{"id":3885,"date":"2025-05-08T07:38:29","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T07:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/?p=3885"},"modified":"2025-05-04T22:52:50","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T22:52:50","slug":"strength-in-unlikely-places","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/strength-in-unlikely-places\/","title":{"rendered":"Strength in Unlikely Places"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Thursday, May 8<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Strength in Unlikely Places<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But he said to me, \u2018My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.\u2019 Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ\u2019s power may rest on me. \u00a0<strong>2 Corinthians 12:9<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We live in a world that tells us strength is in appearance, charisma, intelligence, our finances, or perfection. But God tells a different story. In God\u2019s Kingdom, it\u2019s the overlooked, the underestimated, and the unqualified who often become the most powerful vessels of His work.<\/p>\n<p>Think of Moses\u2014slow of speech, yet called to confront Pharaoh.<\/p>\n<p>Think of David\u2014young and ignored, yet chosen to defeat a giant.<\/p>\n<p>Think of Paul\u2014tormented by a \u201cthorn,\u201d yet used to build the early Church.<\/p>\n<p>God doesn\u2019t ask for polish; He asks for willingness. He\u2019s not looking for the strongest. He\u2019s looking for the surrendered.<\/p>\n<p>Your insecurities, failures, and even flaws are not reasons to disqualify yourself. They are opportunities for God to shine through you. When you feel least capable, God is often most present. Your weakness is not a barrier\u2014it\u2019s a bridge to His strength.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s one weakness or insecurity you\u2019ve believed disqualifies you? Write it down and surrender it to God in prayer today. Watch how He can transform it into a platform for His power.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prayer for today<\/strong>:\u00a0<em>Father, thank You that You are not limited by my limitations. Where I see weakness, You see opportunity. Help me to stop hiding my flaws and start trusting that You can use them for Your glory. Fill the gaps I can\u2019t fill. Make me brave enough to be used, just as I am. In Jesus\u2019 name, Amen.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday, May 8 Strength in Unlikely Places But he said to me, \u2018My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.\u2019 Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ\u2019s power may rest on me. \u00a02 Corinthians 12:9 We live in a world that tells [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3885"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3885\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3890,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3885\/revisions\/3890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}