May 18, 2025 9:30 AM Worship
SCRIPTURE LESSON 2 Corinthians 12:1-9
From Today’s Message…
“A Thorny Subject” 2 Corinthians 12:1-9
- ACCEPT YOUR THORNS – “there was given me”
- OWN YOUR THORNS – “I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses.”
- USE YOUR THORNS – “when I am weak, then I am strong”
Do not pray for easy lives; pray to be stronger people! Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers; pray for powers equal to your tasks. Then doing good in your world shall be no miracle, but you shall be a miracle. Everyday you shall wonder at yourself, at the richness of life which has come to you by the grace of God. —
Phillips Brooks
“Dear God, I have never thanked you for my thorns. I have thanked you a thousand times for my roses, but never once for my thorns. Teach me the glory of the cross I bear; teach me the value of my thorns. Show me that I have climbed closer to you along the path of pain. Show me that, through my tears, the colors of your rainbow look much more brilliant.” –
Syrenthia Anderson