THE
AWESOME POWER OF OUR GOD
BREAD
14 Is
anything too hard for the Lord? Genesis 18:14 (NIV)
1 Then
Job replied to the Lord: 2 “I know that you can do all
things; no plan of yours can be thwarted. 3 You asked, ‘Who is this that obscures my counsel
without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too
wonderful for me to know. 4 "You said, 'Listen now, and I will speak; I will
question you, and you shall answer me.' 5 My ears had heard of you but now my eyes have seen
you. 6 Therefore
I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes.”
Job 42:1-6 (NIV)
12 Who
has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or with the breadth of his
hand marked off the heavens? Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, or
weighed the mountains on the scales and the hills in a balance? 13 Who has understood the mind of
the Lord, or instructed him as his
counselor? 14 Whom
did the Lord consult to enlighten
him, and who taught him the right way? Who was it that taught him knowledge or
showed him the path of understanding? Isaiah
40:12-14 (NIV)
25 “To
whom will you compare me? Or who is my equal?” says the Holy One. 26 Lift your eyes and look to the
heavens: Who created all these? He who brings out the starry host one by one,
and calls them each by name. Because of his great power and mighty strength,
not one of them is missing. 27 Why do you say, O Jacob, and complain, O Israel, “My
way is hidden from the Lord; my
cause is disregarded by my God”? 28 Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator
of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his
understanding no one can fathom. Isaiah
40:25-28 (NIV)
1 In the
past God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets at many times and in
various ways, 2 but in
these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all
things, and through whom he made the universe. 3 The Son is the radiance of
God's glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by
his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at
the right hand of the Majesty in heaven. Hebrews 1:1-3 (NIV)
3 His
divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our
knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. 4 Through these he has given us
his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate
in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil
desires. 2 Peter 1:3-4 (NIV)
BUTTER
“Prayer gives us the significance of frontline forces and gives God the glory of a limitless Provider. The one who gives the power gets the glory. Thus, prayer safeguards the supremacy of God in missions while linking us with endless grace for every need.” John Piper
“When we can do nothing Jesus can do all things; let us enlist His powerful aid upon our side, and all will be well.” Charles Spurgeon
“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
“The true secret to all ministry is spiritual power. It is not man’s genius, or man’s intellect, or man’s energy; but simply the power of the Spirit of the God of the Gospel. ‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith the Lord of hosts (Zech.iv.6) It is well for all ministers (and believers) to bear this ever in mind. It will sustain the heart and give constant freshness to their ministry (and lives). A ministry which flows from abiding dependence upon the Holy Spirit can never become barren. If a man is drawing on his own resources, he will soon run dry. It matters not what his powers may be, or how extensive his reading, or how vast his stores of information; if the Holy Spirit be not the spring and power of his ministry, it must, sooner or later, lose its freshness and its effectiveness. How important then, that all who minister (and live) in the gospel…should lean continually and exclusively on the power of the Holy Spirit. He knows what souls need, and He can supply it. But he must be trusted and used. It will not do to lean partly on self and partly on the Spirit.” C H Macintosh
“If I am going to walk in this present
life according to my high calling as a Christian, I need a strength higher than
my own strength. I need the power of Christ. How is this power of Christ to be
mine? It’s not enough just to imagine that I have this power. It’s not even
enough to take the second step and reckon myself dead to sin and alive to
Christ. There must also be a communication of the power of Christ to me through
the agency of the Holy Spirit who indwells me.” Francis Schaeffer
“Will
power does not change men. Time does not
change men. Christ does.” Henry
Drummond
“So let me encourage you to make the most of every
opportunity to share this Good News. Our Christian testimony, as Peter reminded his readers, is that, ‘we
have been born again to a living hope
through the resurrection of the dead’.
Who else has the answer to the frailty of life, the reality of death and the
certainty of judgment than Jesus, who by His death destroyed him who holds the
power of death and frees those whose lives are enslaved by the fear of death?”
Alistair Begg
HEART SAVOR
- · Nothing is too hard for God. Nothing.
- · God has no equal.
- · Through His power, and His alone, am I able to walk in a manner worthy of the Gospel. He is my sufficiency and strength – equipping, enabling and satisfying me. He has never let me down. I delight in speaking well of His glorious Name.
