Better Than One

Read Ecclesiastes 4:7–16 Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work. Ecclesiastes 4:9 Two are certainly better than one when it comes to working, because two workers can get more done. Even when they divide the profits, they still get a better return for...

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Mixed Messages

Read James 3:9–17 Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers, this should not be. James 3:10 If you and I are going to have tongues that delight, then we must meet with the Lord each day and learn from Him. We must get our “spiritual roots”...

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The Harvest

Read 2 Corinthians 9:1–15 Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. 2 Corinthians 9:6 Farmers reap immediate physical benefits as they work in their fields, but they have to wait for the harvest. Christians who are motivated by grace reap...

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Not in It for the Money

Read 1 Corinthians 9:1–18 What then is my reward? Just this: that in preaching the gospel I may offer it free of charge, and so not make use of my rights in preaching it. 1 Corinthians 9:18 The unsaved world is convinced that most preachers are involved in “religious rackets”...

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Seat of Honor

Read Hebrews 8:1–6 We do have such a high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven, and who serves in the sanctuary, the true tabernacle set up by the Lord, not by man. Hebrews 8:1–2 There were no chairs in the...

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Tongues

Read 1 Corinthians 14:36–40 Everything should be done in a fitting and orderly way. 1 Corinthians 14:40 The gift of tongues is the God-given ability to speak in a known language with which the speaker is not previously acquainted. The purpose is not to win the lost, but to edify...

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Run for Your (Spiritual) Life

Read 1 Corinthians 9:19–27 Run in such a way as to get the prize. 1 Corinthians 9:24 Athletes must be disciplined if they are to win the prize. Discipline means giving up the good and the better for the best. Athletes must watch their diet as well as their sleeping...

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All Together Now!

Read 1 Peter 2:4–8 As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by men but chosen by God and precious to him—you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house. 1 Peter 2:4–5 A contractor in Michigan was building a house, and the construction of the first...

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A Coming Harvest

Read James 5:7–9 See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop and how patient he is for the autumn and spring rains. You too, be patient and stand firm, because the Lord’s coming is near. James 5:7–8 If a man is impatient, then he had...

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Minor Matters

Read 1 Timothy 6:1–10 If anyone teaches false doctrines and does not agree to the sound instruction of our Lord Jesus Christ and to godly teaching, he is conceited and understands nothing. 1 Timothy 6:3–4 The first mark of a false teacher is that they refused to adhere to “the...

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