https://youtu.be/49izieCywIw “For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and self-discipline…..Therefore do not be ashamed of either the witness about our Lord or…
https://youtu.be/RA28GNexpV8 “Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the might of His strength. 11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand…
2 Timothy 1.7-8 records, God has not given us a spirit of fear, but one of power, 
love, and sound judgment. So don’t be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, or of me His prisoner. Instead, share in suffering for the gospel, relying on the power of God.
We often fear men more than God. We were created to please God but we often find ourselves more concerned with pleasing men. (more…)
2 Corinthians 12.10 observes, I take pleasure in weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and in difficulties, for the sake of Christ. For
when I am weak, then I am strong.
I am not a fan of any of these things Paul says he will boast of, for when he is weak then he is strong. Paul says these things because the presence of the Lord within Him becomes increasingly obvious through Him when he is weak. (more…)
2 Corinthians 12.9 records, My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness. 
Therefore, I will most gladly boast all the more about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may reside in me.
No one wants to be weak. everyone wants to be strong. We despise weakness and we worship strength. Yet the strongest of all, the greatest display of strength ever, we doubt, we ignore and we make little effort to worship, serve or obey Him Who demonstrated this great strength. What is that greatest of all strengths displayed? (more…)
1 Corinthians 2.3 observes, I came to you in weakness—timid and trembling.
Weakness is a despised attribute in the world even among Christians. We try and pretend its not something God honors but it is.
We turn this godly virtue on its head when we quote the Bible’s promise, ‘when we are weak then we are strong.’ We like that ending strong part pretending we are never really weak. But the verse really means when we are really weak that’s when we are really strong in the eyes of God not man.
The problem is our God models for us weakness and humility over and over but we try and try to ignore it. (more…)
Psalm 31.10 laments my strength fails me because of my sin. The Bible regularly encourages God’s people to be strong in the Lord and in the power of His Name.…
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