Fraqueza
A fraqueza humana não é fraqueza diante de Deus. Pelo contrário, é na nossa fragilidade que o poder de Cristo se aperfeiçoa. Deus escolhe os fracos para confundir os fortes.
Poder na fraqueza
A minha graça te basta, pois o meu poder se aperfeiçoa na fraqueza. Quando sou fraco, então é que sou forte.
But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my poweris perfected in weakness."
Therefore, I will most gladly boast all the more about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may reside in me.
So I take pleasure in weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and in difficulties, for the sake of Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but one of power, , love, and sound judgment.
I am able to do all things through him who strengthens me.
Deus cuida dos fracos
O Senhor está perto dos que têm o coração quebrantado. Ele dá poder aos fracos e renova a força dos cansados.
He gives strength to the faint
and strengthens the powerless.
My flesh and my heart may fail,
but God is the strength of my heart,
my portion forever.
Provide justice for the needy and the fatherless;
uphold the rights of the oppressed and the destitute.
casting all your cares on him, because he cares about you.
"Come to me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Compaixão e intercessão
O Espírito intercede por nós com gemidos inexprimíveis. Jesus compreende nossas fraquezas porque foi tentado como nós.
In the same way the Spirit also helps us in our weakness, because we do not know what to pray for as we should, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us , with inexpressible groanings.
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in every way as we are, yet without sin.
Stay awake and pray, so that you won’t enter into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak."
A joyful heart is good medicine,
but a broken spirit dries up the bones.
Speak up for those who have no voice, ,
for the justice of all who are dispossessed.