{"id":17243,"date":"2021-09-02T22:00:13","date_gmt":"2021-09-03T05:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/1corinthians-15_50-58-copy\/"},"modified":"2021-08-28T23:27:59","modified_gmt":"2021-08-29T06:27:59","slug":"1corinthians-16_1-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/1corinthians-16_1-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Be A Thoughtful Planner"},"content":{"rendered":"

1 Corinthians 16:1-12 Click here for Bible Verses<\/a><\/p>\n

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Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is\u00a01 Corinthians 16:1-12.\u00a0\u00a0Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n

1 Corinthians 16:1-12 (NIV)<\/em><\/strong>
\n1\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Now about the collection for God’s people: Do what I told the Galatian churches to do.
\n2\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0On the first day of every week, each one of you should set aside a sum of money in keeping with his income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will have to be made.
\n3\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Then, when I arrive, I will give letters of introduction to the men you approve and send them with your gift to Jerusalem.
\n4\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0If it seems advisable for me to go also, they will accompany me.
\n5\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0After I go through Macedonia, I will come to you–for I will be going through Macedonia.
\n6\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Perhaps I will stay with you awhile, or even spend the winter, so that you can help me on my journey, wherever I go.
\n7\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0I do not want to see you now and make only a passing visit; I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord permits.
\n8\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0But I will stay on at Ephesus until Pentecost,
\n9\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0because a great door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many who oppose me.
\n10\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0If Timothy comes, see to it that he has nothing to fear while he is with you, for he is carrying on the work of the Lord, just as I am.
\n11\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0No one, then, should refuse to accept him. Send him on his way in peace so that he may return to me. I am expecting him along with the brothers.
\n12\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Now about our brother Apollos: I strongly urged him to go to you with the brothers. He was quite unwilling to go now, but he will go when he has the opportunity.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 1-12:\u00a0\u00a0In\u00a01\u00a0Corinthians\u00a016:1-12, Paul shares his plans with his church in Corinth.\u00a0 Notice how intentional and thoughtful Paul is in his planning.\u00a0 Whether it’s about giving and collecting offerings (v1-4), about his travels and how he spends his time (v5-8), about how to treat his own disciples like Timothy (v10-11) or how to lead and take care of the church (v12), Paul explores different options, considers their advantages and disadvantages, and carefully plans out his steps.<\/p>\n

What can we learn from this?\u00a0\u00a0Whether it’s in regard to your ministry, your family, your finances, the way you give, your future, or your friendships, be a thoughtful planner.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Beware the misconception that spiritual leadership is all about “feeling the Holy Spirit” and nothing more.\u00a0 Those who think this way will try to make it seem as though thoughtful planning is somehow unspiritual, that to plan means you’re not trusting God, and that it is more spiritual and supernatural to be spontaneous than to be strategic.\u00a0 Their idea is that Christians and churches should not make many plans; they should just go where they feel the Holy Spirit is going.\u00a0 Beware this kind of thinking.<\/p>\n

The fact is that following Christ and leading God’s people, just like leading a family, require loving preparation, planning, thoughtfulness and intentionality.\u00a0 If you try leading a family without these things, you and those you lead will find yourselves on an unhealthy, feelings-driven roller coaster ride.\u00a0 Yes, there’s a place for spontaneity and allowing God to interrupt our original plans when necessary.\u00a0 But if you think that leadership and spirituality are all about spontaneity, then you and those you lead will not be very healthy and you won’t last very long; eventually you’ll fizzle out.<\/p>\n

You’ll find that the best Christian leaders do not simply chase feelings, but plan thoughtfully, asking the Holy Spirit to guide them and seeking Him for wisdom to make the best plans. In doing so, they maximize their effectiveness, minimize their mistakes, and earn the trust and respect of those they lead over the long term.<\/p>\n

What area in your life is God encouraging you to be a more thoughtful planner?<\/p>\n

Heavenly Father, You are the greatest planner who has ever existed.\u00a0\u00a0Thank You for giving me the capacity to plan too.\u00a0\u00a0Please give me wisdom to plan well so that I can bear the maximum fruit for Your glory.\u00a0\u00a0In Jesus\u2019 name, AMEN!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is\u00a01 Corinthians 16:1-12.\u00a0\u00a0Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n

1 Corinthians 16:1-12 (NIV)
\n1\u00a0\u00a0Now about the collection for God’s people: Do what I told the Galatian churches to do.
\n2\u00a0\u00a0On the first day of every week, each one of you should set aside a sum of money in keeping with his income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will have to be made.
\n3\u00a0\u00a0Then, when I arrive, I will give letters of introduction to the men you approve and send them with your gift to Jerusalem.
\n4\u00a0\u00a0If it seems advisable for me to go also, they will accompany me. ……<\/p>\n

On verses 1-12:\u00a0\u00a0In\u00a01\u00a0Corinthians\u00a016:1-12, Paul shares his plans with his church in Corinth.\u00a0 Notice how intentional and thoughtful Paul is in his planning.\u00a0 Whether it’s about giving and collecting offerings (v1-4), about his travels and how he spends his time (v5-8), about how to treat his own disciples like Timothy (v10-11) or how to lead and take care of the church (v12), Paul explores different options, considers their advantages and disadvantages, and carefully plans out his steps.<\/p>\n

What can we learn from this?\u00a0\u00a0Whether it’s in regard to your ministry, your family, your finances, the way you give, your future, or your friendships, be a thoughtful planner.<\/p>\n

Beware the misconception that spiritual leadership is all about “feeling the Holy Spirit” and nothing more.\u00a0 Those who think this way will try to make it seem as though thoughtful planning is somehow unspiritual, that to plan means you’re not trusting God, and that it is more spiritual and supernatural to be spontaneous than to be strategic.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17245,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gametime-sharing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17243"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17244,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17243\/revisions\/17244"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}