September 9, 2020
Wednesday, September 9, 2020
Third Day of the Fast of the Holy Cross
II Corinthians 9:1-9
Mark 8:22-26
II Corinthians 9:1-9
[1] Now it is superfluous for me to write to you about the offering for the saints,
[2] for I know your readiness, of which I boast about you to the people of Macedo’nia, saying that Acha’ia has been ready since last year; and your zeal has stirred up most of them.
[3] But I am sending the brethren so that our boasting about you may not prove vain in this case, so that you may be ready, as I said you would be;
[4] lest if some Macedo’nians come with me and find that you are not ready, we be humiliated — to say nothing of you — for being so confident.
[5] So I thought it necessary to urge the brethren to go on to you before me, and arrange in advance for this gift you have promised, so that it may be ready not as an exaction but as a willing gift.
[6] The point is this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.
[7] Each one must do as he has made up his mind, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
[8] And God is able to provide you with every blessing in abundance, so that you may always have enough of everything and may provide in abundance for every good work.
[9] As it is written, “He scatters abroad, he gives to the poor;
his righteousness endures for ever.”
Mark 8:22-26
[22] And they came to Beth-sa’ida. And some people brought to him a blind man, and begged him to touch him.
[23] And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the village; and when he had spit on his eyes and laid his hands upon him, he asked him, “Do you see anything?”
[24] And he looked up and said, “I see men; but they look like trees, walking.”
[25] Then again he laid his hands upon his eyes; and he looked intently and was restored, and saw everything clearly.
[26] And he sent him away to his home, saying, “Do not even enter the village.”
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