{"id":14382,"date":"2025-12-01T18:26:58","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T23:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/?p=14382"},"modified":"2025-12-01T18:30:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T23:30:18","slug":"only-the-weak-survive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/2025\/12\/only-the-weak-survive\/","title":{"rendered":"Only the Weak Survive!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>2025 THEME: Burning Hearts<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Title: Only the Weak Survive!<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Scripture: 2 Cor. 10-Col. 4<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>I. WEAKNESS IS PART OF GOD\u2019S PLAN (2 Cor.10-13)<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">\u201cWeakness does not hinder God\u2019s plan. It is an essential part of it.\u201d PDT<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">Sayings to think about and apply:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cFeeling your emotions won\u2019t kill you but ignoring them might.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cHurting people hurt people, but healing people heal people.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cAsking for help is a sign of wisdom not weakness.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>II. WEAKNESS MEANS LIVING BY FAITH (Gal. 1-Eph.6)<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">Galatians and Ephesians have a core similarity: (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>FAITH<\/strong><\/span>)<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li>The crux of the matter: Gal. 3:11-14<\/li>\n<li>Christianity is not based on (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>earning God\u2019s favor<\/strong><\/span>).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">One passage that would be the \u201cEphesian story\u201d: Eph. 2:8-9<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>III. WEAKNESS MEANS BEING LIKE JESUS (Phil. 2:5-11)<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">One quality of Jesus stands out: (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Humility<\/strong><\/span>)<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li>What the word \u201cattitude\u201d mean? (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Imitate Jesus<\/strong><\/span>).<\/li>\n<li>Exhibit humility by not <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>(giving up<\/strong><\/span>).<\/li>\n<li>Jesus is exhibiting an attitude of (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>selflessness<\/strong><\/span>).<\/li>\n<li>This is not the end: verses 9-11<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Next week: Ready, Aim, Hit the Target!<br \/>\nScripture: 1 Thess. &#8211; Philemon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2025 THEME: Burning Hearts Title: Only the Weak Survive! Scripture: 2 Cor. 10-Col. 4 I. WEAKNESS IS PART OF GOD\u2019S PLAN (2 Cor.10-13) \u201cWeakness does not hinder God\u2019s plan. It is an essential part of it.\u201d PDT Sayings to think about and apply: \u201cFeeling your emotions won\u2019t kill you but ignoring them might.\u201d \u201cHurting people &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/2025\/12\/only-the-weak-survive\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermon-notes","nodate","item-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14382"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14387,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14382\/revisions\/14387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}