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Treasure in Earthen Vessels

2 Corinthians 4:5–12 NASB95

For we do not preach ourselves but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your bond-servants for Jesus’ sake. For God, who said, “Light shall shine out of darkness,” is the One who has shone in our hearts to give the Light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ. But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, so that the surpassing greatness of the power will be of God and not from ourselves; we are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not despairing; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying about in the body the dying of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body. For we who live are constantly being delivered over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh. So death works in us, but life in you.

We are in a fight

-whether you know it or nor, whether you choose to acknowledge it or not

- You can feel it, and perhaps more importantly, you can feel the effects of it. You go to bed at a decent hour and yet you wake up feeling more tired than when you went to sleep.

That’s because all night, you were in conflict as you slept