| Isaac Beeman - Sermons, English - 1844 - 522 pages
...vileness, and that, unless upheld hy his hand, we should fall; but for our encouragement it is written, " My grace is sufficient for thee, my strength is made perfect in weakness." Outward trials teach us to ask for wisdom, and to beg the will of God may be done, and for... | |
| 1845 - 696 pages
...putting our trust in God we can never exceed the power of God to save us. His testimony is express, — " My grace is sufficient for thee, my strength is made perfect in weakness." Paul believed this, and he triumphed, and we ought to do so too. " Most gladly, therefore,... | |
| 1845 - 582 pages
...end of the world;" and " patience having her perfect work," we shall be comforted by the promise, " My grace is sufficient for thee, my strength is made perfect in weakness." Let us notice a few of the difficulties as particularized. I. It was observed that among... | |
| John Forsyth - 1846 - 402 pages
...and corruptions. But he hath said, and blessed, forever blessed be his name that he hath said it,' my grace is sufficient for thee, my strength is made perfect in weakness.' All-sufficient grace ! strength perfected in weakness! Well, then, worm Jacob shall thresh... | |
| Nicholas Snethen - Methodist Church - 1846 - 492 pages
...There was indeed a crisis, in which he became importunate in his prayers, but the answer was, — " my grace is sufficient for thee, my strength is made perfect in weakness," — and it inspired new fortitude and new joy. The justice of God is exemplified in justifying... | |
| 1846 - 404 pages
...smiles on the " stripling with his sling," standing undaunted before the brazen Goliath, and says, " My grace is sufficient for thee ; my strength is made perfect in weakness." Where there is a clean heart, unbelief is gone; the clear and piercing eye of faith is fixed... | |
| 1846 - 130 pages
...abounded, grace did much more abound."\ It is the HOLY SPIBIT working on the mind for its renovation — my grace is sufficient for thee: my strength is made perfect in weak* ness. — / glory in my infirmities, writes the Apostle, that the power of Christ may rest upon... | |
| John Bird Sumner - Bible - 1847 - 522 pages
...did not say, even in the case of the chief apostle, I will ; be thou free from trial ; but he said, " My grace is sufficient for thee ; my strength is made perfect in weakness." 2 And the same grace will be found sufficient for all who seek it without reserve, and rely... | |
| 1847 - 614 pages
...recourse to earnest and repeated prayer, and he received that remarkable answer, so full of consolation, " My grace is sufficient for thee. My strength is made perfect in weakness." 4. Affliction calls for the vigorous exercise of faith. Faith will enable you to recognise... | |
| Robert Murray M'Cheyne - Sermons, Scottish - 1847 - 580 pages
...wretched man ! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?" did not Christ draw near and say: " My grace is sufficient for thee; my strength is made perfect in weakness?" (4.) Once more: you may yet groan under the weight of dying agonies. The last enemy is death... | |
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