Tag: weakness
You Have Heard #3 (How we often live out James 5:16)
This is the 3rd passage in “You Have Heard.” See the first post for an explanation of the series. Therefore confess your sins to hide your sins from each other and pray generic, superficial requests for each other so that you may be healed keep your sins and shortcomings secret. The prayer of an outwardly-righteous person is sounds powerful…
December 5 – Christ’s Strength Perfected in Weakness
Reading 2 Cor. 10:1-13:14 Acts 20:2-3a Devotional Paul suffered greatly as an apostle for Jesus. He also was blessed immensely as a result of His obedience to Jesus’ call. In order for Paul not to become conceited (that is, to think too highly of himself—to be arrogant), he was given a thorn in the flesh to…
March 19 – Gideon: Fearful to Faithful
Reading Judg. 6:1-8:3 Devotional After the forty years of peace which followed Deborah and Barak’s triumph over Jabin, the Israelites once again did evil. (This was the fourth time the Bible records the Israelites’ return to idolatry following Joshua’s death.) GOD gave the Israelites over to the Midianites, and for seven years the Midianites oppressed…