10-23-26   THOUGHTS

2Cor 3:5  Not that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as [coming] from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God,    Php 4:13   I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.   Matt 20:16a    So the last shall be first, and the first last:

2Cor 12:7-10    Because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, for this reason, to keep me from exalting myself, there was given me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to torment me — to keep me from exalting myself!  8  Concerning this I implored the Lord three times that it might leave me.  9  And He has said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness." Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me. 10  Therefore I am well content with weaknesses, with insults, with distresses, with persecutions, with difficulties, for Christ’s sake; for when I am weak, then I am strong.

Our Prayer:
Father,  help us to know assuredly that self-inflation hurts us. May Your grace always be enough!  When we are weak, help us to see the opportunities available through Your might and power.  Help us, O God, to truly see the people around us.  May we always be perceptive to souls and needs.   In the name of our Savior,   Amen.