by MJR | Mar 15, 2022 | Genuine Hope
What do you wish? Shall I come to you with a rod, or with love in a spirit of gentleness?1 Corinthians 4:21 Maybe you heard one of your parents say it or maybe you’ve uttered these words yourself as you prepared to discipline a child- “This is going...
by MJR | Mar 14, 2022 | Genuine Hope
I do not write these things to make you ashamed, but to admonish you as my beloved children. For though you have countless guides in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel. I urge you, then, be imitators of...
by MJR | Mar 11, 2022 | Genuine Hope
For who sees anything different in you? What do you have that you did not receive? If then you received it, why do you boast as if you did not receive it?1 Corinthians 4: 7 “Thanks, I can take from here” is a phrase I’ve sometimes used to say that I...
by MJR | Mar 10, 2022 | Genuine Hope
But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you or by any human court. In fact, I do not even judge myself. For I am not aware of anything against myself, but I am not thereby acquitted. It is the Lord who judges me. Therefore do not pronounce...
by MJR | Mar 9, 2022 | Genuine Hope
This is how one should regard us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. Moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.1 Corinthians 4:1-2 In preparation for a meeting, a few weeks ago I was asked to evaluate my “Values,...
by MJR | Mar 8, 2022 | Genuine Hope
Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him. For God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.1 Corinthians 3: 16-17 Several years ago a friend asked me...
