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the Week of Proper 21 / Ordinary 26
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2 Corinthians 2:4
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When I sat down to write that letter to you, it felt like a knife in my gut. Tears spilled out of me like a waterfall because of what I had to say for your benefit. I didn't want to say anything hurtful, but I loved y'all enough to tell you the truth.
2 Corinthians 2:5
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That fellow you all know about sure caused a lot of trouble—not for me, but for you.
2 Corinthians 2:7
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I think the time has come for everyone to forgive him and let bygones be bygones. If you don't, he might sink into such a despair that he won't be able to find his way back.
2 Corinthians 2:11
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When we don't forgive folks, that leaves the door ajar for the devil to sneak through. And that old serpent don't need much of an opening to create pure chaos.
2 Corinthians 2:13
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But I was restless because my pard, Titus, hadn't showed up yet. So I saddled up and headed for Macedonia to find him.
2 Corinthians 2:16
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To those headed for hell, we stink. But to those who are being saved, our smell is beautiful. Who can be trusted with work such as this?
2 Corinthians 2:17
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You see, we ain't preaching for profit. We only preach for the glory of God and with the authority of Jesus. We know God's watching and we must answer to him.
2 Corinthians 3:16
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But when someone changes and believes in the Lord and decides once and for all to ride for him, that covering is stripped away.
2 Corinthians 4:5
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We can tell you stories about ourselves, but it's only to point you toward God. We don't preach about ourselves. We preach that Jesus is the boss and we are his cowboys who ride for his brand.
2 Corinthians 4:11
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We live with the constant threat of death, which proves we truly do ride for him.
2 Corinthians 4:14
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God brought Jesus back from the dead and he will do the same for us. We will all be gathered together one day to stand before him.
2 Corinthians 4:15
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All of this is for y'all. Everything we do, everything we say, everything we go through, is for y'all. And God's grace is reaching more and more cowboys every single day. One day, there will be a great celebration and God will receive the glory he is due.
2 Corinthians 4:17
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Sure, we've got troubles, but they are preparing us for something much better to come.
2 Corinthians 5:2
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Sure, we get tired of living in these earthly bodies and long for the new one that we know is waiting on us.
2 Corinthians 5:5
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Having something made specifically for us from God is something special. We know it's waiting on us because the Holy Spirit was the guarantee sent to us as a promise of what's to come.
2 Corinthians 5:8
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Yep, we ride with our shoulders back and head high. There's nothing that can happen to these bodies we don't long for so we can be with the Lord.
2 Corinthians 5:13
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If you thought we were genuinely crazy, it is for the glory of God. But if you thought we were sane, it was for you.
2 Corinthians 5:14
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But neither really matters. It's Jesus who we follow every single day. We follow him because he died for us and we are willing to die for him.
2 Corinthians 5:15
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When anyone believes his death was for their life, they begin to live for something other than themselves. When they start riding for the brand, they will live for Christ, who died and was raised back to life just like we will be.
2 Corinthians 5:17
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This means that anyone who rides for the Lord has become a brand-new cowboy. The old city life is gone and new life of purpose has begun.
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