Oct 13, 2024
Unloving Attitudes
1 Corinthians 13:1-13 After sharing about spiritual gifts in chapter 12, the Apostle Paul focuses on the importance of agape love as the motivation for all that we do. He first lists five important gifts and actions that are useless without love:
  • Eloquence
  • Knowledge
  • Faith
  • Generosity
  • Sacrifice
He then provides a beautiful description of what Christ-like love truly is:
  • Love is patient and kind.
  • Love does not envy, boast or act out of pride.
  • Love is not rude or selfish.
  • Love is not easily angered and keeps no record of wrongs.
  • Love doesn’t delight in evil, but rejoices with the truth.
  • Love protects, trusts, hopes and perseveres.
Nothing is more important or longer lasting than the love of God revealed to us in Jesus and planted in our hearts.  Allow it to guide every thought, word & action!
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  • Oct 13, 2024Unloving Attitudes
    Oct 13, 2024
    Unloving Attitudes
    1 Corinthians 13:1-13 After sharing about spiritual gifts in chapter 12, the Apostle Paul focuses on the importance of agape love as the motivation for all that we do. He first lists five important gifts and actions that are useless without love:
    • Eloquence
    • Knowledge
    • Faith
    • Generosity
    • Sacrifice
    He then provides a beautiful description of what Christ-like love truly is:
    • Love is patient and kind.
    • Love does not envy, boast or act out of pride.
    • Love is not rude or selfish.
    • Love is not easily angered and keeps no record of wrongs.
    • Love doesn’t delight in evil, but rejoices with the truth.
    • Love protects, trusts, hopes and perseveres.
    Nothing is more important or longer lasting than the love of God revealed to us in Jesus and planted in our hearts.  Allow it to guide every thought, word & action!
  • Oct 6, 2024Misguided Worship
    Oct 6, 2024
    Misguided Worship
    1 Corinthians 11 As the Apostle Paul sought to heal some of the problems in the Church at Corinth, he tackled the issue of misguided worship.  Some in the church had lost focus on what was most important in a Christian fellowship.  Even the communal meals at which the Lord’s Supper was observed were, in Paul’s words, “doing more harm than good.”  What seems to have gone wrong? Rituals had become more important than relationships.  Matthew 5:23-24 Freedoms were used for selfishness rather than servanthood.  Galatians 5:13 The focus had become pleasing themselves rather than pleasing God.  John 4:23-24
  • Sep 29, 2024Untapped Potential
    Sep 29, 2024
    Untapped Potential
    1 Corinthians 12:4-18 A healthy church utilized the spiritual gifts and abilities of all it’s members.   Apparently, the Apostle Paul did not see that happening in Corinth, so he passionately and patiently confronted the “elephant” of untapped potential. What Every Christian Needs to Understand about Spiritual Gifts:
    • Spiritual gifts are special abilities distributed by God through His Holy Spirit.
    • There are many different kinds of spiritual gifts.
    • Every believer has at least one spiritual gift.
    • The purpose of spiritual gifts is to build up the Body of Christ.
    Keys to Discovering Your Spiritual Gifts:
    • Learn
    • Listen
    • Look
    • Leap
  • Sep 22, 2024Elephants in the Church: Immorality
    Sep 22, 2024
    Elephants in the Church: Immorality
    “Flee from sexual immorality.  All other sins a man commits are outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.  Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God?  You are not your own; you were bought at a price.  Therefore honor God with your body.”  1 Corinthians 6:18-20 The Apostle Paul was very concerned when Christians ignored immorality in their own lives and within the fellowship of the church.  Confronting the “elephant of immorality” is necessary for several reasons:
    • To help those who have fallen into a sinful lifestyle.
    • To protect the integrity and the future of the church.
    • To strengthen the witness of the church in a fallen world.
    “Since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God.”  2 Corinthians 7:1
  • Sep 15, 2024Elephants in the Church: Disunity
    Sep 15, 2024
    Elephants in the Church: Disunity
    “I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be perfectly united in mind and thought.”   1 Corinthians 1:10 To maintain unity within the Body of Christ, we need to…
    • Keep our focus on the Messiah.
    • Keep our focus on His Mission.
    • Keep our focus on His Methods.
    • Keep our focus on His Message.
    “Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.”  Ephesians 4:3