{"id":111087,"date":"2021-02-07T04:29:51","date_gmt":"2021-02-07T10:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/?p=111087"},"modified":"2021-02-04T09:23:40","modified_gmt":"2021-02-04T15:23:40","slug":"19-k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/07\/19-k\/","title":{"rendered":"19.k. “For when I am weak, then I am strong.”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Romans 5:3 Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.<\/p>\n

2 Corinthians 12:9-10<\/b><\/a><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0But he said to me, \u201cMy grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.\u201d Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.\u00a0\u00a0For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.<\/p>\n

James 1:12<\/b><\/a><\/span>\u00a0Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.<\/p>\n

James 1:2-3<\/b><\/a><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds,\u00a0\u00a0for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.<\/p>\n

2 Corinthians 4:17<\/b><\/a><\/span>\u00a0For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison,<\/p>\n

Hebrews 12:11<\/b><\/a><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.<\/p>\n

Romans 15:4<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

We can\u00a0glory in tribulations<\/b>\u00a0(literally,\u00a0stresses<\/i>) because they are the occasion to produce\u00a0perseverance<\/b>\u00a0(endurance).\u00a0 <\/span>Spurgeon said it something like this; \u201cA Christian should expect and know trials and troubles come to them as well as the unsaved.\u201d\u00a0 <\/span>Our faith untested by troubles and trials is much like a runner who never trains for the race.\u00a0 <\/span>All of his ability is in his mind, and when the race begins he is quickly unable to continue. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhatever virtues tribulation finds us in, it develops more fully. If anyone is carnal, weak, blind, wicked, irascible, haughty, and so forth, tribulation will make him more carnal, weak, blind, wicked, and irritable. On the other hand, if one is spiritual, strong, wise, pious, gentle and humble, he will become more spiritual, powerful, wise, pious, gentle and humble.\u201d (Martin Luther) \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018Tribulation worketh patience,\u2019 says the apostle. Naturally it is not so. Tribulation worketh impatience, and impatience misses the fruit of experience, and sours into hopelessness. Ask many who have buried a dear child, or have lost their wealth, or have suffered pain of body, and they will tell you that the natural result of affliction is to produce irritation against providence, rebellion against God, questioning, unbelief, bad-tempered, and all sorts of evils. But what a wonderful alteration takes place when the heart is renewed by the Holy Spirit!\u201d (Spurgeon)<\/p>\n

More than likely we would rather have God just sprinkle\u00a0perseverance<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0character<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0hope<\/b>\u00a0on us as we sleep. We could wake up a much better Christian! But that isn\u2019t God\u2019s plan for us or for any Christian.<\/p>\n

\u201cLord, I won\u2019t seek trials and search out tribulation, but I won\u2019t despise them or lose hope when they come. I trust Your love in everything You allow. I surrender to Your perfect will, plan, and purpose for and in my life.\u00a0 <\/span>You are my God and I trust You for you are my rock, refuge, and fortress whatever the trials or troubles are.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Romans 5:3 Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. 2 Corinthians 12:9-10\u00a0\u00a0But he … Continue reading “19.k. “For when I am weak, then I am strong.””<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[296,81,371,3773,2775,14815,3493,1795,72,1893,519,2733,162,6368,530,83,3990,2905,232,42,617,3989,198,56,68,3239,3240,2016,3991,5590,1611,619,2593,14814,2465,65,121,1239,517,179,289,5891,2591,980,14816,5560,242,14607,4444,6278],"class_list":["post-111087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-prayers","tag-affliction","tag-blessed","tag-boast","tag-calamities","tag-character","tag-comparison","tag-content","tag-crown-of-life","tag-discipline","tag-encouragement","tag-endurance","tag-eternal","tag-fruit","tag-given-to-us","tag-glory","tag-grace","tag-hardships","tag-hearts","tag-holy-spirit","tag-hope","tag-instruction","tag-insults","tag-joy","tag-love","tag-love-him","tag-painful","tag-peaceful","tag-perfect","tag-persecutions","tag-pleasant","tag-poured-out","tag-power","tag-power-of-christ","tag-preparing","tag-promised","tag-rejoice","tag-righteousness","tag-scriptures","tag-shame","tag-steadfast","tag-strong","tag-sufferings","tag-sufficient","tag-test","tag-tranied","tag-trial","tag-weakness","tag-weaknesses","tag-written","tag-yields"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111087"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111087\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111170,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111087\/revisions\/111170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}