You have your Bibles, I want you to go to 2 Corinthians Chapter number 12.

We're in this prayer series and I get the opportunity to wrap it up, but I want to provide a perspective that may be a little bit challenging for some, but I think it would be encouraging and inspiring as well.

We're starting off in a conversation that Paul has already in progress

and so when I start reading you'll you'll be able to you know hear that man he's

already talking about something and I'll go back and

provide a little bit of context to it I'll try to read it like Paul wrote it in his

tone okay this boasting will do no, but I must go on.

I will reluctantly tell you about visions and revelations

from the Lord.

I was caught up to the third heaven 14 years ago.

Whether I was in my body or out of my body, I don't know.

Only God knows.

Yes, only God knows whether I was in my body or outside of my body

but I do know that I was caught up to paradise and heard things so astounding

that they cannot be expressing words things no human is allowed to tell.

That experience is worth boasting about, but I'm not going to do it.

I will boast only about my weaknesses.

If I wanted to boast, I would be no fool in doing so because I would be telling the truth,

but I won't do it because I don't want anyone to give me credit beyond what they can see in my life or hear in my message,

even though I have received such wonderful revelations from God.

So to keep me from becoming proud,

I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger

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