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Read II Corinthians 4 “Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on [...]
Read II Corinthians 3 “Your very lives are a letter that anyone can read by just looking at you. Christ himself wrote it—not with ink, but with God’s living Spirit; not chiseled into stone, but carved into human lives—and we publish it.” (II Corinthians 3:3) Thoughts… Having a great job [...]
Read II Corinthians 2 “We are to God the aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing. To the one we are the smell of death; to the other, the fragrance of life.” (II Corinthians 2:15-16) Thoughts… Smell, like all of the senses, is [...]
II Corinthians 1 “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.” [...]
“We pray to God that you will not do what is wrong by refusing our correction.” (II Corinthians 13:7) Thoughts… I want you to think of the word “loving” in the title of this blog both as an adjective and as a verb. Both are essential to a healthy Christian [...]
“What I want is not your possessions, but you.” (II Corinthians 12:14) Thoughts… Why do pastors pastor, preachers preach and spiritual leaders lead? What is their motive? That’s a critical question congregations need to resolve as they think about their spiritual leadership. The health and effectiveness of the church hinges [...]
“To keep me from becoming conceited because of these surpassingly great revelations, there was given me a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient [...]
Ray Noah
Lead Pastor of Portland Christian Center
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