1 Corinthians 2

"Dear Father, giver of your Holy Spirit, All praises to your blessed name, to you, our God! You have disclosed incredibly wonderful things to us..."

"Dear Father, revealer of secret wisdom, Thank you for revealing to us what has been hidden, the wisdom which you decreed before the ages concerning....."

"Dear Father, God of all true wisdom, power, and glory, When I set about to share your Good News about Jesus with other people, keep me from using..."

"Dear Father, who gives us the mind of Christ, The natural person cannot understand us or you, or what you are doing in us, for these things are..."

"No, the wisdom we speak of is the mystery of God — his plan that was previously hidden, even though he made it for our ultimate glory before the world..."

What is every parent's instinct? God's sacrifice of Jesus should amaze, humble, and change us.

"My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit's power, so that your faith might not rest on human...."

"Who knows the thoughts that another person has? Only a person’s spirit that lives within him knows his thoughts. It is the same with God. No one knows..."

"And we have received God's Spirit (not the world's spirit), so we can know the wonderful things God has freely given us. When we tell you these things, we do..."

"Dear Friend, The text in the Verses to Live section comes from two different places. I want you to read them together to help you understand two very..."

"I remember when that knowledge really hit me for the first time... that to get the whole truth, you have to have the Holy Spirit.' Ron Rose reminds us that without the Holy Spirit alive in us, we have no guide to help us understand the Scriptures, much less God or Jesus or the holy plans and promises for us!

What's good about sermons? Sermons are great and sorry, exciting and boring,

"The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because...."

"As it is written: "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him."

"However, as it is written: "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him.""

"Dear Beloved, As Barnabas and Paul fought for the truth of the gospel against those seeking to corrupt it with doing works based on law, one message...."

"What we have received is not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may understand what God has freely given us."

"Dear Father, giver of your wisdom, You have graciously imparted your wisdom to us. Thank you. You taught us not by words but by your Spirit, who..."

"As all the rivers run into the sea, so all delights centre in our Beloved. The glances of his eyes outshine the sun: the beauties of his face are..."

Inspirational illustration of 1 Corinthians 2:14 -- The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

Inspirational illustration of 1 Corinthians 2:9 -- As it is written: No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him.

Inspirational illustration of 1 Corinthians 2:9 -- However, as it is written: "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him."

Is there anyting to really hold on to when your heart aches in the middle of life's messes? With an onslaught of bad things happening over the last several weeks, Russ is holding on to hope and faith in God and the steadfast love of the Father.

Have you experienced the rebirth of life? God's springtime reminds us that new life is possible and that God is on doing new things in our lives and that a better future awaits us as week seek to live with the Lord forever!

"Dear Friend, By his own admission, Paul came to Corinth with very little personal confidence. He wrote:I came to you in weakness — timid and..."

Just how important is the cross as a symbol? Bill Sherrill reminds us of the importance of the cross as both a symbol and a reality of our center as believers in Jesus.

Snow on Eater, how can it be? Sometimes God's surprising comfort comes at the most unexpected times and in the most unexpected places.

What are you dreaming about these days? Even our dreams can't live up to the things God has in store for us in heaven.

What are the achievements that validate your credibility at doing the things you are called to do? Phil Ware looks at the way we chase and give credibility in our world and reminds how Paul showed credibility in his own: becoming a servant, in weakness, and letting God's glory and power be seen in him.

God loves you, so he's at work to transform you! Max Lucado reminds us that God is at work in us to make us and transform us to be like Jesus.

Why pay such a high price and take such a big risk? Max Lucado writes about the high cost of doing God's work and the hope, joy, and crown we will glory in when we go to be with Jesus and it will be all about people!

Forget all the broken resolutions and focus on the perfect one for this year. There is one resolution that makes you a better person, makes everything new, and still works when you break it.

What does faith have in common with a wrench? Just as a pneumatic wrench gives us more power to remove bolts, the power of God's Spirit, the pneuma, gives us power to live.

Can we really be honest about our weaknesses? God not only makes us strong in our weakness, but he uses our weaknesses to do his work.

What can we really expect the Spirit to do for us, today, in our world? Phil Ware writes about Jesus' promise of the Holy Spirit focusing on John 14 and Jesus' promise to not leave us as orphans but to come to us and show himself to us and be in us and make his home with us.

What can we expect the Spirit to do for us? Phil Ware continues a short series on the Holy Spirit focusing on John 14 and what it means for Jesus to not leave us as orphans, but to come to us and show himself to us and be in us and make his home with us.