Monday
2 Corinthians 8:10
I suggest that I finish what I started a year ago, for I was the first to propose this idea and I was the first to begin doing something about it.
Tuesday
2 Corinthians 8:11
Now I should carry this project through to completion just as enthusiastically as I began it. I give whatever I can according to what I have.
Wednesday
2 Corinthians 8:12
If I am really eager to give, it isn’t important how much I am able to give. You, God, want me to give what I have, not what I don’t have.
Thursday
2 Corinthians 8:13
Of course, I don’t mean I should give so much that I suffer from having too little. I only mean that there should be some equality.
Friday
2 Corinthians 8:14
Right now I have plenty and can help others. Then at some other time they can share with me when I need it. In this way, everyone’s needs will be met.
Zingers from Croft M. Pentz, Tyndale House Publishers
3646. Obedience to God removes pretense from our prayers.
3647. Vacation is one time when older people find out they are not as young as they feel.
3648. To avoid old age, keep overdrinking, overeating, and overachieving.
3649. In gardening, it’s a race between your back and your enthusiasm--to see which will give out first.
3650. Middle age is when you start out with your spirits up and end up with a rubdown.
