True Strength: When God Refuses to Remove Your True Weakness (2 Cor. 12:7-10) | Pastor Mike Fabarez

Name: True Strength: When God Refuses to Remove Your True Weakness (2 Cor. 12:7-10) | Pastor Mike Fabarez
Uploaded: 2026-06-07T21:02:30.000Z
Duration: 62 min 56 s
Description: When God refuses to remove a chronic weakness or unanswered prayer, it is not divine neglect but a strategic gift meant to keep us dependent on him, so we should stop begging for removal and instead seek his purpose, accept the weakness, and get to work for his glory.

When God refuses to remove a chronic weakness or unanswered prayer, it is not divine neglect but a strategic gift meant to keep us dependent on him, so we should stop begging for removal and instead seek his purpose, accept the weakness, and get to work for his glory.

Stories told

thorn in the flesh (Paul)2 Kings 19 - the angel of the Lord destroys the Assyrian army David at Ziklag (1 Samuel 30)Moses forbidden to enter the promised land (Deuteronomy 3)Job's suffering and restoration

Scripture referenced

1 Peter 1:6–9 John 15 1 Samuel 16:7 1 Peter 1 Colossians 2 Colossians 2:8 Ephesians 2:10 Jeremiah 7:16 Romans 8:1 2 Corinthians 11:7 2 Corinthians 12 2 Corinthians 12:7–10

43 further passing references are in the index and searchable.