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Standing firm in the faith

Standing firm in the faith

Be on your guard, stand firm in the faith, live like men, be strong! Let everything that you do be done in love. 1 Corinthians 16: 13-14 This afternoon as I drove back from Maysville, I listened to a sermon that described the lives of those who do not stand firm in...
Standing firm in the faith

Watchful and Alert

Be on your guard, stand firm in the faith, live like men, be strong! Let everything that you do be done in love. 1 Corinthians 16: 13-14 As Paul concludes his first letter to the church at Corinth, he inserts a final significant spiritual challenge to the people in...
Standing firm in the faith

Conversational teaching

Now concerning the collection for the saints: as I directed the churches of Galatia, so you also are to do. On the first day of every week, each of you is to put something aside and store it up, as he may prosper, so that there will be no collecting when I come. And...
Standing firm in the faith

The news we need every day

Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.  1 Corinthians 15: 1-2 As we continue to work our...
Standing firm in the faith

Encouragement, not confusion.

What then, brothers? When you come together, each one has a hymn, a lesson, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. Let all things be done for building up. If any speak in a tongue, let there be only two or at most three, and each in turn, and let someone...
Standing firm in the faith

The Importance of Communicating Clearly

Pursue love, and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy. For one who speaks in a tongue speaks not to men but to God; for no one understands him, but he utters mysteries in the Spirit. On the other hand, the one who prophesies speaks to...