Jean Ann Williams | Author

“For we are glad when wee are weake, and that ye are strong: this also we wish for, euen your perfection” (2 Corinthians 13:9 1587 Geneva Version).  Father, even in our difficulties we are to lift others up and be joyful in their strength in You. Be joyful in their following the path of Your […]

“Nowe I pray vnto God that yee doe none euill [evil], not that we should seeme approued, but that ye should doe that which is honest: though we be as reprobates. For wee can not doe any thing against the trueth, but for the trueth” (2 Corinthians 13:7, 8 1587 Geneva Version). Father, Paul has […]

“But I [Paul] trust that ye shall knowe that wee are not reprobates [troublemakers]” (2 Corinthians 13:6 1587 Geneva Version). Father, others in the world may think Your Disciples are troublemakers. In fact being a Disciple means we will have trials in the world and by the worldly people. Help us to always give the […]

“Proue your selues whether ye are in the faith: examine your selues: knowe yee not your owne selues, howe that Iesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates [trouble makers]” (2 Corinthians 13:5 1587 Geneva Version)?  Father, as we see our lost state as sinners, we can then accept Christ as our Savior. After […]

“I [Paul] tolde you before, and tell you before: as though I had bene present the seconde time, so write I nowe being absent to them which heretofore haue sinned and to all others, that if I come againe, I will not spare” (2 Corinthians 13:2 1587 Geneva Version).  Father, Paul’s voice scolds those who […]

“Lo this is the thirde time that I [Paul] come vnto you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall euery worde stand” (2 Corinthians 13:1 1587 Geneva Version). Father, Paul understood he needed witnesses to his sermons. That in turn they could spread the Word as a ripple out into the world. Through […]

“I feare least when I come againe, my God abase [humiliate] me among you, and I shall bewaile [make to cry] many of them which haue sinned already, and haue not repented of the vncleannesse, and fornication, and wantonnesse which they haue committed” (2 Corinthians 12:21 1587 Geneva Version).  Father in Heaven, this is proof […]

“For I [Paul] feare least when I come, I shall not finde you such as I would: and that I shalbe found vnto you such as ye woulde not, and least there be strife, enuying [envy], wrath, contentions, backebitings [back stabbers], whisperings [against others], swellings [not humble] and discord” (2 Corinthians 12:20 1587 Geneva Version).  […]

“Againe, thinke yee that wee excuse our selues vnto you? we speake before God in Christ. But wee doe all thinges, dearely beloued, for your edifying [teaching]” ( 2 Corinthians 12:19 1587 Geneva Version).  Father, Paul had a gift. His gift was to teach the masses. We too as Disciples of Christ have gifts. Let […]

“But bee it that I [Paul] charged you not: yet for as much as I was craftie, I tooke you with guile [willinginess]” (2 Corinthians 12:16 1587 Geneva Version). Father, being Your Disciple is not for the faint-hearted. We must have discernment against evil, discipline in prayer, humility toward others, earnest searching in Your Word, […]