use these blessings

use these blessings

the gifts you have been given

use them for God

the work of the Kingdom

use them well

these gifts you were given

all to the glory

of our Lord

not to be hidden

not for ourselves

all to be used

to increase the harvest

more souls given

unto the Lord        

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November 28, 2014

use these blessings

1 Corinthians 4:7

devotion “Why Do We Boast?”

devotion by Missy Robertson

for November 16, 2014

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Duck Commander Daily Devotional

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compiled by Alan Robertson

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how can my trash – v2

how can my trash

the seeds I scatter

be useful, oh Lord

my cast offs, rough drafts

in them reward

can someone be blessed

with words on the page

the notes, the thoughts

I have discarded

that I have thrown away

                  

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edited July 8, 2014

how can my trash – v2

June 19, 2014

how can my trash

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/06/how-can-my-trash.html

1 Corinthians 4:11-13 (NRSV)

1 Corinthians 4:8-13

Upper Room Daily Devotional

“Simple Tasks”

http://devotional.upperroom.org/devotionals/2014-06-07

by Emily Tipton Williams

for June 7, 2014

read June 18, 2014

Upper Room Daily Devotional

for March and April 2014

http://devotional.upperroom.org/issues/may-jun%202014

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how can my trash

how can my trash

be useful, oh Lord

my cast offs, rough drafts

in them reward

can someone be blessed

with words on the page

the notes, the thoughts

I have discarded

that I have cast off

                  

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June 19, 2014

how can my trash

1 Corinthians 4:11-13 (NRSV)

1 Corinthians 4:8-13

Upper Room Daily Devotional

“Simple Tasks”

http://devotional.upperroom.org/devotionals/2014-06-07

by Emily Tipton Williams

for June 7, 2014

read June 18, 2014

Upper Room Daily Devotional

for March and April 2014

http://devotional.upperroom.org/issues/may-jun%202014

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Trash in the Temple – v2

Cries in heaven

for wayward people

the connected pieces

all part of us

Trash in the Temple,

Body of Christ,

following their own hearts

not the power of love

Edited October 26, 2013

Trash in the Temple – v2

July 28, 2011

Trash in the Temple

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2011/07/trash-in-temple.html

1 Corinthians 3:16-17

1 Corinthians 3, 1 Corinthians 4

90 day New Testament Bible Study

read July 28, 2011

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Christ is of God

A proud statement
a testament to each believer
that we are connected
entwined with Christ
That Christ is of God
submitting his life
a life given
that we all may live
healed of our brokenness
fully restored
changed completely
life evermore

July 29, 2011
1 Corinthians 3:23
1 Corinthians 3, 1 Corinthians 4
90 day New Testament Bible Study
read July 28, 2011

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You are of Christ

Tied with the Savior
yoked to the cross
our love self-evident
changing our path

Paul proclaimed
you are of Christ
entwined in the vine
made one with God

July 29, 2011
1 Corinthians 3:23
1 Corinthians 3, 1 Corinthians 4
90 day New Testament Bible Study
read July 28, 2011

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Imitate Me

The prayer of their pastor
to the people
to follow his path
to imitate Paul
in the way of the cross
Imitate me
he pled with the people
in his letter to Corinth
to the new believers
to follow his way
yoked to the cross
staying true to the path
so they would be righteous
that they would not be lost

July 29, 2011
1 Corinthians 4:16
1 Corinthians 3, 1 Corinthians 4
90 day New Testament Bible Study
read July 28, 2011

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Trash in the Temple

Cries in heaven
for the wayward people
the connected pieces
all part of us

Trash in the temple
the body of Christ
following their own hearts
not the power of love

July 28, 2011
1 Corinthians 3:16-17
1 Corinthians 3, 1 Corinthians 4
90 day New Testament Bible Study
read July 28, 2011

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Holy Ground – 2

Our hearts filled
our bodies the temple
together the church
all part of one body

Healed by the Christ
the Savior before us
guided by His Spirit
speaking now to us

The body, the church
a holy temple
holy ground only
when we are good soil

Only together,
many together
all of us together
together as one

July 28, 2011
1 Corinthians 3:16-17
1 Corinthians 3, 1 Corinthians 4
90 day New Testament Bible Study
read July 28, 2011

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Only when we follow

Our lives conformed
able to where his mantle
to be the church,
together the temple

Only when we follow
the way of the cross
only when we are disciples
are we redeemed from the lost

July 28, 2011
1 Corinthians 3:16-17
1 Corinthians 3, 1 Corinthians 4
90 day New Testament Bible Study
read July 28, 2011

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Together One Body - 2

The plural You
the words of the apostle
describing us together
together one body
the temple, the church
Not separate beings
together, united
in one mind and spirit
followers of Christ


July 28, 2011
1 Corinthians 3:16-17
1 Corinthians 3, 1 Corinthians 4
90 day New Testament Bible Study
read July 28, 2011

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Stewards of God’s Mysteries

We are to be the stewards of God’s mysteries
the ones to safeguard his secrets, the majesty of creation
the wonder of the world, the unwrapping of the
web of life, the systems, the laws of nature
all part of the ordered plan of the creator
A world of rules and wondrous beauty
in the forces, the atoms, the mystery of life
Eating of the tree, the knowledge and free will
to act to save, to protect, or to destroy
all within our hands, to choose
So we must be the stewards, the protectors
of this world, this earth, fighting
for its preservation, and the innocents
who are yet to come
They too are the children of God
our legacy must not be wasting their birthright
We must be stewards of God’s mysteries
as his sons and daughters
not frittering away the inheritance of all

May 25, 2008
1 Corinthians 4:1-5 and
Alive Now devotional for May 21, 2008