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Guarding Your Heart & Mind Series: God's Power is Made Perfect in Our Weakness | Friday Devotional · Growing Closer to God with Guided Meditation

• 0:05
  Pastor Robert Young: Today's scripture is coming from the book of 2 Corinthians, chapter 12, verse 9, where it says, My grace is sufficient for you.
• 0:16
  Pastor Robert Young: My power is made perfect in weakness.
• 0:25
  Pastor Robert Young: The Apostle Paul begged God to remove a struggle that felt too heavy for him.
• 0:32
  Pastor Robert Young: God didn't respond with a demand for more effort.
• 0:37
  Pastor Robert Young: He didn't tell Paul to push through or be stronger.
• 0:43
  Pastor Robert Young: Instead, God said, My grace is enough.
• 0:49
  Pastor Robert Young: My power works best in weakness.
• 0:53
  Pastor Robert Young: This flips our human thinking upside down.
• 0:56
  Pastor Robert Young: We assume God wants us to be strong, but God says his power shines most clearly when we admit we are weak.
• 1:06
  Pastor Robert Young: We assume God is disappointed when we struggle.
• 1:11
  Pastor Robert Young: But God says our struggle is the very place where his grace becomes visible.
• 1:19
  Pastor Robert Young: We assume we must rise to God's standards.
• 1:22
  Pastor Robert Young: But God says his strength fills the gap between our humanity and his holiness.
• 1:30
  Pastor Robert Young: Our weakness is not a failure, it is the doorway to God's help.
• 1:43
  Pastor Robert Young: Let's take three minutes to reflect on the following question.
• 1:50
  Pastor Robert Young: What do you feel weak, inadequate, or unable?
• 1:55
  Pastor Robert Young: And how might God be inviting you to rely on His strength instead of your own?
• 5:00
  Pastor Robert Young: His power is working in my weakness today.
• 5:05
  Pastor Robert Young: Let's say that again.
• 5:08
  Pastor Robert Young: God's grace is enough for me.
• 5:11
  Pastor Robert Young: His power is working in my weakness today.
• 5:22
  Pastor Robert Young: Our closing prayer.
• 5:25
  Pastor Robert Young: Lord, thank you that you are not asking me to be strong on my own.
• 5:30
  Pastor Robert Young: When I am weak, show your power.
• 5:33
  Pastor Robert Young: Where I find for sure.
• 5:36
  Pastor Robert Young: Fill the gap with your grace.
• 5:38
  Pastor Robert Young: Teach me to stop thinking in my humanity and to start resting in your sufficiency.
• 5:47
  Pastor Robert Young: Your grace is enough for me today.
• 5:50
  Pastor Robert Young: Thank you.
• 5:51
  Pastor Robert Young: For Christ's sake.
• 5:53
  Pastor Robert Young: Amen.