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Today's reading will cover 2 Corinthian's Chapter 9:2-7, 11, and 15, Chapter 10:1-5, 8-13, 17-18, and Chapter 11:2-5, 13-15, and 21-33.

Today we will read more about giving. Paul reminds us that when we give it should be because we want to, not because we feel forced or that we have to. God loves it when we give cheerfully, not out of obligation. We will also read about what it means to "boast in the Lord," or to "brag about God." Paul reminds us today that although we live in the world we do not fight the way the world does because our power that we fight with comes from God. And what are we fighting against? Paul tells us that we fight against anything that comes against knowing God. We do so by catching every thought and making it obey Jesus.

In our discussion for daily application we will break down what it means to brag about God by reading Jeremiah 9:23, where God Himself tells us that if anyone wants to brag, it should be about knowing and understand God because God exercises lovingkindness, justice, and righteousness on the earth and He DELIGHTS IN THESE THINGS. Paul told us that we fight against anything that comes against knowing God, which means we fight against anything that is the OPPOSITE of what God delights in. The opposite of what God delights in is hate, unfairness, sinful behaviors. The power we fight with comes from God. What have we received from God? HIS HOLY SPIRIT. This power FROM GOD, Paul tells us today, TEARS DOWN SATAN'S STRONGHOLDS (aka, sinful behaviors.) Jesus taught us that HE HAS SET US FREE FROM SIN, and that IF THE SON HAS SET US FREE (from sin) THEN WE ARE REALLY FREE!! This means that we, through GOD'S POWER, are able to catch every thought and make it obey Jesus, Paul tells us today. So let us catch our thoughts and make them obey Jesus, with lovingkindness, justice (fairness) and righteousness, and then we can brag about knowing and understanding God, something God tells us we CAN brag about.

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