by Susan Barnes | 27 Feb 2022 | Short Devotion
“Therefore, since through God’s mercy we have this ministry, we do not lose heart … Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.” 2 Corinthians 4:1 & 16 Paul could have lost heart considering...
by Susan Barnes | 13 Feb 2022 | Short Devotion
Read more of my short devotions on this blog or on Pinterest. “When I went to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ and found that the Lord had opened a door for me, I still had no peace of mind, because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I said...
by Susan Barnes | 16 Jan 2022 | Short Devotion
Read more of my short devotions on this blog or on Pinterest. “Or did the word of God originate with you? Or are you the only people it has reached?” 1 Corinthians 14:36 Paul has taught them they are the Body of Christ. Now he’s teaching some practical...
by Susan Barnes | 19 Dec 2021 | Short Devotion
Read more of my short devotions on this blog or on Pinterest. “Therefore I want you to know that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus be cursed,” and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.” 1 Corinthians 12:3...
by Susan Barnes | 12 Dec 2021 | Short Devotion
Read more of my short devotions on this blog or on Pinterest. “Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered? Does not the very nature of things teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him, but that if a woman has long hair, it is...
by Susan Barnes | 5 Dec 2021 | Short Devotion
Read more of my short devotions on this blog or on Pinterest. “Eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience.” 1 Corinthians 10:25 Paul’s radical solution to the problem of eating meat offered to idols was simple, “Don’t...
by Susan Barnes | 28 Nov 2021 | Short Devotion
Read more of my short devotions on this blog or on Pinterest. “Don’t we have the right to food and drink? Don’t we have the right to take a believing wife along with us, as do the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas?” 1 Corinthians 9:4-5...
by Susan Barnes | 21 Nov 2021 | Short Devotion
Read more of my short devotions on this blog or on Pinterest. “But not everyone possesses this knowledge. Some people are still so accustomed to idols that when they eat sacrificial food they think of it as having been sacrificed to a god, and since...