Brothers and Sisters 😊
📖 In Second Corinthian’s chapter 11 and 12 today Paul warns the church against false beliefs…
✝️ “Do not believe in a different jesus other than the one we proclaimed, or receive a different spirit from the one you received, or accept a different gospel than the one you accepted” (2Cor 11:4), and also relays the hidden purpose behind earthly sufferings as a child of God…
✝️ “A thorn was given to me in the flesh to keep me from being conceited. Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this that it should leave me, but He said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect in your weakness” (2Cor 12:7-9).
Q. When you have experienced trials or suffering in your life have you ever asked… “What did I do wrong?” or “Why would God do this to me?” or “How could this possibly be working for good?”
Q. What was Paul‘s response to his suffering?
Q. What was Jesus response to His?
🙏 Heavenly Father thank you so much for your all-sufficient grace in the lives of every born again Christ follower – Please help us all to avoid being deceived by false teachers who relay a toxic gospel, claiming that a lack of material abundance, physical health, or comfortable circumstances are always a result of weak faith.
🙏 Lord Jesus we praise you today for keeping us needy for you and building our faith by creating our storms, dwelling with us in our storms, and delivering us from our storms – Please cause us to embrace the true Gospel perspective of sharing in your sufferings with joy, knowing that thorns and trials are being granted by your kind and generous hand for our maturity, spiritual well-being, and overall good.
🙏 Holy Spirit please grant us understanding, patience, strength, perseverance, and peace in the hardships of this life, and help us suffer well when necessary in the short time we are here, entrusting our souls to our Faithful Creator and Glorious God…
✝️ “Therefore most gladly I will boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me…I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for the sake of Christ – For when I am weak, then I am strong.”
2 Corinthians 12:10
Grace and Gratitude 