Posts from January 2021 (Page 2)
Daily Devotions – The Grace of Giving
Click this link to hear an audio version of the below text narrated by SOTH member Jerry Rhinehart: 2 Corinthians 8:1-15 (NIV) The Collection for the Lord’s People 8 And now, brothers and sisters, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the Macedonian churches. 2 In the midst of a very severe trial, their overflowing joy and their extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity. 3 For I testify that they gave…
Daily Devotions – Speaking Truth
Click this link to hear an audio version of the below text narrated by SOTH member Jerry Rhinehart: 2 Corinthians 7:2-16 (NIV) Paul’s Joy Over the Church’s Repentance 2 Make room for us in your hearts. We have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have exploited no one. 3 I do not say this to condemn you; I have said before that you have such a place in our hearts that we would live or…
Daily Devotions – Work is from the Lord
Click this link to hear an audio version of the below text narrated by SOTH member Jerry Rhinehart: Proverbs 27 (NIV) 27 Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring. 2 Let someone else praise you, and not your own mouth; an outsider, and not your own lips. 3 Stone is heavy and sand a burden, but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both. 4 Anger is cruel and fury overwhelming,…
Daily Devotions – Be Strong and Take Heart
Click this link to hear an audio version of the below text narrated by SOTH member Jerry Rhinehart: Psalm 31 (NIV) For the director of music. A psalm of David. 1 In you, Lord, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame; deliver me in your righteousness. 2 Turn your ear to me, come quickly to my rescue; be my rock of refuge, a strong fortress to save me. 3 Since you are my rock and…
Daily Devotions – Protecting Your Holy Temple
Click this link to hear an audio version of the below text narrated by SOTH member Jerry Rhinehart: 2 Corinthians 6:14-7:1 (NIV) Warning Against Idolatry 14 Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? 15 What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? 16 What agreement is there between the temple…
Daily Devotions – Great Endurance
Click this link to hear an audio version of the below text narrated by SOTH member Jerry Rhinehart: 2 Corinthians 6:3-13 (NIV) Paul’s Hardships 3 We put no stumbling block in anyone’s path, so that our ministry will not be discredited. 4 Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships and distresses; 5 in beatings, imprisonments and riots; in hard work, sleepless nights and hunger; 6 in purity, understanding,…
Daily Devotions – Christ’s Love Compels Us
Click this link to hear an audio version of the below text narrated by SOTH member Jerry Rhinehart: 2 Corinthians 5:11-6:2 (NIV) The Ministry of Reconciliation 11 Since, then, we know what it is to fear the Lord, we try to persuade others. What we are is plain to God, and I hope it is also plain to your conscience. 12 We are not trying to commend ourselves to you again, but are giving you an opportunity to…
Daily Devotions – Awaiting the New Body
Click this link to hear an audio version of the below text narrated by SOTH member Jerry Rhinehart: 2 Corinthians 5:1-10 (NIV) Awaiting the New Body 5 For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands. 2 Meanwhile we groan, longing to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling, 3 because when we are clothed, we will not…
Daily Devotions – Deceptive Words
Click this link to hear an audio version of the below text narrated by SOTH member Jerry Rhinehart: Proverbs 26 (NIV) 26 Like snow in summer or rain in harvest, honor is not fitting for a fool. 2 Like a fluttering sparrow or a darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest. 3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools! 4 Do not answer a…
Daily Devotions – Rejoicing Comes in the Morning
Click this link to hear an audio version of the below text narrated by SOTH member Jerry Rhinehart: Psalm 30 (NIV) A psalm. A song. For the dedication of the temple. Of David. 1 I will exalt you, Lord, for you lifted me out of the depths and did not let my enemies gloat over me. 2 Lord my God, I called to you for help, and you healed me. 3 You, Lord, brought me up from the…