Thematic Bible: Man's extremity, of weakness, becomes God's opportunity to help,
Thematic Bible
human Weakness » Man's extremity, of weakness, becomes God's opportunity to help, » The father of the demoniac
Out of the crowd, one man answered Him, "Teacher, I brought my son to You. He has a spirit that makes him unable to speak. Wherever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams at the mouth, grinds his teeth, and becomes rigid. So I asked Your disciples to drive it out, but they couldn't."
“Sir,” the sick man answered, “I don’t have a man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I’m coming, someone goes down ahead of me.”
human Weakness » Man's extremity, of weakness, becomes God's opportunity to help, » The disciples in the storm
But He was in the stern, sleeping on the cushion. So they woke Him up and said to Him, “Teacher! Don’t You care that we’re going to die?”
He saw them being battered as they rowed, because the wind was against them. Around three in the morning He came toward them walking on the sea and wanted to pass by them.
human Weakness » Man's extremity, of weakness, becomes God's opportunity to help, » The sick woman
A woman suffering from bleeding for 12 years had endured much under many doctors. She had spent everything she had and was not helped at all. On the contrary, she became worse.
human Weakness » Man's extremity, of weakness, becomes God's opportunity to help, » The psalmist
I was helpless, and He saved me.
human Weakness » Man's extremity, of weakness, becomes God's opportunity to help, » Paul and his companions on the sea
For many days neither sun nor stars appeared, and the severe storm kept raging. Finally all hope that we would be saved was disappearing.
human Weakness » Man's extremity, of weakness, becomes God's opportunity to help, » Peter in prison
On the night before Herod was to bring him out for execution, Peter, bound with two chains, was sleeping between two soldiers, while the sentries in front of the door guarded the prison.
human Weakness » Man's extremity, of weakness, becomes God's opportunity to help, » The disciples facing a hungry multitude
“There’s a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish—but what are they for so many?”