by MJR | May 12, 2022 | Genuine Hope
Love is a difficult word at times. But the fruit of the Spirit is love…Galatians 5:22a Some time ago, I was asked to shoot and edit the stories of two young ladies. One of those girls was Abby. I listened as she described how she redirected her own sense of failure...
by MJR | May 11, 2022 | Genuine Hope
Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles? Do all possess gifts of healing? Do all speak with tongues? Do all interpret? But earnestly desire the higher gifts. And I will show you a still more excellent way.1 Corinthians 12: 21-26 In a...
by MJR | May 10, 2022 | Genuine Hope
Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it. And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helping, administrating, and various kinds of tongues.1 Corinthians 12: 21-26 To...
by MJR | May 9, 2022 | Genuine Hope
The eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you,” nor again the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.” On the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, and on those parts of the body that we think less...
by MJR | May 6, 2022 | Genuine Hope
For the body does not consist of one member but of many. If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body. And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the...
by MJR | May 5, 2022 | Genuine Hope
For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit.1...