http://redemptionhill.com/displaying-gods-strength-in-our-weakness/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:24:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://redemptionhill.com/displaying-gods-strength-in-our-weakness/#comment-66 Evette Hicks Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:16:48 +0000 http://redemptionhill.com/?p=1586#comment-66 I have to admit that I have not liked that quote from Paul about boasting in his weaknesses. It was not that I am not aware that I have plenty of them, I have just never found the church, the body of Christ, very open to admitting that. Today, I see that my weakness and dependence on God allows him to get all the glory. It is not me trying to be so strong, but me being honest that I am not. But choosing to become that clay vessel that God can use. Sometimes I feel so afraid of not meeting the standard or being able to perform that I forget that it is God that can work through any willing vessel, not the well polished, perfect one. Thank you, Robert. Thank you Lord for your grace. I have to admit that I have not liked that quote from Paul about boasting in his weaknesses. It was not that I am not aware that I have plenty of them, I have just never found the church, the body of Christ, very open to admitting that. Today, I see that my weakness and dependence on God allows him to get all the glory. It is not me trying to be so strong, but me being honest that I am not. But choosing to become that clay vessel that God can use. Sometimes I feel so afraid of not meeting the standard or being able to perform that I forget that it is God that can work through any willing vessel, not the well polished, perfect one.
Thank you, Robert. Thank you Lord for your grace.

]]> http://redemptionhill.com/displaying-gods-strength-in-our-weakness/#comment-65 Ricky Grubb Tue, 09 Jun 2009 05:00:13 +0000 http://redemptionhill.com/?p=1586#comment-65 Just as the disciples asked Jesus who sinned, the blind man or his parents in John 9, we to have faults and weaknesses not of our own recourse. As God's children, we sometimes must suffer through our hardships and weaknesses so that we may experience God's grace and mercy. In the past, this has been a struggle for me. I would always try to have an excuse for why I didn't, why I can't, and why I shouldn't. This gives me the 'glory', not God. What a wonderful feeling to now take ownership of my brokenness, to know that I am not perfect in all ways, to understand that I, a jar of clay, through my weaknesses, empowered by the Holy Spirit, give God the platform to show His power, His grace, His mercy, and His glory. In the face of adversity, we are more than conquerers, through Him who loved us (Romans 8:37). So like Paul, I will not be afraid of my weaknesses, I will boast all the more gladly of all of my weaknesses, so that the power, mercy, and grace of Christ may be revealed and rest upon me Just as the disciples asked Jesus who sinned, the blind man or his parents in John 9, we to have faults and weaknesses not of our own recourse. As God’s children, we sometimes must suffer through our hardships and weaknesses so that we may experience God’s grace and mercy. In the past, this has been a struggle for me. I would always try to have an excuse for why I didn’t, why I can’t, and why I shouldn’t. This gives me the ‘glory’, not God. What a wonderful feeling to now take ownership of my brokenness, to know that I am not perfect in all ways, to understand that I, a jar of clay, through my weaknesses, empowered by the Holy Spirit, give God the platform to show His power, His grace, His mercy, and His glory. In the face of adversity, we are more than conquerers, through Him who loved us (Romans 8:37). So like Paul, I will not be afraid of my weaknesses, I will boast all the more gladly of all of my weaknesses, so that the power, mercy, and grace of Christ may be revealed and rest upon me

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