Meaning His Grace Is Sufficient

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Meaning his grace is sufficient. God s power is greatest when we re at our weakest. If the day had even more hours then i would need his help and grace during those as well paul expresses this dependence when he writes about the thorn in his flesh. This verse teaches us to rely on god s grace.

The word grace is found in the bible 159 times. Back to the original question. God s grace is.

Here are ten ways in which this passage speaks to my heart precisely pointing me to the pleasurable content of god s grace. Grace could meet paul s need because it expresses god s acceptance and pleasure in him. In this case god is explaining that even if he is not going to deliver paul of this weakness it does not mean that god has no grace for paul.

Three times he pleaded with the lord to take it away. When paul receive his grace he enjoyed status of favor and approval in god s eyes. My grace is sufficient for you it is sufficient right now.

He says my grace is sufficient for you for my power is made perfect in weakness 2 cor. Not that it will be some day but right now at this moment his grace is sufficient. Instead he left paul in his crippled state and said my grace is sufficient for you for my power is made perfect in weakness weakness.

This grace was first manifested in his salvation of paul on the road to damascus. From one point of view however it seems infinitely more in harmony with our thoughts of god that the prayer to be relieved from pain should be refused because it was working out a higher perfection than was attainable without it than that a. The specific instance you mention is found in the very famous passage in 1 corinthians 12 9.