June – For the Gospel’s Sake Day 176 – 25 June Shed what slows you Let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us. (Hebrews 12:1, KJV) A life gathers weight the way a coat pocket […]
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June – For the Gospel’s Sake Day 175 – 24 June Stop beating the air Therefore I run thus: not with uncertainty. Thus I fight: not as one who beats the air. (1 Corinthians 9:26, NKJV) There is a particular kind of tiredness that has nothing to do with hard work and everything to do
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June – For the Gospel’s Sake Day 174 – 23 June Who holds the reins? Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. (1 Corinthians 9:25, NIV) Of all the virtues, self-control is surely the one nobody pins to a poster. It sounds grey and joyless, conjuring up locked biscuit tins and cold
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June – For the Gospel’s Sake Day 173 – 22 June Run like you mean it Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it. (1 Corinthians 9:24, ESV) Just outside Corinth, every couple of years, the whole region
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June – For the Gospel’s Sake Day 172 – 21 June The bond that holds us together Beyond all these things put on love, which is the perfect bond of unity. (Colossians 3:14, NASB) Suppose a church does everything this week’s reflections have described, and does it well. The people genuinely share one another’s heavy
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June – For the Gospel’s Sake Day 171 – 20 June Grace where payment was due Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you. (Ephesians 4:32, NIV) Most of us are carrying an old wound somewhere, tucked out of sight but still tender to the touch.
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June – For the Gospel’s Sake Day 170 – 19 June Leave a little give with all humility and gentleness, with patience, showing tolerance for one another in love. (Ephesians 4:2, NASB) Spend enough time close to anyone, and the small things begin to surface. The friend whose warmth first drew you turns out to
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June – For the Gospel’s Sake Day 169 – 18 June Being there is most of it Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing. (1 Thessalonians 5:11, NIV) Most of us have stood frozen outside a grieving friend’s door, hand half-raised to knock, suddenly unsure whether
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June – For the Gospel’s Sake Day 168 – 17 June Two kinds of load Bear one another’s burdens, and thereby fulfill the law of Christ. (Galatians 6:2, NASB) Read a little way into the sixth chapter of Galatians and Paul seems to contradict himself within the space of three short sentences. First he tells
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June – For the Gospel’s Sake Day 167 – 16 June Different on purpose But now indeed there are many members, yet one body. (1 Corinthians 12:20, NKJV) A creature made of nothing but one enormous eye would be a pitiful thing, rolling helplessly about the floor, taking in everything around it in fine detail
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