Jean Ann Williams | Author

“Of the Jews five times did I [Paul] receive forty stripes [whippings] save one. Thrice was I beaten with rods: once I was stoned: thrice I suffered shipwreck: a night and a day I was in the depth of the sea” (2 Corinthians 11:24, 25 1587 Geneva Version). Father, when You called on Paul as […]

“I seek according to dishonour, as if we had been weak in this part. Wherein if any man dare (I speak foolishly), I dare also. They are Hebrews: so am I. They are Israelites: so am I. They are the seed of Abraham: so am I. They are the ministers of Christ (I speak as […]

“But let him that reioyceth, reioyce in the Lorde. For hee that praiseth himselfe, is not alowed, but he whome the Lorde praiseth” (2 Corinthians 10:17, 18 1587 Geneva Version). Father, You are worthy of all our praises. We bow our faces before You and are grateful to trust You in all things. Through Your […]

“But we wil not reioyce of things, which are not within our measure, but according to the measure of the line, whereof God hath distributed vnto vs a measure to attaine euen vnto you. For we stretche not our selues beyonde our measure, as though wee had not attained vnto you: for euen to you […]

“And hauing ready the vengeance against all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled. Looke yee on things after the appearance? If any man trust in himselfe that hee is Christes, let him consider this againe of himself, that as he is Christes, euen so are we Christes” (2 Corinthians 10:6, 7 1587 Geneva Version). Father, […]

“Neuerthelesse, though wee walke in the flesh, yet we doe not warre after the flesh. For the weapons of our warrefare are not carnall, but mightie through God, to cast downe holdes” (2 Corinthians 10:3, 4 1587 Geneva Verison). Father, please help us in this spiritual war against evil. When there are hurts, it is […]

“Nowe I Paul my selfe beseech you by the meekenes, and gentlenes of Christ, which when I am present among you am base, but am bolde toward you being absent” (2 Corinthians 10:1 1587 Geneva Version).  Father, to know Your Son better each day is a blessing, a peace, and a joy for which words […]

“For the ministration of this seruice not onely supplieth the necessities of the Saintes, but also aboundantly causeth many to giue thankes to God” (2 Corinthians 9:12 1587 Geneva Version). Father, in You all things are perfect, blessed by You. The sorrowful, the joyful, the gifts that keep us grounded in You. Through Christ’s holy […]

“As it is written, He hath sparsed abroad and hath giuen to the poore: his beneuolence remayneth for euer. Also hee that findeth seede to the sower, will minister likewise bread for foode, and multiplie your seede, and increase the fruites of your beneuolence” (2 Corinthians 9:9, 10 1587 Geneva Bible) Father, as Your children, […]

“And God is able to make all grace to abound towarde you, that yee alwayes hauing all sufficiencie in all thinges, may abounde in euery good worke” (2 Corinthians 9:8 1587 Geneva Bible). Father, as we wake each day help us to remember to ask what Your will and work is for us in Your […]