{"id":10260,"date":"2024-05-07T04:07:54","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T09:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/?p=10260"},"modified":"2024-05-07T04:07:54","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T09:07:54","slug":"sufficient-grace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2024\/05\/07\/sufficient-grace\/","title":{"rendered":"Sufficient Grace"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Sufficient Grace<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

But he said to me,\u00a0\u201cMy grace is sufficient for you, for\u00a0my power is made perfect in weakness.\u201d\u00a0Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that\u00a0the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then,\u00a0I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For\u00a0when I am weak, then I am strong.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2 Corinthians 12:9-10<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

God\u2019s divine reply to Paul\u2019s thorn in his side surprised the apostle. Instead of removing the thorn, the Lord told Paul, \u201cMy grace is sufficient for you.\u201d\u00a0 Accepting God\u2019s answer, Paul boasted of his weakness because he gained the Lord\u2019s strength through it. Would Paul depend on God as vehemently if he didn\u2019t have the thorn? Probably not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a person who had two blood clots, I consider it a thorn in my side. On blood thinners for the rest of my life, I must constantly monitor what I eat and do so it doesn\u2019t interact with my medication. As a result of my thorn, my relationship with Christ has deepened. I talk to God more, seek His direction in ways I never have, and rely on His grace to strengthen my weakness. I now understand what Paul meant when he said he would boast in his weakness more than I ever have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We all have things in our life we wish we didn\u2019t have. Thorns that cause weakness make us rely on God\u2019s strength. Drawing closer to the Lord, we will experience sufficient grace for our trials. As Paul did, we can become content in our sufferings, knowing they glorify God. Boasting in our weaknesses illuminates the power of Jesus in our lives, our weaknesses made perfect in the Lord\u2019s grace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Application:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

God gives us sufficient grace for our weaknesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prayer:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Lord, thank You for Your sufficient grace. As we accept the thorns in our flesh, help us relish in Your strength. Let us accept our weaknesses as an opportunity to glorify Your strength in us. Help us find contentment in the storm as we trust You, knowing You will give us the grace we need to survive<\/p>\n\n\n\n

IJNIP. Amen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One-minute read. Sufficient Grace But he said to me,\u00a0\u201cMy grace is sufficient for you, for\u00a0my power is made perfect in weakness.\u201d\u00a0Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that\u00a0the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then,\u00a0I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities.… Continue reading Sufficient Grace<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","without-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10260"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10260\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10264,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10260\/revisions\/10264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}