Welcome to our new project, the Daily Bible Devotional. The goal is to help you understand and apply

scripture as you go through a New Testament Bible read five days a week, Monday through Friday,

as we move from Matthew straight through to Revelation. In under four minutes each morning, we will recap the chapter,

make some application, present thought questions for the day, and offer a prayer together.

I'm excited about exploring God's word with you, so let's get started.

Welcome back to our daily Bible devotional. Today we're in 2 Corinthians chapter 6.

The Corinthians are encouraged not to receive God's grace in vain, but to live faithfully,

embracing the time for salvation.

Paul describes the hardships he and his fellow workers endure,

beatings, imprisonments, difficulties, and sleepless nights, yet they

remain steadfast, acting with purity, patience, and sincere love. Though they are treated as impostors,

they stay true, though sorrowful, they rejoice, though poor, they enrich many in Christ. Paul

then warns the Corinthians against being unequally

yoked with unbelievers, reminding them that righteousness and wickedness cannot coexist. As God's

temple, believers must live set apart, avoiding partnerships that compromise their faith. He calls them

to holiness, citing God's promise to dwell among his people.

Paul urges them to separate from impurity,

encouraging them to fully embrace their identity as God's children.

That is our identity.

That shapes everything and everyone that we spend our time with and why.

We are to live entirely for God and not to take His grace for granted.

Paul reminds us that following Christ requires endurance through hardships,

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