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2 The Lord is my strength and my song; he has
become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise him, my father's God, and
I will exalt him.
Exodus 15:2 (NIV)
1 God is
our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.
Psalms 46:1 (NIV)
29 He
gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. 30 Even youths grow tired and
weary, and young men stumble and fall; 31 but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like
eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
Isaiah 40:29-31 (NIV)
10 So do
not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will
strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Isaiah 41:10 (NIV)
2 He
said: “The Lord is my rock, my
fortress and my deliverer; 3 my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield
and the horn of my salvation. He is my stronghold, my refuge and my savior--
from violent men you save me.”
2 Samuel 22:1-3 (NIV)
25 For
the foolishness of God is wiser than man's wisdom, and the weakness of God is
stronger than man's strength.
1 Corinthians 1:25 (NIV)
7 To
keep me from becoming conceited because of these surpassingly great
revelations, there was given me a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to
torment me. 8 Three
times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. 9 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect
in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my
weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. 10 That is why, for Christ's
sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in
difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
2 Corinthians 12:7-10 (NIV)
1 I love
you, O Lord, my strength.
Psalms 18:1 (NIV)
BUTTER
“Jesus is the One
who shows us the paradoxical route to meaning in a chaotic and hostile
world. It’s the paradox of the gospel:
Strength is found in weakness. Control is found in dependency. Power is found
in surrender….God uses the frustrations of this life and the hurt of
relationships to compel us to look beyond what we can control to the God who
controls all things in order to woo us to himself. As we move from control to surrender,
we move from chasing the wind under the sun to embracing God above it.” Dan
Allender
“When
a man has not strength, if he leans on God, he becomes powerful.” D.L.
Moody
“When God is our
strength, it is strength indeed; when our strength is our own, it is only
weakness.” St. Augustine
“God has as a
strong reserve with which to discharge this engagement; for He is able to do
all things. Believer, until you can
drain the ocean dry of omnipotence and break the towering mountains of almighty
strength into pieces, you never need to be afraid. Don’t think that the strength of a human
being shall ever be able to overcome the power of God. As long as the earth’s huge pillars stand,
you have enough reason to remain firm in your faith. The same God who directs the earth in its orbit,
feeds the burning furnace of the sun, and trims the lamps of heaven, has promised
to supply you with daily strength. While
He is able to uphold the universe, don’t even dream that He will prove unable
to fulfill His own promises. Remember
what He did in ages past, in the former generations. Remember how He spoke, and it was done; how
He commanded, and it stood fast. Shall
He that created the world grow weary? He
hangs the world upon nothing; shall He who does this be unable to support His
children? Shall He be unfaithful to His
word for want of power? Who is it that
restrains the tempest? Doesn’t He ride
upon the wings of the wind, and make the clouds His chariots, and hold the
ocean in the hollow of His hand? How can
He fail you? When He has put such a
faithful promise as this on record, will you for a moment indulge the thought
that He has out promised Himself, and gone beyond his power to fulfill? Ah, no!
You cannot doubt any longer.” Charles H. Spurgeon
HEART SAVOR
· The Lord is
my strength – my strong tower – my mighty fortress.
· God has
promised to supply me with strength and grace sufficient to meet every need He
allows in my life.
· The Lord will
never fail me.
