Monthly Archives: November 2017

not feeling the love

devotional post # 2216 2 Corinthians 12:14-15 2Co 12:14  I want you to notice that I am getting ready to come to you for the third time, and I will not be a burden, because I am not seeking your … Continue reading

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missions report card

devotional post # 2215 2 Corinthians 12:11-13 2Co 12:11  I have been stupid. You forced me, because I ought to have been recommended by you. Because I was not at all inferior to these super-missionaries, even though I am nothing.2Co … Continue reading

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splinters and his sufficiency

devotional post # 2214 2 Corinthians 12:7-10 2Co 12:7  and due to the extreme nature of the revelations. So to keep me from becoming conceited, a splinter was given me in the flesh, a messenger from Satan to harass me, … Continue reading

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the third sky

devotional post # 2213 2 Corinthians 12:1-6 2Co 12:1  Bragging is necessary right now. There is no profit it, but I will go on to visions and revelations from the Lord.2Co 12:2  I know a man in Christ who fourteen … Continue reading

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the basket incident revisited

devotional post # 2212 2 Corinthians 11:29-33 2Co 11:29  Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is deceived into sinning, and I do not get emotionally disturbed?2Co 11:30  If I must brag, I will brag of the things … Continue reading

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driven to danger

devotional post # 2211 2 Corinthians 11:26-28 2Co 11:26  often away on trips, facing dangers from rivers, dangers of robbers, dangers from my own race, danger from Gentiles, dangers in the city, dangers in the desert, dangers at sea, dangers … Continue reading

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madman math

devotional post # 2210 2 Corinthians 11:22-25 2Co 11:22  Are they Hebrews? Me too. Are they Israelites? Me too. Are they descendants of Abraham? Me too. 2Co 11:23  Are they servants of Christ? — I am talking like a madman–I … Continue reading

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the strong and the stupid

devotional post # 2209 2 Corinthians 11:19-21 2Co 11:19  Because you gladly put up with stupid people, although you are supposed to be wise.2Co 11:20  Because you put up with it if someone enslaves you, or devours you, or takes … Continue reading

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sometimes stupid

devotional post # 2208 2 Corinthians 11:16-18 2Co 11:16  I am talking again. No one should think I am stupid. But even if you do, accept me as a stupid person, so that I too may brag a little.2Co 11:17  … Continue reading

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false missionaries

devotional post # 2207 2 Corinthians 11:13-15 2Co 11:13  Because these false missionaries, deceitful workers, are disguising themselves as missionaries from Christ.2Co 11:14  And that does not surprize me, because even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.2Co 11:15  … Continue reading

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