Day 32: The Church

June 12 • Bible reading from 1 Corinthians 12:12-18 The Church

Belief: "The church is God’s primary way to accomplish his purposes on earth."

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Text:

The body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts; and though all its parts are many, they form one body. So it is with Christ. For we were all baptised by one Spirit into one
body--whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free--and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.

Now the body is not made up of one part but of many. If the foot should say, "Because I am not
a hand, I do not belong to the body," it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body.
And if the ear should say, "Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body," it would not
for that reason cease to be part of the body. If the whole body were an eye, where would the
sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be?
But in fact God has arranged the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them
to be.

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Take a minute:

Share God’s praise with two people today; One Christian, the other not.

Day 28: Spiritual Gifts

June 8 . Bible reading from 1 Corinthians 12:27-31a Spiritual Gifts

Behaviour: "I know and use my spiritual gifts to serve God, others, and the world."

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Text:

Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of
it. And in the church God has appointed first of all apostles,
second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, also those
having gifts of healing, those able to help others, those with gifts of
administration, and those speaking in different kinds of tongues.

Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work
miracles? Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues? Do
all interpret?
But eagerly desire the greater gifts...

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Take a minute:

What gift(s) has God given to you?
Do you have opportunity to use them?

NOTE: There is a RECOMMENDED READING RESOURCE for this topic ("Spiritual Gifts")
in the form of an audio sermon. It has been posted on this blog, and you can find it here:
http://followersway.blogspot.com/2008/04/recommended-reading-behaviour-spiritual.html

Or by following the link to Followers files in "iTunes" on the Blog main page.

Or you can download the sermon by right-clicking this link:
http://www.boxstr.com/files/1911891_cbqgc/Faith_Root_Trait_Rom12.mp3