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Speaker 1: Life Audio Thank you for listening to Your Nightly Scripture,

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Speaker 1: a Calming Scripture Center devotional podcast designed to help you

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Speaker 1: end each day with God's Word in your mind and

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Speaker 1: on your heart. Right after this short word from our sponsors,

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Speaker 1: we'll reflect on tonight's scripture and 1 Corinthians chapter 12.

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Speaker 1: Tonight's scripture reflection is written by Amanda Eidelman and read

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Speaker 1: by Carrie Eichberger. 1 Corinthians chapter 12. Now about the

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Speaker 1: gifts of the Spirit, brothers and sisters, I do not

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Speaker 1: want you to be uninformed or You know that when

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Speaker 1: you were pagans, somehow or other, you were influenced and

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Speaker 1: led astray to mute idols. Therefore, I want you to

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Speaker 1: know that no one who is speaking by the Spirit

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Speaker 1: of God says, Jesus be cursed, and no one can say,

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Speaker 1: Jesus is Lord, except by the Holy Spirit. There are

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Speaker 1: different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them.

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Speaker 1: There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord distributes.

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Speaker 1: There are different kinds of working, but in all of them,

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Speaker 1: and in everyone, it is the same God at work.

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Speaker 1: Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is

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Speaker 1: given for the common good. To one there is given

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Speaker 1: through the Spirit a message of wisdom. To another, a

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Speaker 1: message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit. To another,

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Speaker 1: faith by the same Spirit. To another, gifts of healing

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Speaker 1: by that one Spirit. to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy,

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Speaker 1: to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different

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Speaker 1: kinds of tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues.

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Speaker 1: All these are the work of one and the same Spirit,

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Speaker 1: and He distributes them to each one, just as He determines.

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Speaker 1: Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but

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Speaker 1: all its many parts form one body, so it is

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Speaker 1: with Christ. For we were all baptized by one Spirit,

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Speaker 1: so as to form one body, whether Jews or Gentiles,

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Speaker 1: slave or free. And we were all given the one

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Speaker 1: Spirit to drink. Even so, the body is not made

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Speaker 1: up of one part but many. Now if the foot

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Speaker 1: should say, Because I am not a hand, I do

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Speaker 1: not belong to the body, it would not for that

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Speaker 1: reason stop being part of the body. And if the

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Speaker 1: ear should say, Because I am not an eye, I

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Speaker 1: do not belong to the body. It would not, for

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Speaker 1: that reason, stop being part of the body. If the

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Speaker 1: whole body were an eye, where would the sense of

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Speaker 1: hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where

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Speaker 1: would the sense of smell be? But in fact, God

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Speaker 1: has placed the parts in the body, every one of them,

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Speaker 1: just as he wanted them to be. If they were

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Speaker 1: all one part, where would the body be? As it is,

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Speaker 1: There are many parts, but one body. The eye cannot

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Speaker 1: say to the hand, I don't need you. And the

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Speaker 1: head cannot say to the feet, I don't need you.

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Speaker 1: On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem

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Speaker 1: to be weaker are indispensable. And the parts that we

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Speaker 1: think are less honorable, we treat with special honor. And

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Speaker 1: the parts that are unpresentable are treated with special modesty.

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Speaker 1: While our presentable parts need no special treatment, But God

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Speaker 1: has put the body together, giving greater honor to the

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Speaker 1: parts that lacked it, so that there should be no

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Speaker 1: division in the body, but that its parts should have

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Speaker 1: equal concern for each other. If one part suffers, every

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Speaker 1: part suffers with it. If one part is honored, every

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Speaker 1: part rejoices with it. Now you are the body of Christ,

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Speaker 1: and each one of you is a part of it.

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Speaker 1: And God has placed in the church First of all, apostles. Second, prophets. Third, teachers.

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Speaker 1: Then miracles. Then gifts of healing, of helping, of guidance,

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Speaker 1: and of different kinds of tongues. Are all apostles? Are

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Speaker 1: all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles? Do

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Speaker 1: all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues?

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Speaker 1: Do all interpret? Now eagerly desire the greater gifts, and yet...

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Speaker 1: I will show you the most excellent way. The enemy

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Speaker 1: of our soul seeks to steal, kill, and destroy from

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Speaker 1: our lives. He loves to isolate us, making us feel

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Speaker 1: useless and alone. We cannot let these lies separate us

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Speaker 1: from the body of Christ. When we become a follower

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Speaker 1: of Jesus, we are adopted into His family. We are

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Speaker 1: sons and daughters of the King. He has a plan

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Speaker 1: and a purpose for our lives. He made us with

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Speaker 1: special gifts and talents that we are to use for

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Speaker 1: God's glory. Whenever you start feeling useless, superfluous, or divided

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Speaker 1: from God's body of believers, the enemy is at work.

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Speaker 1: You matter in God's kingdom. He has a hope, future, plan,

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Speaker 1: and purpose for your life. Busyness can distract us from

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Speaker 1: seeing how valuable we are to God's kingdom. When our

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Speaker 1: focus is on the next urgent thing, we can forget

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Speaker 1: that we are part of the body of Christ. God

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Speaker 1: wants to use you every day to show His light

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Speaker 1: and love to the world. If you are struggling with

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Speaker 1: your purpose and role, remember the truth that is laid

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Speaker 1: out in God's word. You are an integral part of

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Speaker 1: God's body. We have to do all that we can

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Speaker 1: to live in unity with other Christ followers, keeping our

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Speaker 1: focus on Jesus and sharing His good news with others.

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Speaker 1: How can you be a person who lives and works

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Speaker 1: in unity with others in the body of Christ? How

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Speaker 1: can you encourage those with other gifts and talents? Get

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Speaker 1: excited about how you can be part of what God

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Speaker 1: is doing. Father, I thank you that you made me

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Speaker 1: with a plan and a purpose. You have called me

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Speaker 1: to be part of your beautiful body. Each of us

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Speaker 1: has a calling and each matters in your kingdom. Silence

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Speaker 1: any lies of the enemy that would lead me to

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Speaker 1: believe that I am alone, useless, and not valuable in

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Speaker 1: God's kingdom. Help me to stay focused on how I

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Speaker 1: can live in unity with other believers and point the

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Speaker 1: lost to Jesus. Don't let me get distracted by life's demands,

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Speaker 1: but help me live each day with purpose. I thank

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Speaker 1: you that I belong in your family. Amen. How did

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