Scripture – 1 Corinthians 12:8-10 8 To one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit, 9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, 10 to another the working of powerful deeds, to…

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Scripture – 1 Corinthians 12:7 7 To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. Prayer Focus: Whatever your particular spiritual gift may be, use it for the common good today. Your gift has been given not merely for your own benefit. Pray that you might be empowered by the Spirit…

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Scripture – 1 Corinthians 12:4-6 4 Now there are varieties of gifts but the same Spirit, 5 and there are varieties of services but the same Lord, 6 and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who activates all of them in everyone. Prayer Focus: There are varieties of gifts, but…

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Scripture – 1 Corinthians 12:2-3 2 You know that when you were gentiles you were enticed and led astray to idols that could not speak. 3 Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking by the Spirit of God ever says “Let Jesus be cursed!” and no one can say “Jesus is Lord”…

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Scripture – 1 Corinthians 12:1 1 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be ignorant. Prayer Focus: While we typically translate the first few words of this text, “Now concerning spiritual gifts,” an even more accurate translation would be “Now concerning spiritual things.” How concerned are you with “spiritual…

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Hymn- “Lord, You Give the Great Commission” Today during 11:00 a.m. worship, we will celebrate and pray for our graduating high school seniors. Like the disciples in Acts 1, these young people stand at the crossroads between an ending and a beginning, as they are called out to be witnesses to Christ in the world.…

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Scripture- Acts 1:14 14 All these were constantly devoting themselves to prayer, together with certain women, including Mary the mother of Jesus, as well as his brothers. The disciples don’t set out to spread the good news to the ends of the earth right away. They return to Jerusalem to wait and pray. Karl Barth…

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Scripture- Acts 1:12-13 12 Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day’s journey away. 13 When they had entered the city, they went to the room upstairs where they were staying: Peter, and John, and James, and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son…

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Scripture- Acts 1:10-11 10 While he was going and they were gazing up toward heaven, suddenly two men in white robes stood by them. 11 They said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up toward heaven? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way…

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Scripture- Acts 1:9 When he had said this, as they were watching, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight. Prayer Focus: The ascension of Jesus into heaven, as described in the verse above, is both an ending and beginning. It marks the end of Christ’s life and ministry here…

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