That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. 2 Corinthians 12:10 When we become Christians our first struggles are with past weakness or sin. We think things like, “If only God can keep me from this temptation then I…
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Growing Older With Jesus
I am grateful to my friend Robert Keller for his guest post today. Recently as he was recovering from a medical incident he spent three weeks in a long term care setting. That experience put him in the same kind of situation I see every week as I visit in facilities around our community. It…
Strength to the Powerless
Are you trusting or even just wishing for God’s help in some area your life this morning? Is it a broken relationship with a family member or the disabling shame of a past memory? God is not far off nor is He waiting for us to get smart enough or strong enough to get it…
Yet God
But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness…” 2 Corinthians 12:9a I like nothing of weakness infirmity or disability. I despise the inability my weak state brings me to. There is so much that needs to be done which requires, strength, endurance and intelligence…
Strength for The Journey
And the angel of the Lord came back the second time, and touched him, and said, “Arise and eat, because the journey is too great for you.” I Kings 19:7 Elijah was on a journey and like we who are facing the beginning of a new year, he only knew where…
