When Your Expectations Wrestle

About this episode

This episode discusses how unmet expectations can lead to struggles with God and emphasizes the sufficiency of His grace in our weaknesses.

The Grip of Grace – Week 6 When Your Expectations Wrestle (2 Corinthians 12:1–10) When life doesn’t go the way you expected, it can lead to a real struggle with God. In 2 Corinthians 12, we see that God uses those moments not to push us away, but to grow us deeper in His grace. Sometimes He doesn’t remove what we ask Him to take away, but instead teaches us to rely on what He’s already given. His grace is not lacking, delayed, or insufficient. It meets us right in our weakness and becomes our strength.

People in this episode

Host: Salem Chapel

Topics covered

• expectations
• grace
• struggle with God
• reliance on God
• spiritual growth

Keywords

• expectations
• grace
• 2 Corinthians
• spiritual struggle
• Christianity

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Salem Chapel

Books & works: 2 Corinthians 12:1–10

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