{"id":8358,"date":"2025-09-18T05:54:39","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T05:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heisourpeace.com\/?p=8358"},"modified":"2025-09-18T05:55:59","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T10:55:59","slug":"christs-strength","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heisourpeace.com\/?p=8358","title":{"rendered":"Christ’s Strength"},"content":{"rendered":"
“Because of the extravagance of those revelations, and so I wouldn\u2019t get a big head, I was given the gift of a handicap to keep me in constant touch with my limitations. Satan\u2019s angel did his best to get me down; what he in fact did was push me to my knees. No danger then of walking around high and mighty! At first I didn\u2019t think of it as a gift, and begged God to remove it. Three times I did that, and then he told me, My grace is enough; it\u2019s all you need. My strength comes into its own in your weakness. Once I heard that, I was glad to let it happen. I quit focusing on the handicap and began appreciating the gift. It was a case of Christ\u2019s strength moving in on my weakness. Now I take limitations in stride, and with good cheer, these limitations that cut me down to size\u2014abuse, accidents, opposition, bad breaks. I just let Christ take over! And so the weaker I get, the stronger I become.” 2 CORINTHIANS 12:7-10 (The Message)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Because of the extravagance of those revelations, and so I wouldn\u2019t get a big head, I was given the gift of a handicap to keep me in constant touch with my limitations. Satan\u2019s angel did his best to get me down; what he in fact did was push me to my knees. No danger then of walking around high and mighty! At first I didn\u2019t think of it as a gift, and begged God to remove it. Three times I…<\/p>\n

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