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.

9 And he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, because the power is perfected in weakness." Therefore rather I will boast most gladly in my weaknesses, in order that the power of Christ may reside in me.

2 Coríntios 12:9

10 Therefore I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in calamities, in persecutions and difficulties for the sake of Christ, for whenever I am weak, then I am strong.

2 Coríntios 12:10

7 For God has not given us a spirit of cowardice, but of power and love and self-discipline.

2 Timóteo 1:7

13 I am able to do all things by the one who strengthens me.

Filipenses 4:13

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.

29 He gives power to the weary,

and he increases power for the powerless.

Isaías 40:29

26 My flesh and heart failed,

but God is the strength of my heart and my reward forever.

Salmos 73:26

3 Judge on behalf of the helpless and the orphan;

provide justice to the afflicted and the poor.

Salmos 82:3

7 casting all your cares on him, because he cares for you.

1 Pedro 5:7

28 Come to me, all of you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest.

Mateus 11:28

Compaixão e intercessão

O Espírito intercede por nós com gemidos inexprimíveis. Jesus compreende nossas fraquezas porque foi tentado como nós.

26 And likewise also, the Spirit helps us in our weakness, for we do not know how to pray as one ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with unexpressed groanings.

Romanos 8:26

15 For we do not have a high priest who is not able to sympathize with our weaknesses, but who has been tempted in all things in the same way, without sin.