True Strength: The Vanity of Self-Preservation (2 Corinthians 12:14-18) | Pastor Mike Fabarez

Name: True Strength: The Vanity of Self-Preservation (2 Corinthians 12:14-18) | Pastor Mike Fabarez
Uploaded: 2026-06-28T20:41:42.000Z
Duration: 56 min 13 s
Description: True biblical strength is not self-preservation but the willingness to keep risking love and sacrificial service for others' souls, even when past efforts have gone badly, and it is best sustained alongside companions who share that same sacrificial commitment.

True biblical strength is not self-preservation but the willingness to keep risking love and sacrificial service for others' souls, even when past efforts have gone badly, and it is best sustained alongside companions who share that same sacrificial commitment.

Stories told

jesus's family thinks he is out of his mind (mark 3)priscilla and aquila risking their necks for paul (romans 16)

Scripture referenced

2 Corinthians 12:11 2 Corinthians 12:14 2 Corinthians 12:14–18 John 13 Romans 16 Colossians 1:24 1 Peter 2 1 John 2 Philippians 2 2 Timothy 3 Mark 3 James 3

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