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Jun 4, 2024 · Consider these seven ways Paul encourages us to embrace weakness. 1. Believe that the weakness of Christ crucified is God’s power to save. The message of Christ crucified is “the power of God and the wisdom of God” (1 Cor. 1:23–24). So, for Paul, the whole of the Christian life is lived “by faith in the Son of God, who loved [us] and ...
Aug 1, 2010 · This opened up a world of insight to Paul. God showing his strength through weak things was laced all through redemptive history, culminating in the cross. That’s why Paul said, “If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness” (2 Corinthians 11:30). He even went beyond that: “For the sake of Christ, then, I am content ...
Aug 15, 2024 · He has given us the Holy Spirit to share the load and help carry our burden: “And the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness. For example, we don’t know what God wants us to pray for. But the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words” (verse 26, NLT). In Romans 8:26, Paul uses the Greek noun astheneia ...
Apr 24, 2019 · For example, Paul prayed that God would remove a “thorn in the flesh,” some type of unidentified suffering (2 Corinthians 12:7-8). God answered Paul’s prayer by telling him, “’My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness’” (2 Corinthians 12:9). In other words, God denied Paul’s request to remove the ...
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Mar 11, 2024 · But within these moments, there lies an incredible opportunity. They can turn to a higher power and embrace God’s strength. The Bible is full of stories where weakness becomes the stage for divine intervention. Paul writes in 2 Corinthians 12:9-10, “But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in ...
May 31, 2019 · The weakness Paul is referring to is more than just a physical weakness – but a moral and emotional weakness. Here Paul is talking about our struggles and our vulnerability. The very worst thing Christians can do is to appear as though they’ve got it all together. Even the strongest Christian has weaknesses and struggles.
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Jul 9, 2019 · Contentment with weaknesses, hardships, persecution, and calamities — all for the sake of Christ — is strength. God doesn’t just use weak people despite their weaknesses; he demonstrates his perfect power through their weaknesses. God has used my own weakness in countless ways. But this isn’t just Paul’s story, and it’s not just my ...
