Search results
Aug 31, 2023 · God’s strength is made perfect in weakness when we put our faith and trust in Him. The Lord’s presence is all we need in times of weakness. His great power and sufficiency rest on us as we find our strength in Him, and He is glorified. We can say with the psalmist, “My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and ...
- Thorn in The Flesh
But the Lord was more concerned with building Paul’s...
- Questions About 2 Corinthians
How is God’s strength made perfect in weakness (2...
- Moses
Pharaoh stubbornly refuses, and ten plagues of God’s...
- Who Was Gideon in The Bible
Gideon was the fifth judge and renowned as the greatest of...
- Thorn in The Flesh
- Paradoxical Power of Weaknesslink
- Weakness and Sinlink
- Asset Disguised as A Liabilitylink
- Stewards of Surprising Talentslink
- Don’T Bury Your Weaknesseslink
Paul’s most famous statement on the paradoxical spiritual power of weakness appears in 2 Corinthians 12. He tells us of his ecstatic experience of being “caught up into paradise,” where he received overwhelming and ineffable revelations (2 Corinthians 12:1–4). But as a result, In these few sentences, Paul completely reframes the way Christians are ...
Before we go further, we need to be clear that Paul does not include sin in his description of weakness here. The Greek word Paul uses is astheneia, the most common word for “weakness” in the New Testament. J.I. Packer, in his helpful study on 2 Corinthians, Weakness Is the Way, explains astheneialike this: But when Paul speaks of sin, he has more ...
At this point, you may be thinking, “Whatever Paul’s ‘thorn’ was, my weakness is not like that.” Right. That’s what we all think. I have a thorn-like weakness, known only to those closest to me. If I shared it with you, you might be surprised. It dogs me daily as I seek to carry out my family, vocational, and ministry responsibilities. It makes alm...
Paul said that his weakness, his “thorn . . . in the flesh,” was “given” to him (2 Corinthians 12:7). Given by whom? Whatever role Satan played, in Paul’s mind he was secondary. Paul received this weakness, as well as “insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities” (2 Corinthians 12:10), as assets given to him by his Lord. And as a “[steward] of...
Someday, when our Master returns, he will ask us to give an account of the talents he’s entrusted to us. Some of those talents will be our weaknesses. We don’t want to tell him we buried any of them. It may even be that the most valuable talent in our investment portfolio turns out to be a weakness. Since “it is required of stewards that they be fo...
Sep 27, 2019 · Weakness is an opportunity for God to work powerfully in our lives. Even when our flesh and heart fail us, He is the strength of our heart (Psalm 73:26). As we reflect on the areas of our lives where we know we are weak, in whatever capacity that is, may we look to Jesus and ponder how He works through our weaknesses for His glory.
Jul 29, 2024 · To the unregenerate human mind, the message of salvation in Jesus Christ is an absurdity swallowed by feeble-minded people. What Paul dubbed “the weakness of God” is Jesus Christ crucified. This so-called “weakness” only appears to be void of strength, and only to those who are unredeemed. The world sees the Bible and the gospel message ...
Jul 14, 1991 · This is the main point of verses 9–10. Jesus says, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” God’s design is to make you a showcase for Jesus’s power. But not necessarily the way the market demands: not by getting rid of all our weaknesses; but by giving strength to endure and even rejoice in tribulation.
The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength. Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted; but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their ...
People also ask
What is the weakness of God?
Is God's strength made perfect in weakness?
Does losing God's strength make you weaker?
Why do we need God in times of weakness?
Does God look at our weaknesses?
Jan 2, 2020 · When this happens the thing that is your greatest strength can become your greatest weakness, because you leave God out. In John 15:5 Jesus said “…apart from me you can do nothing.”. As you continue to grow regardless of your role – whether you are a parent, spouse, worker, manager, church leader, pastor, or in whatever capacity you ...
