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2 Corinthians 12:7–9 · 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.
12:8 Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me.
12:9 But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.
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…that teach you this. God says, and when I let bad things happen to you, it will be to help you come to know and love me. The first passage is2 Corinthians 12, verses 7-10. I'll tell you what it says, what it now reads. This is about the apostle Paul dealing with a thorn in his flesh. We don't know what a thorn in the…
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…for that to happen. Hello? Because abounding grace is about to locate you. And it locates you in challenges. Let me read this verse in the book of2 Corinthians 12, verse 7 to 9. Hear what Paul is saying about grace. And he says this. Okay, so that's that verse is picking up from verse 6. So let me just pick it from there…
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…battles that we have victories that we ever see recorded in scriptures or in history that day. That's not the only time we see this happening.2 Corinthians 12 verses 5 through 10the apostle Paul you might think of him as one of the greatest Christians that we ever get to see in the Bible. He had a special relationship with…
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…are enough because he made you that way. But second think about how God uses those who consider themselves as weak, right? So flip over with me toSecond Corinthians 12, verses 7 through 10. And second Corinthians, 12, verse 7, through 10, which is Page 1782 and the Pew Bible. If you want to flip over there with me and second…
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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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