Jean Ann Williams | Author

“I was a foole to boast my selfe: yee haue compelled mee: for I ought to haue bene commended of you: for in nothing was I inferiour vnto the very chiefe Apostles, though I bee nothing” (2 Corinthians 12:11 1587 Geneva Version). Father, even though Paul was inspired by You to write Your Words for […]

“And he said vnto me [Paul], ‘My grace is sufficient for thee: for my power is made perfect through weakenesse.’ Very gladly therefore will I reioyce rather in mine infirmities, that the power of Christ may dwell in me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproches, in necessities, in persecutions, in anguish for Christes […]

“For though I woulde reioyce, I should not be a foole, for I will say the trueth: but I refraine, lest any man should thinke of me aboue that hee seeth in me, or that he heareth of me” ( 2 Corinthians 12:6 1587 Geneva Version).  Father, help us to always be humble before You […]

“And I knowe such a man (whether in the body, or out of the body, I can not tell: God knoweth) How that he was taken vp into Paradise, and heard words which cannot be spoken, which are not possible for man to [utter] vtter. Of such a man will I reioyce: of my selfe […]

“The God, euen the Father of our Lorde Iesus Christ, which is blessed for euermore, knoweth that I lie not. In Damascus the gouernour of the people vnder King Aretas, layde watch in the citie of the Damascens, and would haue caught me. But at a windowe was I let downe in a basket through […]

“Beside the thinges which are outwarde, I [Paul] am combred [come] dayly, and haue the care of all the Churches. Who is weake, and I am not weake? who is offended, and I burne not? If I must needes reioyce, I will reioyce of mine infirmities” (2 Corinthians 11:28-30 1587 Geneva Version). Father, even in […]

“Of the Jews five times did I [Paul] receive forty stripes [whippings] save one. Thrice was I beaten with rods: once I was stoned: thrice I suffered shipwreck: a night and a day I was in the depth of the sea” (2 Corinthians 11:24, 25 1587 Geneva Version). Father, when You called on Paul as […]

“I seek according to dishonour, as if we had been weak in this part. Wherein if any man dare (I speak foolishly), I dare also. They are Hebrews: so am I. They are Israelites: so am I. They are the seed of Abraham: so am I. They are the ministers of Christ (I speak as […]

“But let him that reioyceth, reioyce in the Lorde. For hee that praiseth himselfe, is not alowed, but he whome the Lorde praiseth” (2 Corinthians 10:17, 18 1587 Geneva Version). Father, You are worthy of all our praises. We bow our faces before You and are grateful to trust You in all things. Through Your […]

“But we wil not reioyce of things, which are not within our measure, but according to the measure of the line, whereof God hath distributed vnto vs a measure to attaine euen vnto you. For we stretche not our selues beyonde our measure, as though wee had not attained vnto you: for euen to you […]