“My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” (2 Corinthians 12:9) God’s design for suffering is that it magnifies Christ’s worth and power. This is grace, because the greatest joy of Christians is to see Christ magnified in our lives. When Paul was told by the Lord Jesus that his “thorn […]
“…that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You, that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me.” —John 17:21 Someone may fear that we are magnifying private religion out of all proportion, that the “us” of the New Testament is […]
“Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day.” (2 Corinthians 4:16) Paul can’t see the way he used to. He can’t hear the way he used to. He doesn’t recover from beatings the way he used to. His strength, walking from town to town, doesn’t hold up […]
OUR WEAKNESS REVEALS HIS WORTH
/in Discipleship, Steadfast Hope“My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” (2 Corinthians 12:9) God’s design for suffering is that it magnifies Christ’s worth and power. This is grace, because the greatest joy of Christians is to see Christ magnified in our lives. When Paul was told by the Lord Jesus that his “thorn […]
IN ONE ACCORD
/in Steadfast Hope“…that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You, that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me.” —John 17:21 Someone may fear that we are magnifying private religion out of all proportion, that the “us” of the New Testament is […]
WHY WE DON'T LOSE HEART
/in Steadfast Hope“Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day.” (2 Corinthians 4:16) Paul can’t see the way he used to. He can’t hear the way he used to. He doesn’t recover from beatings the way he used to. His strength, walking from town to town, doesn’t hold up […]