Tag: body of Christ
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Caring for the Body
1 Corinthians 12:21-27 “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.’ On the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, and on those parts of the body that we think less honorable we…
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Koinonia
Philemon 6 “I pray that the sharing of your faith may become effective for the full knowledge of every good thing that is in us for the sake of Christ.” In the verse above Paul talks to Philemon and the rest of the church that met in his house about “the sharing of your faith.” The…
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Spiritual Siblings
2 Thessalonians 2:13-14 “But we ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord” When God blesses us with the gracious gift of eternal life through faith in His Son, He becomes our Father. What an unspeakable blessing it is to know that we have a God Who loves us as His…
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A Shared Life
Romans 12:15 “Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.” Among all the things that are true about Christians, one of the main things is that they are not meant to be “lone rangers.” Christians need other Christians; that’s just the way it is and the way God meant it to be. The…
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Possessions
Romans 14:8 “We are the Lord’s.” Do you realize that if you are a Christian, you are someone’s property? We are not our own, but we have been bought with a price, we are told in 1 Corinthians 6:20. This relationship is reiterated time after time in the Bible. We are called God’s slaves in…
To Encourage You 