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Devotional Series: Treasure in Clay Jars

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Your Treasure Hunt

God has placed treasure within you. Though you may be an ordinary “clay jar,” God has chosen to give you the knowledge of divine glory in Christ. God has placed extraordinary power in you through the indwelling Holy Spirit. In a way, your life is a different kind of treasure hunt. You know what the treasure is and where it is located. Now you get to discover all that this treasure means for you and how to experience it each day.

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God Shines in Our Hearts

In 2 Corinthians 4-5, the Apostle Paul puts the spotlight on our mortality. But he begins by focusing, not on our frailty, nor on the darkness in our world, but rather on the light of God shining within us. In the season of Lent, as we acknowledge the darkness, we also remember the light of God and ask God to brighten our hearts with love, grace, and truth.

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Treasure in Clay Jars

Today we begin a new Life for Leaders series called “Treasure in Clay Jars.” We’ll be focusing on 2 Corinthians 4-5, chapters that are perfect for the season of Lent. We’ll be reminded of our mortality. And we’ll be reassured of the hope of God’s glorious future. We are like clay jars, fragile, earthly, impermanent. But God’s treasure – glorious and eternal – lives within us.

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