Page 54 - Reasons for Sickness

of that verse, “Most gladly therefore will I

rather glory in my infirmities, that the power

of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I
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take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in

necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for

Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I

strong.” Paul said that when he was weak in

the flesh, he was strong in the Spirit of God.

So there are benefits in afflictions. We

don't like infirmities. I don't pray for

infirmities. I don't pray for sicknesses,

because I really don't want them, but I have

learned over the years that when they do

come into my life, I may not see it

immediately, but I do learn that infirmities

and sicknesses have brought me into a

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