Scripture for Today | 1 Corinthians 12:1-11 (with Pastor Tom)

About this Episode

Opening Song: 

Day by Day by Isaac Wardell and Lowana Wallace

Lyrics:

Server you remind us of our Savior's bowl and towel

Teacher you are raising up a child to be kind

Lawyer give us hope

That justice one day will surround us

 

May God's kingdom come

On earth His will be done

Lord be close to us

Lord have mercy on us

Lord please put Your hand on us

Day by day

 

Farmer you are working for a table full of bounty

Painter with each color you are teaching us to see

Nurse yours are the healing hands

That touch the poor and broken

 

Carpenter you frame a house

For those who need protection

Laborer you lift a heavy burden for the weak

Leaders build a city

That all children may rejoice in

Passage: 

Now concerning[a] spiritual gifts,[b] brothers,[c] I do not want you to be uninformed. 2 You know that when you were pagans you were led astray to mute idols, however you were led. 3 Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking in the Spirit of God ever says “Jesus is accursed!” and no one can say “Jesus is Lord” except in the Holy Spirit.

 

4 Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; 5 and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; 6 and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who empowers them all in everyone. 7 To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. 8 For to one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit, 9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, 10 to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the ability to distinguish between spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. 11 All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, who apportions to each one individually as he wills.

Musical Reflection: 

“Air on the G String” from Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major by J.S. Bach

Reflection Notes: 

The slow, descending bass line creates musical “steps” in an elegant fashion while a suspended melody several octaves above creates a satisfying combination of sound registers.

Prayer:

Almighty and everlasting God, you are the fountain of all peace, spiritual and temporal. We humbly pray, in your great goodness grant us that peace which the world cannot give, that we may ever live in your fear, obedient to your commandments, to the end that you may deliver us from all our enemies; through your dear Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.