For if someone comes to you and preaches a Jesus other than the Jesus we preached, or if you receive a different spirit from the Spirit you received, or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it easily enough. 2 Corinthians 11:4For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ. 14 And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. 2 Corinthians 11:13-14False prophets/apostles have existed throughout history. There are examples in both the Old and New Testament. Here in 2 Corinthians 11, Paul is refuting the "super apostles" and their teachings. Just as the Corinthians had to show discernment, we do too because Satan "masquerades as an angel of light". We must be on guard and know the Word to stand fast! Join me in reading 2 Corinthians and be encouraged! Just a Guy and His World

if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14Let's pray daily for our nation, family and relationship with God. The spoken word is powerful. God spoke the world into existence and in John 1 we read that the Word was with God and the Word was God. Let's speak the Word over our land. Just a Guy and His World

We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. 2 Corinthians 10:5AW Tozer writes, "Anyone who wishes to check on his true spiritual condition may do so by noting what his voluntary thoughts have been over the last hours or days. What has he thought about when free to think of what he pleased? Toward what has his inner heart turned when it was free to turn where it would?"Join me in reading 2 Corinthians 10 and be encouraged! Just a Guy and His World

The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. 2 Corinthians 10:4Let's pray daily for our nation, family and relationship with God. The spoken word is powerful. God spoke the world into existence and in John 1 we read that the Word was with God and the Word was God. Let's speak the Word over our land. Just a Guy and His World

And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people.  Pray also for me, that whenever I speak, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it fearlessly, as I should. Ephesians 6:18-20Let's pray daily for our nation, family and relationship with God. The spoken word is powerful. God spoke the world into existence and in John 1 we read that the Word was with God and the Word was God. Let's speak the Word over our land. Just a Guy and His World

Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift! 2 Corinthians 9:15At times, when I had fallen away, I often thought I needed to get my act together before coming back to God. I believed I had to clean up my swearing, my health, my anger, my... but none of that mattered because I could never earn the Gift of Christ! The redemptive power of Christ could never be earned! It is a gift of Grace, freely given, never earned!Join me in reading 2 Corinthians 9 and be encouraged! Just a Guy and His World

I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people— for kings and all those in authority, 1 Timothy 2:1-2Let's pray daily for our nation, family and relationship with God. The spoken word is powerful. God spoke the world into existence and in John 1 we read that the Word was with God and the Word was God. Let's speak the Word over our land. Just a Guy and His World

And now, brothers and sisters, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the Macedonian churches. In the midst of a very severe trial, their overflowing joy and their extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity. For I testify that they gave as much as they were able, and even beyond their ability. Entirely on their own, they urgently pleaded with us for the privilege of sharing in this service to the Lord’s people. 2 Corinthians 8:1-4Spurgeon writes about chapter 8, "Although this is rather a practical than a spiritual chapter, I hope that we shall get profit out of it by the teaching of the Spirit of God who inspired Paul to write it. Paul was writing to the Church at Corinth to commend the Churches of Macedonia, that he might stir up the one Church by the example of the others."8:1–9:15 This section specifically deals with Paul’s instruction to the Corinthians about a particular collection for the saints in Jerusalem but, it also provides the most detailed model of Christian giving in the NT.Join me in reading 2 Corinthians 8 and be encouraged! Just a Guy and His World

“What more can David say to you? For you know your servant, Sovereign LORD.  For the sake of your word and according to your will, you have done this great thing and made it known to your servant. 2 Samuel 7:20-21RC Sproul writes in his work, Does Prayer Change Things, "Prayer, like everything else in the Christian life, is for God’s glory and for our benefit, in that order. Everything that God does, everything that God allows and ordains, is in the supreme sense for His glory. It is also true that while God seeks His own glory supremely, man benefits when God is glorified. We pray to glorify God, but we also pray in order to receive the benefits of prayer from His hand. Prayer is for our benefit, even in light of the fact that God knows the end from the beginning. It is our privilege to bring the whole of our finite existence into the glory of His infinite presence." Let's pray daily for our nation, family and relationship with God. The spoken word is powerful. God spoke the world into existence and in John 1 we read that the Word was with God and the Word was God. Let's speak the Word over our land. Just a Guy and His World

For when we came into Macedonia, we had no rest, but we were harassed at every turn —conflicts on the outside, fears within. 6 But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the coming of Titus, 7 and not only by his coming but also by the comfort you had given him. He told us about your longing for me, your deep sorrow, your ardent concern for me, so that my joy was greater than ever. 2 Corinthians 7:5-7Throughout history, many of the greatest pastors have faced depression. Often we think they have all reached such high spiritual planes of enlightenment, that they were always content. It's not true because they're just humans! On a notable Sunday morning in 1866, the famous Victorian preacher C. H. Spurgeon shocked his five thousand listeners when from the pulpit of London’s Metropolitan Tabernacle he announced, “I am the subject of depressions of spirit so fearful that I hope none of you ever gets to such extremes of wretchedness as I go to.” For some of his audience it was incomprehensible that the world’s greatest preacher could know the valley of despair. Yet it was a regular part of his life because twenty-one years later in 1887 he said from the same pulpit, “Personally I have often passed through this dark valley.” 2 Corinthians 7:2John Henry Jowett, the renowned pastor of Fifth Avenue Presbyterian in New York City, and later Westminster Chapel in London, wrote to a friend in 1920, “You seem to imagine I have no ups and downs but just a level and lofty stretch of spiritual attainment with unbroken joy and equanimity. By no means! I am often perfectly wretched and everything appears most murky.” 2 Corinthians 7:2The reality is that godly believers sometimes get depressed. Those who have set their minds on “the things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God” (Colossians 3:1) have not been exempted from down times. Those who have gone for it all, who have scaled heights we may never attain, sometimes were subject to depression and despair — the “damp of hell” as John Donne called it. Depression has been called the common cold of the soul, for sooner or later most people catch it. And God’s servants are not immune. 2 Corinthians 7:2Even the apostle Paul got down or depressed. In verse six, he writes, "But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the coming of Titus". Thankfully, he was lifted out of his despair by the Corinthians who "comforted us by the coming of Titus, and not only by his coming but also by the comfort you had given him. He told us about your longing for me, your deep sorrow, your ardent concern for me." The result was that his "joy was greater than ever".  Join me in reading 2 Corinthians 7 and be encouraged! Just a Guy and His World

Then King David went in and sat before the LORD, and he said: 2 Samuel 7:18“Who am I, Sovereign LORD, and what is my family, that you have brought me this far? 19 And as if this were not enough in your sight, Sovereign LORD, you have also spoken about the future of the house of your servant—and this decree, Sovereign LORD, is for a mere human! 2 Samuel 7:18-19Let's pray daily for our nation, family and relationship with God. The spoken word is powerful. God spoke the world into existence and in John 1 we read that the Word was with God and the Word was God. Let's speak the Word over our land. Just a Guy and His World

As God’s co-workers we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain. For he says,“In the time of my favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you.” I tell you, now is the time of God’s favor, now is the day of salvation. 2 Corinthians 6:1-2I will walk among you and be your God, and you will be my people. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt so that you would no longer be slaves to the Egyptians; I broke the bars of your yoke and enabled you to walk with heads held high. Leviticus 26:12-13Now is the time of His favor and He's here to break the bonds that hold you! Will you make the decision to accept His favor and be free? In my past, I thought this only applied to non-believers, but I found it applied to me, a saved sinner, too! You see, I held on to my past sins and didn't accept His favor over all of my past sins. I used to say, "Well, while my family and God have forgiven me, I don't and never will forgive myself for..." I was denying God's superiority and right to forgive me! I was putting myself above Him and nullifying Jesus's sacrifice on the cross! Accept God's favor and be freed of those bonds!Join me in reading 2 Corinthians and be encouraged! Just a Guy and His World

“Abba, Father,” he said, “everything is possible for you. Take this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will.” Mark 14:36The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.” Romans 8:15Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “Abba, Father.” Galatians 4:6If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples. John 15:7-8And the Lord said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says. And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?” Luke 18:6-8Let's pray daily for our nation, family and relationship with God. The spoken word is powerful. God spoke the world into existence and in John 1 we read that the Word was with God and the Word was God. Let's speak the Word over our land. Just a Guy and His World

We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God. 21 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. 2 Corinthians 5:20-21Charles Spurgeon says of this fundamental element of the Gospel, "I have not known men made to live unto God and holiness except by the doctrine of the death of Christ on man’s behalf. He arts of stone that never beat with life before have been turned to flesh through the Holy Spirit causing them to know this truth. A sacred tenderness the obstinate when they have heard of Jesus crucified for them. Those who have lain at hell’s dark door, wrapped about with a sevenfold death-shade, even upon them hath a great light shined. The story of the great Lover of the souls of men who gave himself for their salvation is still in the hand of the Holy Ghost the greatest of all forces in the realm of mind."Join me in reading 2 Corinthians 5 and be encouraged! Just a Guy and His World

Is anyone among you in trouble? Let them pray. James 5:13RC Sproul writes in his book, Does Prayer Change Things, "The neglect of prayer is a major cause of stagnation in the Christian life. Consider the example of Peter in Luke 22:39–62. Jesus went to the Mount of Olives to pray, as was His custom, and told His disciples, “Pray that you may not enter into temptation.” The disciples fell asleep instead. The next thing Peter did was try to take on the Roman army with a sword; then he denied Christ. Peter did not pray, and as a result he fell into temptation. What is true of Peter is true of all of us: we fall in private before we ever fall in public." Let's pray daily for our nation, family and relationship with God. The spoken word is powerful. God spoke the world into existence and in John 1 we read that the Word was with God and the Word was God. Let's speak the Word over our land. Just a Guy and His World

You do not have because you do not ask God. James 4:2One of the greatest US evangelist of the early 1900s is Reuben Archer (RA) Torrey. He established churches all of over the US, including BIOLA (Bible Institute of Los Angeles) University. He was the second  President/Superintendent  of the Moody Bible Institute. His churches and evangelical events reached thousands. He was also a passionate proponent of prayer. He wrote many briefs and books. The Power of Prayer is one of those briefs and it really hit my heart hard. As a result, I wanted to share it with you.Join me in listening to this incredible evangelist's thoughts on prayer and be encouraged!If you'd like to read along with me, this link has a free edition of the work I'm reading:https://bibleportal.com/sermon/RA-Torrey/the-power-of-prayer Just a Guy and His World

You do not have because you do not ask God. 3 When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures. James 4:2-3I'm reading various works regarding prayer and one of the greatest US evangelist of the early 1900s is RA Torrey. He established churches all of over the US, including BIOLA (Bible Institute of Los Angeles) University. He was the second  superintendent  of the Moody Bible Institute. His churches and evangelical events reached thousands. He was also a passionate proponent of prayer. He wrote a brief regarding prayer, The Power of Prayer. This is the opening few paragraphs:I BRING YOU A MESSAGE FROM GOD contained in seven short words. Six of the seven words are monosyllables, and the remaining word has but two syllables and is one of the most familiar and most easily understood words in the English language. Yet there is so much in these seven short, simple words that they have transformed many a life and brought many an inefficient worker into a place of great power. I spoke on these seven words some years ago at a Bible conference in central New York. Some months after the conference, I received a letter from the man who had presided at the conference, one of the best-known ministers of the gospel in America. He wrote me, "I have been unable to get away from the seven words on which you spoke at Lake Keuka, they have been with me day and night. They have transformed my ideas, transformed my methods, transformed my ministry." The man who wrote those words has since been the pastor of what is probably the most widely known of any evangelical church in the world. I trust that the words may sink into some of your hearts today as they did into his on that occasion and that some of you will be able to say in future months and years, "I have been unable to get away from those seven words, they nave seen with me day and night. They have transformed my ideas, transformed my methods, transformed my life, and transformed my service for God."You will find these seven words in James 4:2, the seven closing words of the verse, "Ye have not, because ye ask not." Let's pray daily for our nation, family and relationship with God. The spoken word is powerful. God spoke the world into existence and in John 1 we read that the Word was with God and the Word was God. Let's speak the Word over our land. Just a Guy and His World

The LORD bless you  and keep you; the LORD make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; the LORD turn his face toward you and give you peace. Numbers 6:24-26Good morning - I'm not able to record today. I hope to return tomorrow with Pray 365 and 2 Corinthians 5 on Monday.Take care and be blessed! Just a Guy and His World

But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. 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. So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you. 2 Corinthians 4:7-12The glory of Christ is God. God's glory is in Christ. This is the basic summary of verses 4 - 6. Paul goes on to share that this glory is then entrusted to us, jars of clay, and all that is achieved or done isn't by our power but by God's. Kent Hughes puts it this way, "jars of clay provided Paul with a penetrating metaphor for his and his followers’ humanity. Indeed Adam was formed out of the dust of the ground, and to dust he returned (cf. Genesis 2:7; 3:19). As clay jars we are all frail, weak, transitory mortals. This understood, Paul’s famous declaration pulses with meaning: “But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us” (v. 7). The “treasure” is the illuminating power (described in the preceding verse as “the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ”) that God provides with the full creation power with which he spoke things into existence. This “treasure,” this creational, transforming gospel power, has been committed to insignificant, fragile followers of Christ — men and women who, like Paul, are all clay pots. The reason for this is so there would be no mistake about where the power comes from — “to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us.” "2 Corinthians 4:7Join me in reading 2 Corinthians 4 and be encouraged! Just a Guy and His World

Now when Daniel learned that the decree had been published, he went home to his upstairs room where the windows opened toward Jerusalem. Three times a day he got down on his knees and prayed, giving thanks to his God, just as he had done before. Daniel 6:10A Morning Prayer We give Thee thanks —yea, more than thanks O Lord our God, for all Thy goodness at all times, and in all places, because Thou hast shielded, rescued, helped, and guided us all the days of our lives, and brought us unto this hour. We pray and beseech Thee, merciful God, to grant in Thy goodness that we may spend this day, and all the time of our lives, without sin, in fullness of joy, holiness, and reverence of Thee. But drive away from us, O Lord, all envy, all fear, and all temptations. Bestow upon us what is good and meet. Whatever sin we commit in thought, word, or deed, do Thou in Thy goodness and mercy be pleased to pardon. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil; through the grace, mercy, and love of Thine only begotten Son. Amen. —Liturgy of St. Mark Let's pray daily for our nation, family and relationship with God. The spoken word is powerful. God spoke the world into existence and in John 1 we read that the Word was with God and the Word was God. Let's speak the Word over our land. Just a Guy and His World