Christian overcomers Community Group
This is a Christian Group for people that are seeking healing or overcoming challenges through Biblical advice. Our key verse is 3 John 1:2 "Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth."
I posted this video in the comments of my last post, but for anyone that didn't see that comment, I wanted to post it again here. It's a 6 and half minute video of Joseph Prince talking about what he believes "My grace is sufficient for you" really means:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1C_qkjYlIQ
His miracle working (dunimus power) is made perfect in our weakness.
In this video Pastor Prince explains that in science class we all learned that you can't get power by putting a postive and a positive together, nor can you get power by putting a negative and a negative together, but you CAN get power when you put a a negative and a positive together. Our weaknesses are the negative, and God's grace is the positive, when you put our weakness with God's grace you get miracle working power.
My own thoughts about it are that God gives us the power and strength to overcome anything that comes our way, so we will have victory and live the abundant life, not sit back and endure defeat. God wasn't saying, "You are defeated, but I will help you endure that defeat with my grace." NO! We have the Holy Spirit living inside of us, and His power works through us best when we are weak, and we need to rely on HIS power, and not our own strength. God's grace doesn't give us strength to endure, it gives us the miracle working power to overcome.
Jesus told us in Mark 11:23 to speak to our mountains to make them move, and have faith and no doubt that what we say will actually happen. He didn't say pray and beg God to move our mountains for us. Paul was asking God to move his mountain, instead of activating the power of the Holy Spirit living inside of him, and using that grace God had already given him to overcome.
In 2 Corinthians 11:16-33 Paul lists all of his hardships and trials that he went through (being shipwrecked, beaten with rods, put in jail, and continuously persecuted everywhere he went, Satan's thorn [harassment] followed him and tormented him everywhere ), but in 2 Timothy 3:11 Paul further explains"You know how much persecution and suffering I have endured. You know all about how I was persecuted in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra—but the Lord RESCUED me from ALL of it." So we can see that God's grace rescued Paul, and that's how God's grace was sufficient for him.