Scripture Reading - 2 Corinthians 4:1-18

The church, the people of God, are strongest and most effective when we live:

Covered In Grace

We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that His life may also be revealed in our mortal body. (2 Corinthians 4:10-12)

“The church is not a museum of saints but a hospital for sinners.” –Brennan Manning, Ragamuffin Gospel.

And Holding On To Hope

Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. (2 Corinthians 4:16-18)