Strength from Weakness

2 Corinthians 12

7 .... I was given the gift of a handicap to keep me in constant touch with my limitations. Satan's angel did his best to get me down; what he in fact did was push me to my knees. No danger then of walking around high and mighty!8 At first I didn't think of it as a gift, and begged God to remove it. Three times I did that,9 and then he told me, My grace is enough; it's all you need. My strength comes into its own in your weakness. Once I heard that, I was glad to let it happen. I quit focusing on the handicap and began appreciating the gift. It was a case of Christ's strength moving in on my weakness.10 Now I take limitations in stride, and with good cheer, these limitations that cut me down to size-abuse, accidents, opposition, bad breaks. I just let Christ take over! And so the weaker I get, the stronger I become.

My Prayer Today

Oh God you are worthy to be praised, You are great, awsome, powerful and wonderful. You have brought me from the pits of darkness into light! Thank you for the mighty way that you bring about your promises!

Today I give you my health...Thank you for the healing that you have already done and for what you are continuing to do even when I can't see it. I know that today I am one step closer to the final outcome that you have planned for me.

Today I will not live in fear or be motivated by fear because I know that You are with me.

Fill me with your Holy Spirit...I dedicate my entire being to You. Today I offer You my hands, my arms, my mouth, my feet, my eyes, my ears, my abilities, my gifts, my finances, my health and my relationships; to use them to make someone else's life better. Help me to walk in love that You may be glorified.

God wants the Glory

Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind

1 As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?" 3 "Neither this man nor his parents sinned," said Jesus, "but this happened so that the work of God might be displayed in his life.     John 9:1-3

It’s truly miraculous what can happen. I don’t guarantee it will happen for you this side of heaven, but it’s frequently what God does. His ways are just not our ways. Sometimes it takes 3 months, sometimes 3 years, sometimes it’s 3 decades. Sometimes it’s not this side of heaven. But like the man who was born blind so that God’s glory would be revealed, there is always purpose in our pain, and He doesn’t waste anything.

  13Is anyone among you suffering? Then he must pray. Is anyone cheerful? He is to sing praises. 14Is anyone among you sick? Then he must call for the elders of the church and they are to pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord; 15and the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up, and if he has committed sins, they will be forgiven him. 16Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much. 17Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the earth for three years and six months. 18Then he prayed again, and the sky poured rain and the earth produced its fruit. James 5:13-18