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Daily Reading<\/h2>\n

2Corinthians 10-13<\/a><\/p>\n

Daily Thought<\/h2>\n

Paul has a paternal relationship with the Corinthians, he is dad and they are his children, and parents provide for their kids, not the other way around, “for children are not obligated to save up for their parents, but parents for their children” (2Corinthians 12:14).\u00a0Jack\u2019s mom came downstairs to start breakfast one morning and found a bill from her twelve-year-old son on the kitchen counter: mowing the lawn – $6; drying the dishes – $1; raking leaves – $6; cleaning garage – $7; total owed – $20. She smiled and made his breakfast. That afternoon, Jack came home from school and found next to a plate of cookies, an envelope with a twenty dollar bill inside and a note from his mom: washing clothes – nothing; vacuuming room – nothing; cooking meals – nothing; driving everywhere – nothing; baking cookies – nothing. Love, Mom.<\/p>\n

This is the heart of Paul, \u201cI will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls\u201d (2Corinthians 12:15), love with no strings attached. Any price tag attached to love devalues it.<\/p>\n

Daily Prayer<\/h2>\n

I thank You, God, for Your grace, for the righteousness that comes from Your Son, for the power that comes through Your Spirit. You love is worth everything, but the cost of love is borne by the lover, and that is You, \u201cfor God so loved the world that he gave his only Son.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sometimes I get the idea that I have something to offer You, something You need. I should remember, and I shall remember, that everything I am is because of You. Everything I do, may it give You pleasure and bring You glory. And everything You have given me, may I share it freely, because it cost me nothing and You everything.<\/p>\n

Amen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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