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http://www.unlockingthebible.com/resources/sermon-archive/?series=Unlocking%20the%20Bible%20in%20Romans%20and%20Corinthians Pastor Colin Smith preached this sermon on 2 Corinthians 12:1-10 and how the apostle Paul could say "When I am weak then I am strong" at The Orchard Evangelical Free Church in Arlington Heights, IL. http://theorchardefc.org/ Weakness 07/30/2006 | 2 Corinthians 12.1-10 Series: Unlocking the Bible in Romans and Corinthians Book: 2 Corinthians Question: How can I move out of my comfort zone? Topic: Power Doctrine: Perseverance 2 Corinthians 12:1-10 English Standard Version (ESV) Paul's Visions and His Thorn 12 I must go on boasting. Though there is nothing to be gained by it, I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord. 2 I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven—whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows. 3 And I know that this man was caught up into paradise—whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows— 4 and he heard things that cannot be told, which man may not utter. 5 On behalf of this man I will boast, but on my own behalf I will not boast, except of my weaknesses— 6 though if I should wish to boast, I would not be a fool, for I would be speaking the truth; but I refrain from it, so that no one may think more of me than he sees in me or hears from me. 7 So to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations,[a] a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming conceited. 8 Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave me. 9 But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.