OUR DAILY BREAD: A DEEP DEPENDENCE

[cimi]

JUNE 20
WEDNESDAY


READ:
2 Corinthians 3:1-11
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Not that we are
sufficient of ourselves
to think of anything as
being from ourselves,
but our sufficiency is
from God.
___2 Crointhians 3:5
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Five for Fighting is the stage name of a recording artist who soared to popularity after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. He sings the song "Superman (It's Not Easy)." a ballad that imagines what it must be like to be a superhero. Yet he struggles with the inadequacy of his strength to cope with the world's complexities.

People seemed to identify with the song's theme. Real life proves we are insufficient to battle the overwhelming burdens that confront us. Even those who want to be self-sufficient can't mangae life in their own strength.

As followers of Christ, we have a resource that even Superman could never claim. In our relationship with God, we find a sufficiency for life that can overwhelm our inadequacies and enable us to live victoriously. This was Paul's encouragement to our hearts when he wrote to the believers at Corinth. He said, "Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God" (2 Cor. 3:5). That makes all the difference in the world.

Left to ourselves, we will be forced to live with the reality that we can never be adequate to grapple with life. But in God's strength we find all we need to navigate the storms of life in this turbulent world. __Bill Crowder
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~All that I need He will always be,~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~All that I need till His face I see;~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~All that I need through eternity,~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Jesus is all I need. __Rowe~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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We must experience our weakness
to experience God's strength.

*************Today's Bible Reading ___2 Corinthians 3:1-11*********

1 Do we begin again to
commend ourselves? Or
do we need, as some others,
epistles of commendation
to you or letters of
commendation from you?
2 You are our epistle written
in our hearts, known and
read by all men; 3 clearly
you are an epistle of Christ,
ministered by us, written
not with ink but by the
Spirit of the living God, not
on tablets of stone but on
tablets of flesh, that is, of
the heart.
4 And we have such trust
through Christ toward God.
5 Not that we are sufficient
of ourselves to think of
anything as being from
ourselves, but our
sufficiency is from God,
6 who also made us
sufficient as ministers of the
new covenant, not of the
letter but of the Spirit; for
the letter kills, but the Spirit
gives life.
7 But if the ministry of
death, written and engraved
on stones, was glorious, so
that the children of Israel
could not look steadily at
the face of Moses because
of the glory of his
countenance, which glory
was passing away, 8 how
will the ministry of the
Spirit not be more glorious?
9 For if the ministry of
condemnation had glory,
the ministry of
righteousness exceeds much
more in glory. 10 For even
what was made glorious
had no glory in this respect,
because of the glory that
excels. 11 For if what is
passing away was glorious,
what remains is much more
glorious.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

"I am Almighty God; walk before Me, and be blameless" (Gen.
17:1). The God of Israel had many names. El Shaddai is sometimes
translated "God Almighty" or " All-Sufficient God." This verse implies
that what God demands of us is matched by His sufficiency in
helping us to obey. __HDF

[Mackenaw]

I love this message. Woooooohoooooo! Shall I struggle to be and to do or shall I rest in Him. Oh Blessed Jesus, thank You.

Thank you, Cimi, for sharing this message with us.

Love, hugs and His blessings to you,
Sister Mack