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September 16 - 2 Corinthians 9 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's Sean. Here it is, a new week.
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  It's Monday, the 16th of September and great to have your
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  company as we embark on a whole new week reading through God's
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  Word. This week we are going to not
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  quite, but almost wrap up the book of Second Corinthians.
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  There'll be 1 chapter that we will finish at the beginning of
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  next week. And then we will move back into
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  some narrative in the Old Testament, hearing about God's
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  people returning to their home country after exile and
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  rebuilding things. But that's next week's fun and
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  excitement. This week we are going to
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  continue spending time with Paul, writing to his friends in
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  Corinth as they continue to work out how do they get to live a
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  life of community together. So with that being said, let us
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  dive right into it to hear what God has to reveal to us about
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  Him and His nature and his plans for us.
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  You ready? Yeah, me too.
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  Let us do it. Let's read together Second
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  Corinthians Chapter 9. I really don't need to write to
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  you about this ministry of giving for the believers in
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  Jerusalem, for I know how eager you are to help.
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  And I've been boasting to the churches in Macedonia that you
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  in Greece were ready to send an offering a year ago.
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  In fact, it was your enthusiasm that stirred up many of the
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  Macedonian believers to begin giving.
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  I'm sending these brothers to be sure you really are ready, as
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  I've been telling them, and that your money is all collected.
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  I don't want to be wrong in my boasting about you.
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  We would be embarrassed, not to mention your own embarrassment,
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  if some Macedonian believers came with me and found that you
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  weren't ready after all. I'd told them.
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  So I thought I should send these brothers ahead of me to make
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  sure the gift you promised is ready.
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  But I want it to be a willing gift, not one given grudgingly.
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  Remember this, a farmer who plants only a few seeds will get
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  a small crop, but the one who plants generously will get a
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  generous crop. You must each decide in your
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  heart how much to give, and don't give reluctantly or in
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  response to pressure, for God loves a person who gives
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  cheerfully, and God will generously provide all you need.
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  Then you will always have everything you need and plenty
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  leftover to share with others. As the Scriptures say, they
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  share freely and give generously to the poor.
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  Their good deeds will be remembered forever.
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  For God is the one who provides seed for the farmer and then
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  bred to eat. In the same way, He will provide
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  and increase your resources and then produced a great harvest of
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  generosity in you. Yes, you will be enriched in
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  every way so that you can always be generous.
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  And when we take your gifts to those who need them, they will
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  thank God. So two things will result from
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  this ministry of giving. The needs of the believers in
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  Jerusalem will be met, and they will joyfully express their
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  thanks to God. As a result of your ministry,
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  they will give glory to God for your generosity to them and to
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  all believers will prove that you are obedient to the good
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  news of Christ. And I will pray for you with
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  deep affection because of the overflowing grace God has given
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  to you. Thank God for this gift too.
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  Wonderful for words. Jesus, please help us remember
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  that every good thing we have is a gift from you, and these gifts
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  you've given to us are for sharing.
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  It's so easy to hear the message of this world that says store up
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  for tomorrow, but here you encourage us to share.
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  And then when we do have more than we need to continue to
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  share that with those in need. My Lord, thank you that you do
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  bless us so abundantly in so many ways.
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  Help us always remember that all you've given us is exactly that.
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  It's a gift from you to be used for our good and for the good of
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  your people. But Lord, nothing that we have
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  and nothing that we give will ever be as good as the
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  incredible gift of you, of you and your forgiveness and your
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  saving of us. And so we thank you for your
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  grace, that love that you give us whether we deserve it or not,
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  and normally not, but you give it to us anyway.
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  Thank you, we love you. We are so grateful for all you
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  do for us and all you give us, and we pray all of this in your
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  providing and saving name, Jesus, Amen.