1Corinthians 11-12; Psalms 146
One Story That Leads to Jesus, Day 306
1Corinthians 11
11And you should imitate me, just as I imitate Christ.G1096G3402G3450G2531G2504G55472I am so glad that you always keep me in your thoughts, and that you are following the teachings I passed on to you.G1161G1867G5209G80G3754G3415G3450G3956G2532G2722G3862G2531G3860G52133But there is one thing I want you to know: The head of every man is Christ, the head of woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.G1161G2309G5209G1492G3754G2776G3956G435G2076G5547G1161G2776G1135G435G1161G2776G5547G23164A man dishonors his head if he covers his head while praying or prophesying.G3956G435G4336G2228G4395G2192G2776G2596G2617G846G27765But a woman dishonors her head if she prays or prophesies without a covering on her head, for this is the same as shaving her head.G1161G3956G1135G4336G2228G4395G2776G177G2617G1438G2776G1063G2076G2532G1520G846G35876Yes, if she refuses to wear a head covering, she should cut off all her hair! But since it is shameful for a woman to have her hair cut or her head shaved, she should wear a covering.G1063G1487G1135G2619G3756G2619G2751G2532G2751G1161G1487G149G1135G2751G2228G3587G26197A man should not wear anything on his head when worshiping, for man is made in God's image and reflects God's glory. And woman reflects man's glory.G1063G435G3303G3784G3756G2619G2776G5225G1504G2532G1391G2316G1161G1135G2076G1391G4358For the first man didn't come from woman, but the first woman came from man.G1063G435G2076G3756G1537G1135G235G1135G1537G4359And man was not made for woman, but woman was made for man.G1063G2532G3756G2936G435G2936G1223G1135G235G1135G1223G43510For this reason, and because the angels are watching, a woman should wear a covering on her head to show she is under authority.G5124G1223G3784G1135G2192G1849G1909G2776G1223G3211But among the Lord's people, women are not independent of men, and men are not independent of women.G4133G3777G435G5565G1135G3777G1135G5565G435G1722G296212For although the first woman came from man, every other man was born from a woman, and everything comes from God.G1063G5618G1135G1537G435G3779G435G2532G1223G1135G1161G3956G1537G231613Judge for yourselves. Is it right for a woman to pray to God in public without covering her head?G2919G1722G5213G846G2076G4241G1135G4336G2316G17714Isn't it obvious that it's disgraceful for a man to have long hair?G2228G3761G5449G846G1321G5209G3754G1437G3303G435G2863G2076G819G84615And isn't long hair a woman's pride and joy? For it has been given to her as a covering.G1161G1437G1135G2863G2076G1391G846G3754G2864G1325G846G473G401816But if anyone wants to argue about this, I simply say that we have no other custom than this, and neither do God's other churches.G1161G1536G1380G1511G5380G2249G2192G3756G5108G4914G3761G1577G231617But in the following instructions, I cannot praise you. For it sounds as if more harm than good is done when you meet together.G1161G5124G3853G1867G3756G3754G4905G3756G1519G2909G235G1519G227618First, I hear that there are divisions among you when you meet as a church, and to some extent I believe it.G1063G3303G4412G5216G4905G1722G1577G191G5225G4978G1722G5213G2532G3313G4100G510019But, of course, there must be divisions among you so that you who have God's approval will be recognized!G1063G1163G1511G2532G139G1722G5213G2443G1384G1096G5318G1722G521320When you meet together, you are not really interested in the Lord's Supper.G5216G4905G3767G1909G846G2076G3756G5315G2960G117321For some of you hurry to eat your own meal without sharing with others. As a result, some go hungry while others get drunk.G1063G1722G5315G1538G4301G2398G1173G2532G3739G3303G3983G1161G3739G318422What? Don't you have your own homes for eating and drinking? Or do you really want to disgrace God's church and shame the poor? What am I supposed to say? Do you want me to praise you? Well, I certainly will not praise you for this!G1063G2192G3378G3614G2068G2532G4095G1519G2228G2706G1577G2316G2532G2617G2192G3361G5101G2036G5213G1867G5209G1722G5129G1867G375623For I pass on to you what I received from the Lord himself. On the night when he was betrayed, the Lord Jesus took some breadG1063G1473G3880G575G2962G3739G2532G3860G5213G3754G2962G2424G3571G1722G3739G3860G2983G74024and gave thanks to God for it. Then he broke it in pieces and said, "This is my body, which is given for you. Do this to remember me."G2532G2168G2806G2532G2036G2983G5315G5124G2076G3450G4983G3588G2806G5228G5216G5124G4160G1519G364G169925In the same way, he took the cup of wine after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant between God and his people—an agreement confirmed with my blood. Do this to remember me as often as you drink it."G5615G2532G4221G3326G1172G3004G5124G4221G2076G2537G1242G1722G1699G129G5124G4160G3740G302G4095G1519G364G169926For every time you eat this bread and drink this cup, you are announcing the Lord's death until he comes again.G1063G302G3740G2068G5126G740G2532G4095G5124G4221G2605G2962G2288G891G302G3739G206427So anyone who eats this bread or drinks this cup of the Lord unworthily is guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord.G5620G3739G302G2068G5126G740G2228G4095G4221G2962G371G2071G1777G4983G2532G129G296228That is why you should examine yourself before eating the bread and drinking the cup.G1161G1381G444G1381G1438G2532G3779G2068G1537G740G2532G4095G1537G422129For if you eat the bread or drink the cup without honoring the body of Christ, you are eating and drinking God's judgment upon yourself.G1063G2068G2532G4095G371G2068G2532G4095G2917G1438G3361G1252G2962G498330That is why many of you are weak and sick and some have even died.G1223G5124G1223G4183G772G2532G732G1722G5213G2532G2425G283731But if we would examine ourselves, we would not be judged by God in this way.G1063G1487G1252G1438G302G3756G291932Yet when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned along with the world.G1161G2919G3811G5259G2962G3363G2632G3363G2632G4862G288933So, my dear brothers and sisters, when you gather for the Lord's Supper, wait for each other.G5620G3450G80G4905G1519G5315G1551G24034If you are really hungry, eat at home so you won't bring judgment upon yourselves when you meet together. I'll give you instructions about the other matters after I arrive.G1161G1536G3983G2068G1722G3624G3363G4905G3363G4905G1519G2917G1161G3062G1299G5613G302G2064
1Corinthians 12
12Now, dear brothers and sisters, regarding your question about the special abilities the Spirit gives us. I don't want you to misunderstand this.G1161G4012G4152G80G2309G3756G2309G5209G502You know that when you were still pagans, you were led astray and swept along in worshiping speechless idols.G1492G3754G2258G1484G520G4314G880G1497G5613G302G713So I want you to know that no one speaking by the Spirit of God will curse Jesus, and no one can say Jesus is Lord, except by the Holy Spirit.G1352G1107G5213G1107G3754G3762G2980G1722G4151G2316G3004G2424G331G2532G3762G1410G2036G2424G2962G1508G1722G40G41514There are different kinds of spiritual gifts, but the same Spirit is the source of them all.G1161G1526G1243G5486G1161G846G41515There are different kinds of service, but we serve the same Lord.G2532G1526G1243G1248G2532G846G29626God works in different ways, but it is the same God who does the work in all of us.G2532G1526G1243G1755G1161G2076G846G2316G3588G1754G3956G1722G39567A spiritual gift is given to each of us so we can help each other.G1161G5321G4151G1325G1538G4314G48518To one person the Spirit gives the ability to give wise advice; to another the same Spirit gives a message of special knowledge.G1063G3739G3303G1325G1223G4151G3056G4678G1161G243G3056G1108G2596G846G41519The same Spirit gives great faith to another, and to someone else the one Spirit gives the gift of healing.G1161G2087G4102G1722G846G4151G1161G243G5486G2386G1722G846G415110He gives one person the power to perform miracles, and another the ability to prophesy. He gives someone else the ability to discern whether a message is from the Spirit of God or from another spirit. Still another person is given the ability to speak in unknown languages, while another is given the ability to interpret what is being said.G1161G243G1755G1411G1161G243G4394G1161G243G1253G4151G1161G2087G1085G1100G1161G243G2058G110011It is the one and only Spirit who distributes all these gifts. He alone decides which gift each person should have.G1161G3956G5023G1754G1520G2532G846G4151G1244G1538G2398G2531G101412The human body has many parts, but the many parts make up one whole body. So it is with the body of Christ.G1063G2509G4983G2076G1520G2532G2192G4183G3196G1161G3956G3196G1520G4983G5607G4183G2076G1520G4983G3779G2532G554713Some of us are Jews, some are Gentiles, some are slaves, and some are free. But we have all been baptized into one body by one Spirit, and we all share the same Spirit.G1063G2532G1722G1520G4151G907G2249G3956G907G1519G1520G4983G1535G2453G1535G1672G1535G1401G1535G1658G2532G4222G3956G4222G1519G1520G415114Yes, the body has many different parts, not just one part.G2532G1063G4983G2076G3756G1520G3196G235G418315If the foot says, "I am not a part of the body because I am not a hand," that does not make it any less a part of the body.G1437G4228G2036G3754G1510G3756G5495G1510G3756G1537G4983G2076G3756G3844G5124G3756G1537G498316And if the ear says, "I am not part of the body because I am not an eye," would that make it any less a part of the body?G2532G1437G3775G2036G3754G1510G3756G3788G1510G3756G1537G4983G2076G3756G3844G5124G3756G1537G498317If the whole body were an eye, how would you hear? Or if your whole body were an ear, how would you smell anything?G1487G3650G4983G3788G4226G189G1487G3650G189G4226G375018But our bodies have many parts, and God has put each part just where he wants it.G1161G3570G5087G2316G5087G3196G1538G1520G846G1722G4983G2531G230919How strange a body would be if it had only one part!G1161G1487G2258G3956G1520G3196G4226G498320Yes, there are many parts, but only one body.G1161G3568G3303G4183G3196G1161G1520G498321The eye can never say to the hand, "I don't need you." The head can't say to the feet, "I don't need you."G1161G3788G3756G1410G2036G5495G2192G3756G5532G4675G2228G3825G2776G4228G2192G3756G5532G521622In fact, some parts of the body that seem weakest and least important are actually the most necessary.G235G4183G3123G3196G4983G1380G5225G772G2076G31623And the parts we regard as less honorable are those we clothe with the greatest care. So we carefully protect those parts that should not be seen,G2532G3739G4983G1380G1511G820G5125G4060G4055G5092G2532G2257G809G2192G4055G215724while the more honorable parts do not require this special care. So God has put the body together such that extra honor and care are given to those parts that have less dignity.G1161G2257G2158G2192G3756G5532G235G2316G4786G4983G4786G1325G4055G5092G530225This makes for harmony among the members, so that all the members care for each other.G3363G5600G3363G4978G1722G4983G235G3196G3309G846G3309G5228G24026If one part suffers, all the parts suffer with it, and if one part is honored, all the parts are glad.G2532G1535G1520G3196G3958G3956G3196G4841G1535G1520G3196G1392G3956G3196G479627All of you together are Christ's body, and each of you is a part of it.G1161G5210G2075G4983G5547G2532G3196G1537G331328Here are some of the parts God has appointed for the church: first are apostles, second are prophets, third are teachers, then those who do miracles, those who have the gift of healing, those who can help others, those who have the gift of leadership, those who speak in unknown languages.G2532G3739G2316G5087G3303G1722G1577G4412G652G1208G4396G5154G1320G1899G1411G1534G5486G2386G484G2941G1085G110029Are we all apostles? Are we all prophets? Are we all teachers? Do we all have the power to do miracles?G3361G3956G652G3361G3956G4396G3361G3956G1320G3361G3956G141130Do we all have the gift of healing? Do we all have the ability to speak in unknown languages? Do we all have the ability to interpret unknown languages? Of course not!G3361G2192G3956G5486G2386G3956G3361G2980G1100G3361G3956G132931So you should earnestly desire the most helpful gifts. But now let me show you a way of life that is best of all.G1161G2206G2909G5486G2532G2089G1166G5213G2596G5236G3598
Psalms 146
146Praise the Lord! Let all that I am praise the Lord.H1984H3050H1984H3068H5315 2I will praise the Lord as long as I live. I will sing praises to my God with my dying breath.H2416H1984H3068H2167H430 3Don’t put your confidence in powerful people; there is no help for you there.H982H5081H1121H120H8668 4When they breathe their last, they return to the earth, and all their plans die with them.H7307H3318H7725H127H3117H6250H6 5But joyful are those who have the God of Israel as their helper, whose hope is in the Lord their God.H835H410H3290H5828H7664H3068H430 6He made heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them. He keeps every promise forever.H6213H8064H776H3220H8104H571H5769 7He gives justice to the oppressed and food to the hungry. The Lord frees the prisoners.H6213H4941H6231H5414H3899H7457H3068H5425H631 8The Lord opens the eyes of the blind. The Lord lifts up those who are weighed down. The Lord loves the godly.H3068H6491H5787H3068H2210H3721H3068H157H6662 9The Lord protects the foreigners among us. He cares for the orphans and widows, but he frustrates the plans of the wicked.H3068H8104H1616H5749H3490H490H1870H7563H5791 10The Lord will reign forever. He will be your God, O Jerusalem, throughout the generations. Praise the Lord!H3068H4427H5769H430H6726H1755H1755H1984H3050
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