope in Victory

“…for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for the destruction of fortress.” 2 Corinthians 10:4 “For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of…