{"id":2437,"date":"2015-09-08T09:34:23","date_gmt":"2015-09-08T14:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sourceministries.net\/go\/?p=2437"},"modified":"2017-02-22T11:56:03","modified_gmt":"2017-02-22T16:56:03","slug":"failure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sourceministries.net\/go\/2015\/09\/failure\/","title":{"rendered":"FAILURE"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>FAILURE . . . God&#8217;s Doorway to Success!<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outgoing\/www.sourceministries.net\/go\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Failure.jpg');\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.sourceministries.net\/go\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Failure.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2437]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2440\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sourceministries.net\/go\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Failure-815x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Failure\" width=\"445\" height=\"559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sourceministries.net\/go\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Failure-815x1024.jpg 815w, https:\/\/www.sourceministries.net\/go\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Failure-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/www.sourceministries.net\/go\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Failure.jpg 1008w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 445px) 100vw, 445px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;And He has said to me, \u201cMy grace is sufficient for you, for my power is perfected in weakness.\u201d Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me.\u00a0Therefore I am well content with weaknesses, with insults, with distresses, with persecutions, with difficulties, for Christ\u2019s sake; for when I am weak, then I am strong.&#8221;<\/em> 2 Corinthians 12:9-10<\/p>\n<p><strong>Weak, yet strong:<\/strong> Although I am weak in the outer man of the flesh, I am strong in the inner man of the Spirit. Therefore, my true self (the person I am on the inside) is strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. So, it is not just that<em> He<\/em> is strong, but that<em> I<\/em> am strong in Him. His grace truly is sufficient for me! Failure through my flesh has actually paved the way for true success, as I begin to live according to the Spirit. Therefore, when <strong>I am weak,<\/strong> then and only then <strong>I am strong! Hallelujah!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Listen: <a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outgoing\/www.sourceministries.net\/go\/2011\/01\/the-wretched-man-syndrome\/');\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.sourceministries.net\/go\/2011\/01\/the-wretched-man-syndrome\/\">The Wretched Man Syndrome<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FAILURE . . . 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