Thankfully, the Lord is humbling us. Hopefully none of you are deceived and think that Paul and I are actually "good" evangelists. We aren't. By God's grace, He has changed our hearts to love the Lord and to put our trust in His Son's finished work on the Cross. And, a result of knowing the One True God, is that we would desire others to know Him too!
Yesterday, the Lord used a few situations to reveal our weaknesses in sharing the gospel and telling others about what God has done and how He has made a way for us to come to him! We were so aware that we are weak, but amazingly, God uses our weaknesses to show forth Christ's power. This is what we are hoping in as we go to Romania to advance the gospel.
Jesus Christ says, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." The Apostle Paul responds by saying, "Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in 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" (2 Corinthians 12:9-10).
We do not want people to be impressed with us. We want people to see how weak Paul and Cris Steele are and to say, "They need the Lord! He is powerful and He will show forth his strength to them." We are desperate for God to move in and through us to accomplish His purposes. Please pray that we would only boast in Christ and his power!
Yesterday, the Lord used a few situations to reveal our weaknesses in sharing the gospel and telling others about what God has done and how He has made a way for us to come to him! We were so aware that we are weak, but amazingly, God uses our weaknesses to show forth Christ's power. This is what we are hoping in as we go to Romania to advance the gospel.
Jesus Christ says, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." The Apostle Paul responds by saying, "Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in 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" (2 Corinthians 12:9-10).
We do not want people to be impressed with us. We want people to see how weak Paul and Cris Steele are and to say, "They need the Lord! He is powerful and He will show forth his strength to them." We are desperate for God to move in and through us to accomplish His purposes. Please pray that we would only boast in Christ and his power!
