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 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.
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.
for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.
I can 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 power to the faint,
and to him who has no might he increases strength.
My flesh and my heart may fail,
but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Give justice to the weak and the fatherless;
maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.
casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.
Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, 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.
Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.
Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak."
A joyful heart is good medicine,
but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
Open your mouth for the mute,
for the rights of all who are destitute.