THE AFFLICTION OF PAUL
Like Paul, we discover that God’s strength is available to us when we confess our inadequacy to Him. 2 Corinthians 1:8-11(ESV) 8 For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers,[a] of the affliction we experienced in Asia. For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself. 9 Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God who raises the dead. 10 He delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us. On him we …