All posts by janrhodes

Blessings of a Perfect Eternal Body

April 24, 2017 janrhodes Leave a comment

…we know that when this earthly tent we live in

is taken down

(that is, when we die and leave this earthly body),

we will have a house in heaven,

an eternal body made for us by God himself

and not by human hands.

2 Corinthians 5:1

Blessings of Fixing Our Gaze

April 23, 2017 janrhodes Leave a comment

…don’t look at the troubles we can see now;

rather, we fix our gaze on things that cannot be seen.

For the things we see now will soon be gone,

but the things we cannot see will last forever.

2 Corinthians 4:18

Blessings of Perceiving Truth

April 22, 2017 janrhodes Leave a comment

Our lives are a Christ-like fragrance

rising up to God.

But this fragrance is perceived differently

by those who are being saved

and by those who are perishing.

To those who are perishing,

we are a dreadful smell of death and doom.

But to those who are being saved,

we are a life-giving perfume.

2 Corinthians 2:15-16

Blessings of Relying on the One Who Raises the Dead

April 21, 2017 janrhodes Leave a comment

…about the trouble we went through…

…We were crushed and overwhelmed

beyond our ability endure,

and we thought we would never live through it.

In fact, we expected to die.

But as a result,

we stopped relying on ourselves

and learned to rely only on God,

who raises the dead.

2 Corinthians 1:8-9

Blessings of Courage

April 20, 2017 janrhodes Leave a comment

Be on guard.

Stand firm in the faith.

Be courageous.

Be strong.

And do everything with love.

1 Corinthians 16:13-14

Blessings of Enthusiasm

April 19, 2017 janrhodes Leave a comment

…be strong and immovable.

Always work enthusiastically for the Lord,

for you know that nothing you do for the Lord

is ever useless.

1 Corinthians 15:58

Blessings of Coming Transformation

April 18, 2017 janrhodes Leave a comment

…We will not all die,

but we will all be transformed!

It will happen in a moment,

in the blink of an eye,

when the last trumpet is blown.

For when the trumpet sounds,

those who have died will be raised to live forever.

And we who are living will also be transformed.

1 Corinthians 15:51-52

Blessings of Death’s Destruction

April 17, 2017 janrhodes Leave a comment

And the last enemy to be destroyed

is death.

1 Corinthians 15:26

Blessings of Knowing Jesus

April 16, 2017 janrhodes Leave a comment

The Lord himself will come down from heaven,

with a loud command,

with the voice of the archangel

and with the trumpet call of God,

and the dead in Christ will rise first.

After that,

we who are still alive and are left

will be caught up together with them in the clouds

to meet the Lord in the air.

And so we will be with the Lord forever.

1 Thessalonians 4:16-17

Blessings of a Great Harvest

April 15, 2017 janrhodes Leave a comment

…if Christ has not been raised,

then your faith is useless

and you are still guilty of your sins.

And if our hope in Christ is only for this life,

we are more to be pitied than anyone in the world.

But in fact,

Christ has been raised from the dead.

He is the first of a great harvest of all who have died.

1 Corinthians 15:17, 19-20

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