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2 Corinthians 12:8 · BSB
12:8 Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me.
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…something. Remember we talk about the thorn in his flesh? Paul talks about that. And the Bible says this when he prayed. Look at this. This is uh2 Corinthians chapter 12, verses 8and 9. Paul says, three different times I begged the Lord to take it away. Some versions say, pleaded. I beg the Lord to take it away each time.…
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…if God's gonna heal somebody, He's gonna heal Paul, right? I mean, he's a pretty important dude in eternity, He probably should heal him. But in2 Corinthians 12:8, Paul shows us this, "Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But He said to me, My grace is sufficient for you, for my power…
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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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