Wednesday: W19, Recovery

Training:


400 x pushups
60 min weighted vest run (20lb vest)

Daily Reading:
2 Corinthians 9-12

1.) Facts:

• Paul encourages the church in Corinth to practice generosity towards each other and that we are not only serving others but serving the kingdom of God. There will be false apostles masquerading as angels of light. Paul's warns the church to be on their guard against the attacks of these, as they are from Satan. Paul boasts in his own sufferings for in his weakness, Christ is made strong. Gods grace is sufficient for us.

2.) Lessons:

• 9:6 - Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.
• 11: 9 - And when I was with you and needed something, I was not a burden to anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied what I needed. I have kept myself from being a burden to you in any way, and will continue to do so.
• 11:21 -31 - Whatever anyone else dares to boast about—I am speaking as a fool—I also dare to boast about. Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they Abraham’s descendants? So am I. Are they servants of Christ? (I am out of my mind to talk like this.) I am more. I have worked much harder, been in prison more frequently, been flogged more severely, and been exposed to death again and again. Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one. Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was pelted with stones, three times I was shipwrecked, I spent a night and a day in the open sea,  I have been constantly on the move. I have been in danger from rivers, in danger from bandits, in danger from my fellow Jews, in danger from Gentiles; in danger in the city, in danger in the country, in danger at sea; and in danger from false believers. I have labored and toiled and have often gone without sleep; I have known hunger and thirst and have often gone without food; I have been cold and naked. Besides everything else, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches.Who is weak, and I do not feel weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not inwardly burn? If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness. The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is to be praised forever, knows that I am not lying.
• 12:7-9 - Therefore, in order to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. 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.

3.) Applications:

• We must learn to be self-sufficient as Paul was. Do not be a burden to others but work hard with your own hands. If we are to boast, boast in our weaknesses, for it is through these weaknesses that God's power is shown . There is nothing that we struggle with that is uncommon to man. Sin and temptation attack everyone, however, it is how we deal with these weaknesses that define us and the church. We must realize, as Paul did, our weakness and inability to resist our fallen sin nature. God's grace and power are made perfect through our weakness. 

4.) Daily Meditation:

• 12:9 - “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”

Tuesday: W19, Recovery

Training:
450 x pushups
4.2 mile walk

Daily Reading:
2 Corinthians 5-8

1.) Facts:

• The ministry of Christ is a ministry of reconciliation. Our old self has gone and our new self in Christ has taken its place. We are told not to ever become a stumbling block for others. We must lead them closer to Christ and closer to a saving faith in Him. Paul tells us to not be yoked together with unbelievers and that sorrow is a tool that leads us to repentance. 

2.) Lessons:

• 5:1 - For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.
• 5:7 - we live by faith, not by sight
• 5:10 - For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each of us may receive what is due us for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.
• 5:11 - What we are is plain to God
• 5:15 - And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.
• 5:17 - Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come:The old has gone, the new is here!
• 6:14 - Do not be yoked together with unbelievers
• 7:1 - Therefore, since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God.
• 7:10-11 - Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death. See what this godly sorrow has produced in you: what earnestness, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what concern, what readiness to see justice done.

3.) Applications:

• Everything that we do and everything we are is plain to God. We will be held accountable for our actions on the day of judgment. The Lord will judge us for everything we have done on this earth so therefore we must no  longer live for ourselves, but live for Christ. We are a new creation, the old has gone and the new has come. Use the tools that God has brought into our lives, such as sorrow, to lead us to repentance and to lead us to the purification of our hearts. Emotions such as sorrow, if they come from God, will produce in us earnestness and an eagerness to clear ourselves in Gods sight. 

4.) Daily Meditation:

• 7:1 - Therefore, since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God.

Monday: W19, Recovery

Training: Rest Day


Notes:

• This week is going to be an intentional lighter workload.

Daily Reading:
2 Corinthians 1-4

1.) Facts:

• Paul begins by acknowledging that he had to change his plans but still wishes to visit Corinth. He then speaks about the greatness of the new covenant in Christ and that our present weaknesses will not destroy us for God is faithful and just. Our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an everlasting glory.

2.) Lessons:

• 1:7 - And our hope for you is firm, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you share in our comfort.
• 4:2 - Rather, we have renounced secret and shameful ways; we do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God.
• 4:8-12 - We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that his life may also be revealed in our mortal body. So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.
• 4:17-18 - For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

3.) Applications:

• God is the God of comfort and He will comfort us in our every need. We are hard pressed on every side yet God will never abandon us. Death is at work in all of us due to our sin nature, but life is found through Christ. Everything we face in this world are light and momentary troubles. They are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs anything we can possibly imagine. Therefore we are called to fix our eyes on our heavenly father and not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. God is eternal, this world is temporary.