The Good Gift of Weakness Quotes

“That’s how the promise is fulfilled: The redeeming power promised in the serpent-crushing son is brought to completion in the weakness of the cross.”
― Eric M. Schumacher, The Good Gift of Weakness: God's Strength Made Perfect in the Story of Redemption

“We embrace these weaknesses and gladly continue in them so that God’s strength might be displayed in us.4”
― Eric M. Schumacher, The Good Gift of Weakness: God's Strength Made Perfect in the Story of Redemption

“Our corrupted, dying human bodies lack the strength to overcome the effects of the Fall.”
― Eric M. Schumacher, The Good Gift of Weakness: God's Strength Made Perfect in the Story of Redemption

“Embracing our weakness trains us to humble ourselves and to boast in God.”
― Eric M. Schumacher, The Good Gift of Weakness: God's Strength Made Perfect in the Story of Redemption

“Before the Fall, sin, and death, God made us weak.”
― Eric M. Schumacher, The Good Gift of Weakness: God's Strength Made Perfect in the Story of Redemption

“It’s always true that life is a gift from God to us, as is the ongoing preservation of life.”
― Eric M. Schumacher, The Good Gift of Weakness: God's Strength Made Perfect in the Story of Redemption

“Denial of weakness always means devaluing the grace of Jesus, that grace that is meant to be our only hope in this life and the life to come.”
― Eric M. Schumacher, The Good Gift of Weakness: God's Strength Made Perfect in the Story of Redemption

“From the beginning, God made us look to him for all we are and all we need. Weakness is the soil in which faith grows—and faith is where life flourishes.”
― Eric M. Schumacher, The Good Gift of Weakness: God's Strength Made Perfect in the Story of Redemption