Planting Churches Among the City's Poor - Volume 2

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yet not killed; as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing everything. Our mouth is open to you, Corinthians; our heart is wide. b. Col. 1.24 (ESV) – Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church.

c. Eph. 3.1 (ESV) – For this reason I, Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles . . .

d. Eph. 3.13 (ESV) – So I ask you not to lose heart over what I am suffering for you, which is your glory.

e. Phil. 2.17-18 (ESV) – Even if I am to be poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrificial offering of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all. Likewise you also should be glad and rejoice with me. f. Matt. 5.11-12 (ESV) – Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you. g. Acts 5.41 (ESV) – Then they left the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for the name. a. 1 Cor. 9.1-2 (ESV) – Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are not you my workmanship in the Lord? If to others I am not an apostle, at least I am to you, for you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord. b. 1 Cor. 9.15-16 (ESV) – But I have made no use of any of these rights, nor am I writing these things to secure any such provision. For I would rather die than have anyone 6. An answerability owed directly to God for how one fulfills that call