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Daily Devotions

  • Sunday, January 23: Scripture – 1 Corinthians 12:28-31


    Sunday, January 23: Scripture – 1 Corinthians 12:28-31 28 And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers; then deeds of power, then gifts of healing, forms of assistance, forms of leadership, various kinds of tongues. 29 Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles? 30…

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  • Saturday, January 22: Scripture – 1 Corinthians 12:27


    Saturday, January 22: Scripture – 1 Corinthians 12:27 27 Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it. Prayer Focus: Have you heard yet this week that you are the body of Christ? I particularly like this phrasing because it reminds us that our first identity is as the body of Christ,…

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  • Friday, January 21: Scripture – 1 Corinthians 12:21-26


    Friday, January 21: Scripture – 1 Corinthians 12:21-26 21 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.” 22 On the contrary, the members of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, 23 and those members…

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  • Thursday, January 20: Scripture – 1 Corinthians 12:19-20


    Thursday, January 20: Scripture – 1 Corinthians 12:19-20 19 If all were a single member, where would the body be? 20 As it is, there are many members, yet one body. Prayer Focus: If everyone had the same gifts or if everyone was the same member, where would the body be? It would be a…

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  • Wednesday, January 19: Scripture – 1 Corinthians 12:14-18


    Wednesday, January 19: Scripture – 1 Corinthians 12:14-18 14 Indeed, the body does not consist of one member but of many. 15 If the foot would 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. 16 And if…

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  • Tuesday, January 18: Scripture – 1 Corinthians 12:13


    Tuesday, January 18: Scripture – 1 Corinthians 12:13 13 For in the one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and we were all made to drink of one Spirit. Prayer Focus: We were all baptized into one body. I had a professor who suggested that we should stop baptizing…

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  • Monday, January 17: Scripture – 1 Corinthians 12:12


    Monday, January 17: Scripture – 1 Corinthians 12:12 12 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. Prayer Focus: The body of Christ is a familiar image from scripture. Paul uses it in this chapter…

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  • Sunday, January 16: Scripture – John 2:11


    Sunday, January 16: Scripture – John 2:11 11 Jesus did this, the first of his signs, in Cana of Galilee, and revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him. Prayer Focus: In the gospel of John, Jesus’ identity is revealed through a series of signs. There is abundant wine, more than could be drunk…

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  • Saturday, January 15: Scripture – John 2:9-10


    Saturday, January 15: Scripture – John 2:9-10 9 When the steward tasted the water that had become wine, and did not know where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), the steward called the bridegroom 10 and said to him, “Everyone serves the good wine first, and then the inferior…

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  • Friday, January 14: Scripture – John 2:8


    Friday, January 14: Scripture – John 2:8 8 He said to them, “Now draw some out, and take it to the chief steward.” So they took it. Prayer Focus: Sometimes when you read a text verse by verse as we do each day with these devotions you discover something new, even though it had been…

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