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Perhaps revealing our weakness is the only thing that many of us dislike more than being weak. We often are reluctant to share (or avoid sharing) our struggles with others, usually because we believe that it will make us appear stupid and incompetent. This natural inclination of ours is made worse b
What a word to the weak apostle! What a word to weak you and weak me! "My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness." The grace and strength of Jesus Christ, true God of true God, who for us and for our salvation came down from heaven and became weak when He became in
It's true, I'm weak. But I never depended upon my own strength anyway. I depend upon the grace of God and Jesus Christ. I depend upon the grace of God and Jesus Christ to be accepted in his church, to have a status in his church. I depend upon the grace of God for everything that I do in the ki
Now, the strong are strong because they depend for their strength upon the Lord’s might. Weakness it is to trust in one’s own strength. Standing and remaining strong is by grace alone. But the standing firm of the strong is the matter over which there is no question. The question is whether the weak
Seeing all these things in the nursing home forces me to think how weak man really is of himself. It is God who gives us our strength and abilities. One must be thankful for this. So often we take it for granted, as if our strength is our own. Without God, man can do nothing. The child of God must
The Christian who is weak as to the faith is to be received into the communion of the saints. He may not be excluded because of his weakness. This does not mean that his reception will have the effect of making the weakness of the weak the standard for the church. That is an error into which we need
In weakness made strong and in strength made to see, That this strength is not mine but Thine within me. Amen
Some think that they cannot profess their faith because their faith is weak, as if, when a person confesses his faith, he is saying that he has a great faith, and is no longer troubled by temptations and doubts as other people are. If that is the case with you, you must realize that those who confes
You see, often those who are weak (sick, paralyzed, disabled, elderly) and dependent on others for care feel like they are of no value to the church and to God. They feel so useless; like they are a burden to others. There are four lessons I have learned from my friends. When I see the joy, trust, b
“Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is bigger than men.” Here it must be emphasized that “foolishness” and “weakness” are not actually attributes of God as the text might suggest. The apostle does not mean to say that God is actually foolish and weak. How coul