Category: Daily Devotion
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2 Corinthians 3 – Pastor Mac Daily DEVO
You yourselves are our letter of recommendation, written on ourhearts, to be known and read by all. 2 Corinthians 3:2 – Imagine the church world at the time of Paul. So many churches were being started all throughout the Roman empire by Paul and others. Often church leaders, members, or missionaries would travel from one…
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2 Corinthians 2 – Pastor Mac Daily DEVO
But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere. For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing. 2 Corinthians 2:14-15 – The image Paul was…
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2 Corinthians 1 – Pastor Mac Daily DEVO
For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the affliction we experienced in Asia. For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself. Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on…
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1 Corinthians 16 – Pastor Mac Daily DEVO
If anyone has no love for the Lord, let him be accursed. Our Lord, come! 1 Corinthians 16:22 – Maranatha, likely a word you don’t use to often in your vocabulary, but possibly a word you’ve heard in the church sphere before. It’s the Greek word for “Our Lord, Come!” It’s a plea and praise…
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1 Corinthians 15 – Pastor Mac Daily DEVO
Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals.” 1 Corinthians 15:33 – Here’s the verse that I have heard spoken to rebellious teens and seen plastered on youth room walls. While certainly this can be applied to the idea of teaching young ones that hanging out with the wrong crowd can lead you astray…
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1 Corinthians 14 – Pastor Mac Daily DEVO
So with yourselves, since you are eager for manifestations of the Spirit, strive to excel in building up the church. 1 Corinthians 14:12 - Once again we see Paul in this chapter speaking of the gifts of the Spirit. Now a fuller discussion on those would be good, but we don’t have space for that…
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1 Corinthians 13 – Pastor Mac Daily DEVO
Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant… 1 Corinthians 13:4 – Likely this chapter is not a foreign one to read. If you’ve attended a wedding or attended church, you at some point have likely heard this section of scripture quoted. As I was studying over this passage one…
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1 Corinthians 12 – Pastor Mac Daily DEVO
Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it. 1 Corinthians 12:27 – Paul uses this part of the letter to break down the different gifts within the church that the Lord gives. From healing, tongues, to wisdom, all were given to the church for the benefit of the church. Yet, what Paul…
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1 Corinthians 11 – Pastor Mac Daily DEVO
If anyone is inclined to be contentious, we have no such practice, nor do the churches of God. 1 Corinthians 11:16 – In this chapter Paul addresses two separate traditions that were being mishandled in the Corinthian church, head coverings and the Lord’s Supper. With the Lord’s Supper people were coming in and wildly eating…
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1 Corinthians 10 – Pastor Mac Daily DEVO
Let no one seek his own good, but the good of his neighbor. 1 Corinthians 10:24 – Much of this letter Paul is seeking to answer the Corinthian church’s questions on what’s allowed to do and what’s not. The posture of the church seems to be, “What can I get away with and still…
