Contributed by Lou Nicholes on Apr 12, 2005
                    
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Physically, the demands of the ministry were sometimes almost more than Paul could bear (1:8;11:23 27). However, even  more draining were the spiritual demands (7:5;11:28 29). He reflects on these experiences in this passage and tells why, though discoura
                
                    
                        THOUGHTS ABOUT THE PASSAGE:
Larry Olsen describes a man lost in the desert: “He has been out of food and water for days. His lips are swollen, his tongue is swollen, he’s all beat up and bloody. Some of his bones are almost peeking through. He has been scraped and beat up by the cactus, sand and
                        
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