2 Corinthians 12, 365 DAYS OF LOVE #128: SUPPORTING FRIENDS

PASSAGE: Paul's Vision and His Thorn, Paul's Concern for the Corinthians

MEMORY VERSE: "You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which was being corrupted by its deceitful desires, to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on a new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness" Ephesians 4:22-24

NOTES: (v.5) "...but I will not boast about myself, except about my weaknesses. 6Even if I should choose to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain, so no one will think more of me than is warranted by what I do or say."
(v.9) "But he said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. 10That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong." << LOVE IT
(v.21)Paul's concern fro the Corinthians: "I am afraid that when I come again my God will humble me before you, and I will be grieved over many who have sinned earlier and have not repented of the impurity, sexual sin and debauchery in which they have indulged."

ACT OF LOVE: Today, I was blessed by two wonderful ladies! (and had the opportunity to bless them as well)
Wonderful Lady #1: I sat next to my friend Katherine during service. Afterwards, she suddenly asked how she could be praying for me (even though we sort of just met recently and weren't super close friends). I felt superrr encouraged by that and we had a brief time of sharing prayer requests and supporting each other in prayer!
Wonderful Lady #2: I met up with my other friend, Cynthia, for lunch to catch up. She went to Japan this summer for a missions trip, and I had supported her (a bit financially but mostly through prayer), so she wanted to tell me about it! We have a wonderful time of encouraging each other with the work that God has done and ended it with a super uplifting time of prayer :) I LOVE IT. 

Cynthia Kono! :)