26-30 "첫 열매를 바치는 날, 곧 하나님에게 첫 수확물을 가져오는 칠칠절에는 거룩한 예배로 모이고, 평소에 하던 일은 아무것도 하지마라. 불살라 바쳐서 하나님을 기쁘게 하는 향기로운 제물로 수송아지 두 마리, 숫양 한 마리, 일 년 된 어린 양 일곱 마리를 가져오너라, 그것들은 모두 건강한 것이어야 한다. - P434
Although Paul is fully aware of his rights to be financially supportedby the church, he is not making this argument in the hope of receivingmoney from the Corinthian believers. Rather, he is highlighting theunique nature of his high calling and refuses to allow anything to de-prive him of the joy of serving the Lord voluntarily and free of charge. - P102
»We are an "I" generation. - P103
Self-sacrifice isat the heart of the gospel, as demonstrated by Jesus Christ when He emptied Himself and came down to become like one of us. - P103
This kind of self-giving love seeks to understand and build up theother, which leads to healing and redemption. - P103
We often see advertisements that make us long for the newest gadgets and makeus fear we are being left behind by the latest trends. However, we cannot let our desire to keep up with the world get in the way of our calling to support missionaries and ministers doing God‘s work all over the world, Let us spend afew days refraining from shopping and focus instead on praying for missionariesto receive the support they need. - P99