Category: 2 Corinthians 12
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To the Bewildered
2 Corinthians 12:7 “So to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming conceited.” Some things make absolutely no sense! Anything in your life like that right now? There is in mine! …
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Why Thorns?
2 Corinthians 12:7 “So to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming conceited.” If you are a Christian, are you one in which everything in life is wonderful? Do you have any…
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When I Am Weak . . .
2 Corinthians 12:7-10 “So to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming conceited. Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave me. But He…
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Lessons Learned in Times of Weakness
2 Corinthians 12:9 “But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.” There are situations that inevitably come into each of our lives that have the effect of…
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All Sufficient Grace for Even Me!
2 Corinthians 12:9 “My grace is sufficient for you.” How wonderful it is when we realize that the Scriptures are to be applied to each one of us personally. While the Scriptures were written by men who experienced God in a very personal way at the time they were written many years ago, they are…
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Thorns and Their Effects
2 Corinthians 12:7 “a thorn was given me in the flesh.” We’ve all had an actual thorn in our flesh at one time or another, or maybe a splinter, or perhaps a speck of dirt in our eye. Inevitably, when we discover something like that it does several things to us. One, it redirects our…
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Strange Gifts
2 Corinthians 12:7 “a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming conceited.” Is there anything in your life that you’d rather be without? Maybe it’s a physical affliction of some type – an illness, some incurable condition, or a physical weakness of some type…
To Encourage You 