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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June – For the Gospel’s Sake Day 166 – 15 June You have a real stake in this because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now. (Philippians 1:5, ESV) We hand the word partner to all manner of relationships, and it repays a closer look. A couple are partners, two
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June – For the Gospel’s Sake Day 165 – 14 June For the sake of one thing And this I do for the gospel’s sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you. (1 Corinthians 9:23, KJV) For a fortnight now, this small daily word has circled one idea from a dozen angles. We have
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June – For the Gospel’s Sake Day 164 – 13 June When the guard finally drops and pray on my behalf, that speech may be given to me in the opening of my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel. (Ephesians 6:19, NASB) Sit through a tense meeting and watch how
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June – For the Gospel’s Sake Day 162 – 11 June Cheap clay, priceless cargo But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us. (2 Corinthians 4:7, ESV) Hand the most valuable object in the world to the least impressive person in
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June – For the Gospel’s Sake Day 163 – 12 June The fragrance that gets there first For we are to God the fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing. (2 Corinthians 2:15, NKJV) Long before you catch sight of the bakery, you smell it. You might
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June – For the Gospel’s Sake Day 161 – 10 June You speak for a King Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God. (2 Corinthians 5:20, KJV) For as long as nations have spoken to one
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June – For the Gospel’s Sake Day 160 – 9 June Words that carry their own power For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes. (Romans 1:16, NIV) Talk is cheap, the old saying runs, and most of us have proved
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