Listen and Pray through 2 Corinthians 12:5-10
Click the button below to listen and pray through this passage. This practice will take about 7 minutes.
Read
2 Corinthians 12:5-10
I will boast only about my weaknesses. 6 If I wanted to boast, I would be no fool in doing so, because I would be telling the truth. But I won’t do it, because I don’t want anyone to give me credit beyond what they can see in my life or hear in my message, 7 even though I have received such wonderful revelations from God. So to keep me from becoming proud, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger from Satan to torment me and keep me from becoming proud.
8 Three different times I begged the Lord to take it away. 9 Each time he said, “My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness.” So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me. 10 That’s why I take pleasure in my weaknesses, and in the insults, hardships, persecutions, and troubles that I suffer for Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
Listen & Reflect
As you prepare to read God’s Word and hear His voice today, begin by quieting any other voices that may distract you from the One that matters most.
Take a few deep breaths. As you inhale, imagine receiving God’s peace. As you exhale, release any stress, worry, or self-reliance.
Speak to me Father, your child is listening.
As you read the passage again pay attention to any words or phrases that jump out at you. Allow your heart to linger on them.
How does it feel to hear God say, “My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness.”?
What would it look like for me to embrace my weakness and rely on God’s strength today?
Spend a few moments simply sitting with God and listening to his voice.
Be still. Let go of striving. Trust that God is present and speaking, even if it’s just through a sense of peace.
Pray
Father, I bring my weaknesses before You—the struggles I try to hide, the battles I cannot win on my own, the pain I wish would go away. Like Paul, I have pleaded for relief, yet You remind me that Your grace is enough.
Teach me to stop relying on my own strength and to embrace Yours instead. Help me to trust that my limitations are not barriers to Your work but the very places where Your power shines through. I surrender my pride, my need for control, and my fears. Let Christ’s power rest on me, that I may walk forward not in my own ability but in Your strength.
For when I am weak, then I am strong in You. Amen.
Amen.