Strength in Weakness

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Good morning. Good morning, God. Good morning, listeners. Good morning, heavenly angels. Good morning, good morning, good morning. Today, we're going to talk about strength and weakness. This is Ocar Let's Pray Ministries. I am your host, DBC. As always, thank you all for tuning in. Thank you all for listening. And thank you all for being a part of this podcast. I truly appreciate each and every one of you. And today, I just want to focus on strength and weakness. We all need it. Ain't nobody perfect. We all fallen and we all fall short of his glory. But we know that we hold on to God's unchanging hand, that we will be alright. Amen. As always, we're going to pray. We're going to get into the lesson topic. And then we're going to pray out. So if I can borrow your ears as we pray this morning. Surrendering all to you this morning. Thank you for being our heartbeat. Thank you for being our strength. Thank you for being our joy, Heavenly Father. Thank you, oh God, for when we were weak, you built us up, Heavenly Father. We thank you, oh God, for when we couldn't take a step on our own. You was right there building us up, Heavenly Father. And you encouraged us to keep on pressing ahead, to keep on moving, to pick up our cross to follow you. And we thank you for that, oh God. Heavenly Father, we invite you into this conversation this morning, oh God. I pray that you strengthen every listener who feels weak. Strengthen every listener who feels like they're fighting battles alone. I pray that you strengthen every listener who just needs to hear a word from you, oh God. Comfort those who feel overwhelmed. Remind us all that your grace is sufficient in every situation. Helen Father, thank you for your grace. Thank you for your mercy. Thank you for your love. God, we thank you this morning. Remind them that your grace is sufficient in every situation. I might say that again. Comfort those who feel overwhelmed. If you're feeling overwhelmed this morning, God, I'm praying whoever is listening, if they feel overwhelmed, oh God, remind them that your grace is sufficient in every situation. Let your presence fill this space. Let your presence fill their heart, minds, souls, and spirit as they listen. Honey Father, fill them with joy and happiness and laughter this morning, oh God. I pray. Open up our hearts to receive your word with humility and with peace. Holy Father, thank you for this moment and this opportunity. It is in your darling Son, Jesus Christ's name, we pray. Amen. Amen. Amen. Thank you, Lord, for this morning. Thank you, Lord, for another day. And today we're going to talk about strength and weakness. There is a strong presence to appear strong, successful, and put it put together all at the same time. But people sometimes don't realize I can have all the money in the world. I can have on the banner, fashion, designer outfits, and the Prada and the Gucci and the Louis and all that wonderful stuff, right? And I can have it looking all together on the outside. I'm talking about shop, shopper, and sharp. But on the inside, I'm struggling. On the inside, I got insecurities. On the inside, I'm just doubting left and right. And this is what we have to understand that people are walking around today in weakness, even though they can look strong on the outside. But on the inside, they're weak. And sometimes people begin to feel like their weakness disqualifies them. But I want you to know that in God's kingdom, weakness is not disqualification. It is an opportunity. It's an opportunity to connect with the Lord. It's an opportunity to get strength from the Lord. It's an opportunity to get guidance from the Lord. Because, you know, in my life, I done had it all put together before. I looked all good. I played the poor. I'm smelling. I'm going to church saying hallelujah. But walked out them doors broken, hurt, crying on the inside. And I remember this one time we was at church and I was, you know, done had a hallelujah time. And I thank God for people who are spiritual. Amen. Because I remember this one time I was going through divorce, I ain't told nobody. And I was just broken. I'm like, wow, like this is really about to happen. And never said a word. But I ain't gonna lie, I look good at church though. I was looking, I was looking shy. Then my cousin said, like you need a hug. And that hug meant more to me than a million dollars. Because that hug, it let me break on the inside, like, yeah, I'm going through this, I'm going through this. And it's like you can't face this by yourself, and I was weak on the inside, trying to appear strong on the outside. And God knows exactly what we need in our weakest moments. God knows how to send someone or someone to call or somebody to knock on the door or somebody just to walk up to you to say, it's okay. It's okay to be weak. It's okay not to be put together. It's okay not to know it all. It's okay to be broken because God does his best work when we are broken. When we're broken, that means God has a beautiful plan for our life, amen. He gets us and he molds us back together again. He shapes us the way he wants us to be shaped, right? He humbles us in a whole nother level, on a whole nother level. And that's something I'm very grateful for, amen. That even though I can be weak and I can be broken, God is right there saying, You are not alone. I am with you. And you ain't gotta do this life alone. Because I said, I will never leave you nor forsake you. And this is where God's strength comes in in our lives when we believe in the word of God. And God said throughout the entire Bible, I will never leave you nor forsake you. If you feel like in your life you are inadequate in any place in your life, write it down. If you feel like you're weak in certain areas of your life and you just hadn't told anybody, write it down. And then pray over it. Saying, God, I'm I feel inadequate in these areas or God, I feel weak in these areas, or God, I just feel like something ain't right in this area. And pray over it. And when you pray and you invite God in, God will turn that weakness into strength. We try to cover things up too much. We really do, because we want to be put together. We want to be put together, but it's okay not to cover it up. You ain't gotta cover up the murder. We everybody know you done did it, so just let God fix it, right? We try to fix everything on our own. We try to do this and we try to do that. And God said, I can do my greatest works in the very places that you feel least confident. And God is saying, and when you put your dependency on me, you're not weak, you're using wisdom. So this is where we have to focus on today. Like in the scripture part today that says in 2 Corinthians 12 and 9, and he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee, for my strength is made perfect in weakness. This is summing up everything that I'm saying that God is saying, Your brightest moments come when you are weak, because my light shines in you and over you and through you. Amen. When you feel like you're walking in darkness, God shines his light and says, You're not in darkness. I am with you, I am your rod and your staff, and I will comfort you each and every day. God is saying, Lean on me. Let me hold you because you need me. You need me in this very moment, this very second. So God is saying, let go and let him have his way. Because he can do some wonderful things in your life, in your weakest moments, in your darkest moments. God can shine brightest through anything that's going on in your life, and he will reveal hiself in the things you're going through. Amen. Let us go to the Lord in prayer. Father, thank you for reminding us that your grace is sufficient and your strength is made perfect in our weakness. Holy Father, we bring our weaknesses before you today. God, even if we don't know all our weaknesses, Holy Father, God, we pray that you see them and you pull them out of us, oh God. Every area where we feel inadequate, we surrender to you right now. Every area of weakness that we don't even know about and know about, oh God, we surrender to you right now, oh God. Teach us not to rely on our own ability, oh God, but to depend fully on you, Honey Father. Strengthen us where we are weak, uplift us where we are discouraged, and remind us, oh God, that you are not limited by our limitations. Let your power, let your power, let your power fall right now, oh God, over every listener right now on the sound of my voice. God, I need you to give them your strength this morning. I need you to give them your power this morning. I need you to give them your favor this morning, oh God, on a higher level, Henry Father. God, let them be able to know that they can make it through any battle, any storm, any trial and tribulation, because you said my grace is sufficient for you. No matter what thorn is in our side, oh God, you said I can help you get through it. Trust and believe in me. And we thank you for that, Holy Father. But God, I'm praying that you let your power fall over every listener right now. Let your healing fall over every listener right now, oh God. God, I'm praying right now for revelation to be spoken into each listener's heart right now, no God. I pray. God, I'm praying that they see you today. They feel you today, they can hear you today, oh God. God, I'm praying that they walk confidently and knowing that you are with them each and every day. Come on Father, I pray that you sustain us daily, that you give us provisions each and every day. God, I pray that when we are weakest, that we are a testimony of your strength, your power, and your love. Come on Father, we trust you completely in all that we do. And God, just have your way in this very moment we pray. Amen. Amen. Amen. Thank you all for joining in, tuning in to our care. Let's pray ministries. Until tomorrow, you all have a blessed day. Smile and rejoice and know that God loves you, and so do I.