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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 ...
Feb 28, 2013 · It’s a big deal. 2. Embracing weakness gives more vigor and peace in our relationship with God. Vigor and peace is what John Owen says is at stake if we don’t mortify our sin. Vigor is the idea of our outward-facing activity. It is our labor in the Lord. Peace is the thing in the deep recesses of our souls.
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 ...
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 ...
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Aug 19, 2021 · The apostle Paul provides us with the clearest theology of the priceless value of weakness. I have found 1 Corinthians 1:18–2:16 and, frankly, the entire book of 2 Corinthians, to be immensely helpful in understanding the indispensable role weakness plays in strengthening the faith and witness of individual Christians and the church as a whole.
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Jan 6, 2023 · Here are three ways in which believers can delight in weaknesses. 1. Allow God to Display His Power Through You. God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things, and the things that are not, to nullify the things that are, so that no one may boast before him (1 Corinthians 1:28-29).