grace at the table

Posted on April 17, 2016 by Jefferson Vann
April 2016 (17)

1 Corinthians 10:16-18

1Co 10:16 The cup of praise that we speak so well of, is it not a sharing of the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a sharing of the body of Christ?
1Co 10:17 Because it is one loaf, the many of us are one body, because we all have a share of that one loaf.
1Co 10:18 Look at ethnic Israel. Are not the ones who eat the sacrifices sharers of the altar?

grace at the table

Paul continues addressing the question of whether Christians may eat meat that has been sacrificed to idols, but here he shifts the focus from the meat itself to the meaning of participation. He has already acknowledged that the meat is not inherently defiled and that the so‑called gods of pagan worship are not real deities. The problem is not the food but the fellowship implied by knowingly taking part in a ritual meal offered to another god. To eat such sacrifices in their original context is to step into a cultural and spiritual world that does not belong to the people of Christ.

Paul reminds the Corinthians that Christians already share a culture—one shaped by the cross, the resurrection, and the ongoing life of the Spirit. This shared identity is expressed most clearly in the communion meal. When believers bless the cup, they are participating in the blood of Christ. When they break the bread, they are participating in his body. The Lord’s Supper is not a mere symbol; it is a communal act that binds the worshippers to the One who was sacrificed for them. It is a celebration of grace, a proclamation of dependence, and a reaffirmation of belonging.

Paul draws a parallel with Israel’s temple worship. When Israelites ate portions of the sacrifices, they were not simply consuming food. They were sharing in the altar, identifying themselves with the God who had claimed them. Participation in the sacrifice meant participation in the covenant. It was an act of loyalty, devotion, and worship.

This is why Paul warns the Corinthians so strongly. To knowingly eat meat offered to idols in a setting that still carries its pagan meaning is to participate in a rival fellowship. It is to step into a story that contradicts the gospel. Even if the idol is nothing, the act of sharing in its sacrifice communicates allegiance. It blurs the lines of identity. It suggests that the table of the Lord and the table of demons can be treated as interchangeable.

Paul wants the Corinthians to see that their unity with Christ is expressed and strengthened at the communion table. The meal is a reminder that God’s grace meets them at their point of need, that Christ’s sacrifice defines their life, and that their worship binds them to the living God. To participate in that sacrifice is to declare who they are and whose they are. For that reason, they must avoid any practice that confuses their allegiance or compromises their witness.

LORD, thank you for your grace, and for giving us a tangible way of celebrating that grace each time we come to your table.

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end point

Posted on April 16, 2016 by Jefferson Vann
April 2016 (16)

1 Corinthians 10:13-15

1Co 10:13 A temptation has not taken you unless it is human. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond your ability, but he will also make an end point with the temptation, allowing you to be able to endure it.

1Co 10:14 For this reason, my loved ones, run away from this idolatry.

1Co 10:15 I am speaking to you as people with insight; decide for yourselves on what I am saying.

end point

Paul identifies the central danger facing the Corinthian believers: the temptation to drift back toward the idolatrous patterns that once defined their lives. Corinth was a city filled with temples, festivals, sacrifices, and social expectations that revolved around pagan worship. For many in the church, idolatry was not an abstract theological concept but a lived reality from which they had only recently been rescued. The pull of old habits, old environments, and old ways of thinking remained strong. Paul therefore pleads with them to flee from idolatry—not to reason with it, not to test their strength against it, but to run from it as from a deadly threat.

His exhortation is grounded in a profound truth about God’s work within believers. The command to flee is not an impossible burden. It is possible because God has already placed within his people a decisive break with their former life. There is, within every believer, an end point—a place where the old identity as an idolater no longer defines thought or behavior. God has drawn a line inside the heart, marking the boundary between the old self and the new creation. The Corinthians were not being asked to manufacture faithfulness out of sheer willpower. They were being asked to recognize and rely on what God had already done in them.

Paul challenges them to look inward, not in a self‑absorbed way, but in a discerning way. The God who called them is faithful. The God who rescued them from idolatry has not left them vulnerable to its power. He has given them the resources they need to remain faithful—his Spirit, his word, his community, and the new identity they received in Christ. The question is whether they will trust those resources or drift back toward the patterns that once enslaved them.

This same truth extends beyond Corinth. Every generation of believers faces its own forms of idolatry—subtle or obvious, religious or secular. The call to flee remains, and so does the assurance that God equips his people to do so. Faithfulness is not achieved by human strength alone but by leaning into the faithfulness of the One who has already claimed his people as his own.

LORD, give us the insight to know that the faith you gave us when we were saved is the faithfulness we need to overcome temptation.

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destruction sent

Posted on April 15, 2016 by Jefferson Vann
April 2016 (15)

1 Corinthians 10:9-11

1Co 10:9 We should not test Christ, like some of them did, and they were destroyed by the snakes.

1Co 10:10 Nor should you complain, just like some of them complained, and they were destroyed by the destroying angel.

1Co 10:11 Now these things happened to them as an example, but they were written down to warn us, on whom the end of the ages has arrived.

destruction sent

Paul’s warning reaches its most sobering point when he draws together the examples he has just mentioned. Though the circumstances in each story differ, the divine response is the same. When those who bear God’s name give themselves over to rebellion, idolatry, or immorality, the result is destruction. In the wilderness, some fell under the judgment of serpents. Others died in the plague that followed the Moabite seduction. Still others perished under God’s discipline for grumbling or testing him. The outward forms of judgment varied, but the underlying reality did not: God brought an end to those who persisted in sin while claiming to belong to him.

Paul is not recounting these events to stir fear for its own sake. He is reminding the Corinthians that God’s character has not changed. The God who judged Israel is the same God who reigns over the church. The danger is not theoretical. Those who treat sin lightly, who assume that participation in religious life guarantees safety, or who imagine that God will overlook rebellion because of past blessings are repeating the very patterns that led to catastrophe in earlier generations.

Jesus himself reinforces this truth with stark clarity. He teaches that God alone has the authority to destroy both soul and body in hell. That statement is not a metaphor. It is a declaration of divine power and a warning of divine judgment. Hell is not a place where life is preserved in misery. It is the final destruction of those who refuse the life God offers. The imagery of fire in Scripture is consistently the imagery of consumption, not preservation. The second death is death, not perpetual existence.

Paul’s point is not to unsettle those who are walking faithfully but to awaken those who are drifting. The Corinthians were surrounded by temptations—idolatry, immorality, and the casual assumption that grace would shield them from consequences. Paul confronts that assumption head‑on. God’s patience is real, but so is his holiness. His mercy is deep, but so is his justice. To profess his name while embracing the sins he condemns is to walk a path that leads to ruin.

The warning is meant to protect, not to crush. It calls for sincerity, vigilance, and a renewed seriousness about the life of faith. The God who saves is also the God who judges, and the only safe place is wholehearted devotion to him.

LORD, we seek to follow Christ. Save us from the eternal destruction that those without Christ will experience.

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entertaining ourselves to death

Posted on April 14, 2016 by Jefferson Vann
April 2016 (14)

1 Corinthians 10:6-8

1Co 10:6 These catastrophic judgments happened as examples for us, so that we would not lust for evil things the way they lusted for evil things.

1Co 10:7 Do not become idolaters, like some of them, just like the scripture says “the people sat down to eat and drink and got up to entertain themselves.”

1Co 10:8 We should not commit sexual sin, like some of them committed sexual sin, and 23,000 died in a single day.

entertaining ourselves to death

The account in Numbers 25 stands as one of the most sobering episodes in Israel’s wilderness history. While camped near Moab, Israelite men were enticed by Moabite women who drew them first into sexual immorality and then into the worship of Baal. The seduction was deliberate, and the spiritual collapse was swift. What began as private indulgence became a public rebellion against the Lord. In response, God sent a devastating plague upon the people. The judgment did not cease until the leaders executed those who had participated in the idolatry. By the time the plague ended, twenty‑four thousand had died. The scale of the loss shows that this was not a momentary lapse but a widespread spiritual disaster.

Paul brings this story into his letter to the Corinthians because he sees the same danger taking shape in their own community. The temptations were different in form but identical in essence. Corinth was a city saturated with entertainment, sensuality, and idolatry. The believers lived in a culture where pleasure was pursued without restraint and where religious festivals often blended feasting, immorality, and pagan worship. Some in the church were beginning to drift toward the same patterns, assuming that participation in Christian rituals would shield them from consequences. Paul refuses to let them rest in that false security.

His warning is direct: the kind of entertainment that shaped the surrounding culture was spiritually lethal. Israel’s downfall began with the desire to enjoy what everyone else enjoyed. The Corinthians were facing the same pull. The danger was not merely that they might adopt questionable habits but that their hearts might be slowly shaped by the values of a world opposed to God. Paul wants them to see that sin rarely announces itself with dramatic rebellion. It begins with small compromises, with the assumption that a little indulgence will do no harm, with the belief that belonging to the community of faith guarantees safety.

The story of Numbers 25 exposes that lie. External association with God’s people does not protect those whose hearts drift toward idolatry. Paul’s message is not meant to crush but to awaken. The call is to vigilance, to holiness, and to a sober recognition that the pleasures celebrated by the world can carry a hidden poison. The Corinthians needed that reminder, and so does every generation that lives in a culture eager to entertain itself to death.

LORD, may we find our pleasure in obeying your will, not in transgressing it.

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playing along

Posted on April 13, 2016 by Jefferson Vann
April 2016 (13)

1 Corinthians 10:1-5

1Co 10:1 Because I do not want you to miss this, brothers — the fact that all our fathers were under that cloud, and all had passed through that sea.

1Co 10:2 And they all had been baptized in that cloud and in that sea for Moses,

1Co 10:3 and they all ate the same spiritual food he provided,

1Co 10:4 and they all drank the same spiritual drink. Because they drank from a spiritual rock that accompanied them, but the rock was Christ.

1Co 10:5 Yet God decided against many of them, because they met with catastrophe in the desert.

playing along

Paul’s warning to the Corinthians grows sharper as he turns their attention to the history of Israel. He has been urging them to pursue the Christian life with the same discipline and intentionality that athletes bring to their training. Now he reminds them of a sobering truth: belonging to a religious community does not guarantee spiritual safety. Israel’s story stands as a cautionary example.

Their ancestors had every outward privilege. They were all under the cloud of God’s presence. They all passed through the sea in the great act of deliverance. They all experienced a kind of baptism into Moses as they followed him through the waters. They all ate the manna and drank the water God miraculously provided. They participated in the same rituals, shared the same meals, and identified with the same community. From the outside, everything looked right. They appeared to be a people fully aligned with God.

But Paul exposes the tragic reality: although they had aligned themselves with God externally, God had not approved of them internally. Their hearts were not devoted to him. Their obedience was shallow. Their participation in the community was real, but their faith was not. They went through the motions, confident that their rituals and associations were enough. Yet the wilderness became their grave because their lives did not match their profession.

Paul uses this history to confront a danger lurking in Corinth. The church was filled with people who assumed that participation in Christian gatherings, baptism, and the Lord’s Supper guaranteed spiritual standing. Some believed that simply being part of the community insulated them from judgment. But Paul insists that external involvement without internal devotion leads to catastrophe. The Israelites “played along,” but their hearts were far from God. The Corinthians risked repeating the same mistake.

This warning reaches across the centuries. It is possible to attend worship, participate in sacraments, and speak the language of faith while lacking the obedience, humility, and perseverance that mark genuine devotion. Paul is not trying to unsettle sincere believers but to expose the danger of complacency. The Christian life requires more than association; it requires transformation. The privileges of the community are real, but they must be matched by a heart that seeks God, trusts him, and follows him.

Paul’s message is clear: the past is a mirror. Israel’s failure is not a distant tragedy but a present warning. The call is to sincerity, discipline, and wholehearted faith—because merely playing along is spiritually deadly.

LORD, strengthen our resolve to dedicate our lives to the faith we profess – faith in Christ our rock.

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run to take the prize

Posted on April 12, 2016 by Jefferson Vann
April 2016 (12)

1 Corinthians 9:24-27

1Co 9:24 Do you not know that all the runners in a stadium are running, but one receives the prize? So run to take the prize.

1Co 9:25 And each competitor must exercise all his self-control; they run to receive a mortal wreath, be we run for an immortal prize.

1Co 9:26 So I do not run uncertainly; I do not box like one who beats air.

1Co 9:27 Instead, I wear out my body and enslave it; so that after preaching to others, I myself will not be disqualified.

run to take the prize

In the athletic world of Paul’s day, the highest honor an athlete could receive was a wreath woven from leaves or branches. It was a symbol of victory, but it was also fragile. The moment it was placed on the winner’s head, it had already begun to wither. Its glory was temporary, its beauty short‑lived, and its value destined to fade. Everyone watching the games understood this. The applause would die down, the wreath would crumble, and the champion’s moment of triumph would soon be only a memory.

Paul uses that image to draw a sharp contrast between the pursuits of this world and the pursuit that defines the Christian life. The athletes of Corinth trained with intensity, discipline, and focus for a prize that could not last. But believers are called to run a race whose reward is not subject to decay. The prize held before them is nothing less than participation in the coming kingdom of God and the gift of immortality itself. This is not a metaphorical reward or a symbolic honor. Paul speaks of a real, future transformation in which mortality is swallowed up by life, and the faithful are welcomed into the eternal reign of Christ.

By invoking the imagery of the games, Paul invites the Corinthians to consider the seriousness of their own spiritual calling. If athletes devote themselves so rigorously for a fading crown, how much more should believers devote themselves to a prize that will never perish. The Christian hope is not a momentary triumph but an everlasting inheritance. It is the restoration of all things, the renewal of creation, and the resurrection of the body. It is life that cannot be touched by death, joy that cannot be diminished, and glory that cannot fade.

Paul’s encouragement is both pastoral and practical. He is calling the Corinthians to lift their eyes above the distractions, rivalries, and temporary concerns that had consumed them. Their true goal is not social status, personal freedom, or victory in theological debates. Their true goal is the kingdom that Christ will bring, the immortality he will bestow, and the fellowship with God that will endure forever.

In reminding them of this imperishable prize, Paul reorients their priorities. The Christian life is not a casual stroll but a purposeful race. The finish line is worth every sacrifice, every discipline, and every act of faithfulness, because the reward is eternal.

LORD, make us athletes fit for the ultimate prize.

 

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partnering in the product

Posted on April 11, 2016 by Jefferson Vann
April 2016 (11)

1 Corinthians 9:18-23

1Co 9:18 What then is my wages? That, when I evangelize, I may offer the gospel without charge, so as not to make full use of my right as regarding the gospel.

1Co 9:19 Because although I am free from all, I made myself a bondservant to everyone, in order to gain more of them.

1Co 9:20 I became to the Jews like a Jew to gain the Jews. To those under the law, like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law) to gain those under the law.

1Co 9:21 To those outside the law I became as one outside the law (not being outside the law of God but under the law of Christ) that I might win those outside the law.

1Co 9:22 I became weak to the weak in order to gain the weak. I have become all things to all people, so that by all means I may save some.

1Co 9:23 And I do all things for the sake of the gospel, that I may become a sharing partner in its product.

partnering in the product

Paul’s reflections on ministry support reach their deepest point when he turns to the question of his own “wages.” He has already argued from Scripture that those who labor in the harvest of the gospel should not be muzzled. The principle is clear: those who sow spiritual seed have a rightful claim to material support. This is not a concession but a biblical expectation woven into the life of God’s people from the beginning. Yet Paul immediately distinguishes his personal practice from the general rule. He affirms the right, then explains why he has chosen not to use it.

This leads him to the heart of the matter. If he does not receive financial support, what then is his reward? Paul answers with a clarity that reveals the depth of his calling. His wages are not measured in coins or provisions but in the fruit of the gospel itself. His reward is seeing men and women turn from darkness to light, from idols to the living God, from death to life. Every new believer, every transformed household, every congregation planted in previously pagan soil—these are the returns on his labor. This is how he participates as a partner in the harvest.

Paul does not view himself as a hired worker collecting a paycheck. He sees himself as a steward entrusted with a sacred commission. The joy of fulfilling that commission is its own compensation. When the gospel takes root in a new city, when a community of believers begins to flourish, when Christ is honored where he was previously unknown—Paul counts that as his profit. The success of the mission is the satisfaction of his soul.

This perspective reveals the purity of Paul’s motives. He is not driven by financial gain, nor is he resentful of those who receive support. His refusal to take wages in certain contexts is not a rejection of the principle but an expression of his devotion. He wants nothing to obscure the message or to give the impression that he preaches for personal benefit. His reward is bound up entirely in the advance of the gospel.

In this, Paul offers a model of ministry shaped not by entitlement but by joy. The true compensation for gospel labor is the gospel’s fruit. The true partnership is not merely financial but spiritual—sharing in the work and sharing in the harvest.

LORD, make us so eager to gain people for your kingdom that it becomes for us the wages we live for.

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entrusted with a stewardship

Posted on April 10, 2016 by Jefferson Vann
April 2016 (10)

1 Corinthians 9:15-17

1Co 9:15 But I have not made use of these rights.  And I have not written these things for it to become so for me, because it would be better to die than for someone to take away my bragging right.

1Co 9:16 Because if I am merely announcing the gospel, I have no ground for bragging about that, since I am obligated to do that, because tragedy will come to me if I do not announce the gospel.

1Co 9:17 Because if I were doing this on my own, I would deserve wages. But this is not my doing. I am entrusted with a stewardship.

entrusted with a stewardship

Paul understood his calling in a way that set him apart from many of the other workers announcing the gospel. Others entered ministry by a willing choice. They felt compelled by love for Christ, stirred by conviction, and eager to serve. Their commitment was sincere, and their labor was real. But Paul’s path had been dramatically different. He had not volunteered. He had been confronted, arrested, and redirected by the risen Christ on the Damascus road. From that moment forward, he no longer regarded himself as a free agent choosing a vocation. He saw himself as a bondservant—someone placed under orders, entrusted with a stewardship that was not optional.

This sense of divine assignment shaped every aspect of his ministry. He did not view himself as an independent preacher who could decide how to structure his life or how to fund his work. He saw himself as a manager of his Master’s affairs, responsible for carrying out a commission that had been given directly by Christ. Because of this, he was reluctant to receive wages from others. It was not that he believed support was wrong; he had already affirmed that those who preach the gospel have a right to live from the gospel. But Paul’s own situation was unique. His calling had come with such force and clarity that he felt compelled to devote every resource he possessed—time, energy, skill, and even his trade—to the mission entrusted to him.

His tentmaking was not a side job or a fallback plan. It was part of his stewardship. The same hands that crafted tents were the hands that planted churches. The same labor that earned his bread also removed obstacles to the gospel. Paul understood that in Gentile regions, accepting financial support too early could compromise the message. So he used his trade as a means of advancing the mission without burdening new believers or confusing outsiders.

Everything in Paul’s life after Damascus flowed from that encounter. His singleness, his sacrifices, his tireless travel, his refusal to take support in certain contexts—all of it was shaped by the conviction that he belonged entirely to Christ. His ministry was not a career but a commission. His choices were not expressions of personal preference but acts of obedience. And in that obedience, he found both his authority and his authenticity.

LORD, may we know the joy of serving you as your bondservants, investing all we have in your work.

 

 

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a gospel first decision

Posted on April 9, 2016 by Jefferson Vann
April 2016 (9)

1 Corinthians 9:11-14

1Co 9:11 If we have planted spiritual gifts among you, would it not be great if we will reap material benefits from you?

1Co 9:12 If others have the right to share in the product from you, don’t we even more? But we have not made use of this right. Instead we put up with all these inconveniences so that we may not prevent the gospel of Christ from taking root.

1Co 9:13 Don’t you know that the holy workers eat what is prepared for the temple, and those who serve at the altar have their share in the offerings of the altar?

1Co 9:14 The Lord instructed the same thing — that those who are announcing the gospel should live from the gospel.

a gospel first decision

When Jesus commissioned his messengers to proclaim the nearness of God’s kingdom, he instructed them not to carry extra money, clothing, or provisions. His words in Matthew 10 make the principle unmistakable: those who minister the gospel should expect to be sustained by those who receive the gospel. Their needs would be met not through self‑reliance but through the hospitality and gratitude of those who were spiritually blessed by their work. This was not an emergency measure or a temporary rule. It reflected a divine pattern woven into the life of God’s people: the worker deserves his food.

Paul fully embraced that principle. He knew that Scripture affirmed it, that Jesus himself had taught it, and that the early church practiced it. Yet when he stepped into Gentile territory for the first time, he discovered a reality that required a different approach. These communities had no background in the Scriptures, no understanding of the obligations of God’s people, and no instinct to support those who preached the gospel. To expect financial provision from them at the outset would have risked misunderstanding the message. It might have appeared that Paul was a wandering philosopher seeking patronage, or a religious entrepreneur hoping to profit from his teaching.

So Paul made a deliberate, strategic choice. He laid aside a legitimate right for the sake of the mission. He worked with his hands, supported himself through tentmaking, and refused to accept contributions while the gospel was taking root. His decision was not a rejection of the principle Jesus taught but an application of it in a context where receiving support would have hindered rather than helped the work. It was a gospel‑first decision, shaped by a desire to remove every obstacle that might prevent Gentiles from hearing and believing.

Paul’s example reveals a profound truth about ministry. Rights exist, and they matter. Scripture affirms them. But love sometimes calls for the voluntary surrender of those rights when the advance of the gospel requires it. Paul’s tentmaking was not a sign of lesser spirituality or diminished authority. It was a costly expression of devotion, a willingness to bear personal burden so that others might receive eternal blessing.

LORD, may we put the gospel first when making life decisions.

 

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ploughing with confidence

Posted on April 8, 2016 by Jefferson Vann
April 2016 (8)

1 Corinthians 9:8-10

1Co 9:8 Am I speaking from mere human logic, or does not the Law say these things?

1Co 9:9 Because it is written in the Law by Moses, “You will not muzzle an ox while it is threshing.” It is not the oxen that God is interested in.

1Co 9:10 Instead, isn’t He really saying it for us? Yes, this is written for us, because he who ploughs ought to plough with confidence, and he who threshes should do so with confidence of sharing the product.

ploughing with confidence

Paul’s discussion of financial support in ministry exposes yet another tension within the Corinthian congregations. It appears that two opposing groups may have been pulling against each other, each convinced of its own correctness yet both missing Paul’s point. On one side were the practically minded, who may have viewed Paul’s refusal to accept financial support as irresponsible or even harmful. If he worked without pay, would that not set an unrealistic precedent for future ministers? Would it not encourage congregations to undervalue the labor of those who preach and teach? On the other side were those who admired Paul’s refusal to take support, interpreting it as a sign of superior spirituality. To them, Paul’s tentmaking was proof that he trusted God more deeply than others who received regular support.

Paul refuses to let either faction define the issue. He begins by affirming a principle rooted in Scripture itself: those who labor in the ministry have a legitimate right to be supported by the people of God. He appeals to the law of Moses, to common agricultural practice, and to the pattern established by the Lord Jesus. The worker is worthy of his wages. The ox is not muzzled while it treads out the grain. Those who sow spiritual seed should expect to reap material support. Paul’s argument is not theoretical; it is grounded in the long‑standing pattern of God’s people caring for those who serve them.

Yet Paul also insists that he personally chose not to exercise that right in Corinth. His refusal was not a rejection of the principle but a strategic decision shaped by the unique circumstances of his ministry there. He wanted to remove every possible obstacle to the gospel. He wanted no one to accuse him of preaching for profit. His choice was voluntary, not normative. The right remained intact even when he declined to use it.

This distinction is crucial. Paul’s personal sacrifice does not invalidate the broader principle. It remains right and good for churches to support those who devote themselves to the work of preaching, teaching, and shepherding. A congregation that honors its ministers with generous provision demonstrates both gratitude and maturity. Such support affirms the value of the gospel and the labor required to proclaim it faithfully.

Paul’s example teaches that freedom in ministry includes both the right to receive support and the freedom to relinquish that right when love or mission requires it. But the underlying principle stands firm: the church does well when it cares well for those who serve.

LORD, thank you for those who serve you and us by ploughing in our field.

 

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