Month: September 2021

For they say, “His letters are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech of no account.” 2 Corinthians 10:10 I love watching football on Sunday afternoons in the fall. In doing so though, I’ve noticed something peculiar about myself. Whenever there’s a bully on the other team – someone who…
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We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. 2 Corinthians 10:5 (NIV) My addiction to opiate pain medications didn’t just start out one day with lying, stealing, and diverting pain medications for my own use. It…
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For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. 2 Corinthians 10:3 I’ve got friends whom I know through different experiences and depending on the criteria, I can divide them into opposing groups. I’ve got friends at the gym and then I’ve got friends who never exercise. I’ve…
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You will be enriched in every way to be generous in every way, which through us will produce thanksgiving to God. 2 Corinthians 9:11 Long ago, I realized that I don’t like large parties or huge social gatherings. I’m not good at small talk, networking, or mingling, and big events suck the life out of…
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Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. 2 Corinthians 9:7 While applying to medical school, I was told that a reference from a specific college professor would look good for me. I didn’t feel great about asking him. Honestly, I…
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The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. 2 Corinthians 9:6 There’s a story in the book of Matthew that I’ve always found troubling. In the narrative (Matthew 19:16-22) a rich young man came to Jesus asking what he must do to find eternal…
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Otherwise, if some Macedonians come with me and find that you are not ready, we would be humiliated—to say nothing of you—for being so confident. 2 Corinthians 9:4 When I went off to college, I went armed with the confidence that I was a pretty good wrestler. On one of the first days of football…
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We aim at what is honorable not only in the Lord’s sight but also in the sight of man. 2 Corinthians 8:21 I was taught as a kid that God sees everything I do, and I can recall a brief time when this was a deterrent to my bad behavior. That fear soon evaporated though…
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With him we are sending the brother who is famous among all the churches for his preaching of the gospel. 2 Corinthians 8:18 While floundering in my addiction, I spent an excessive amount of time worrying about what others thought of me. I desperately wanted to keep my drug use hidden and I grew paranoid…
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For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich . . . For I do not mean that others should be eased and you burdened, but that as a matter of fairness your…
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