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2 Corinthians 12:7 · BSB
12:7 or because of these surpassingly great revelations. So to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me.
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…surrounding culture, spiritual power looks like weakness. Spiritual power looks like failure. And that's especially true this week as we look at2 Corinthians chapter 12, verses 1 through 10. We just heard that read by Elizabeth. In this very well-known passage, we actually get a glimpse into Paul's personal life and his personal…
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…when he says a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of who. okay, second Corinthians, let's go there verse 12, excuse me, chapter 12, verse 7.Second Corinthians 12:7. Paul says. So to keep me from being conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, pause, you want greater revelation of God…
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…this experience of feeling that God is against us is something that the Apostle Paul speaks very eloquently of and experienced in his own life.2 Corinthians chapter 12 verse 7having just described some extraordinary experiences he had, he'd had, he says in verse 7 to keep me from becoming conceited because of these…
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…and also in the New Testament, is that sometimes God allows hardship in our lives so that we will see something bigger than our hardship. Here's2 Corinthians chapter 12, verse 7. This is the Apostle Paul writing, who had had a lot given to him. He was one of the most influential people of the early church. He had had unique…
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…that our weakness is God's strength is because this idea of weakness is picked up several different times in Scripture. Here's one of them. This is2 Corinthians chapter 12, verse 7, and following. Says, but because of the surpassing great revelations, therefore, in order to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn…
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…that through all the things he accomplished, he might become proud and boastful, you know, Paul accomplished all kinds of things for Christ. Noticesecond Corinthians, 12 verse 7and lest I should be exalted above measure by the abundance of Revelations. A thorn in the flesh was given to me a messenger of Satan to Buffet me…
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…just give you the situation where where we see this contentment being worked out in the life, directly in the life of the apostle Paul as we close.2 Corinthians chapter 12, verses 7 through 10. He says this so keep me so to keep me from being conceited, and because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, the thorn was given to me…
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…be done. How about putting that at the end of every prayer? Not my will, but thine be done. Basically, we need to pray for the right things. PaulSecond Corinthians 12 verses 7 through 10prayed three times that he had a thorn in the flesh. Lord take it away from me and if anybody ought to have God listen to him. So to speak. You…
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…Matthew chapter 5, verse 23 and 24. Sometimes God delays things for his own purposes, and sometimes his purposes are bigger than we can anticipate.2 Corinthians chapter 12, verses 7 through 9. And the reason that this is important to affirm is because otherwise, what happens is anytime that you don't have your prayer answered, you start…
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…has kind of a secondary application to it would be over in 1 Corinthians chapter 12 verse 7. And just bear testimony to it for a moment here. In2 Corinthians chapter 12 verse 7, it says that spiritual gifts are not for the benefit of the individual. Now, we all understand that, don't we? I mean, hey, gifts are not given…
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