There are some people who will try to almost coerce divine favor by utilizing God as this sort of easy button for God to bless something that he's not even been a part of

until they need his blessing, you know, to sort of push it over the line.

You guys what I'm saying with that?

You have a business plan or you have some other thing

that you're sort of cooking up and then all of a sudden you

know you bring this verse and I can do all things through Christ who's trends as me

then God's supposed to just sort of bless it because you're calling down his word

on him.

And what if the thing fails?

So, well, then I guess I can't do all things

through crisis.

Right.

That verse failed.

But actually, Paul's whole point is is I have learned through hardship and trials.

I've learned to be content Christ is enough for me.

I've learned that the hard way so that whether I'm poor or I have plenty,

whether I am sick or healthy, in whatever condition I'm in,

whether that business plan was successful or it failed. Yep. Yep.

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