FULLY
EQUIPPED
BREAD
9 “The Lord has driven out before you great and
powerful nations; to this day no one has been able to withstand you. 10 One of you routs a thousand,
because the Lord your God fights
for you, just as he promised. 11 So be very careful to love the Lord your God.” Joshua
23:9-11 (NIV)
10 Finally,
be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11 Put on the full armor of God
so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes. 12 For our struggle is not
against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities,
against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil
in the heavenly realms. 13 Therefore
put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be
able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. Ephesians 6:10-13 (NIV)
8 And
God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at all
times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work. 2 Corinthians 9:8 (NIV)
6 Being
confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to
completion until the day of Christ Jesus. Philippians 1:6 (NIV)
13 I can
do everything through him who gives me strength. Philippians 4:13 (NIV)
16 All
Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and
training in righteousness, 17 so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for
every good work. 2 Timothy 3:16-17 (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)
20 May
the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back
from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, 21 equip you with everything good
for doing his will, and may he work in us what is pleasing to him, through
Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. Hebrews 13:20-21 (NIV)
BUTTER
“God
doesn't seem to call the equipped, rather, He equips the ‘called.’” Anonymous
“It is not a question of our
equipment but of our poverty, not of what we bring with us, but of what God
puts into us.”
Oswald Chambers
“Faith does the impossible because it lets God
undertake for us, and nothing is impossible with God. How great—without
qualification or limitation—is the power of faith!” E.M.
Bounds
“My hope is not in a cure today. My hope is not the
absence of suffering and comfort returned. My hope is in the presence of the
One who promises never to leave or forsake, the One who declares nothing “will
be able to separate us from the love of God.” (Romans 8:39). Nothing. Your
story is a good story. In the grief, pain and hard, the Author has a plan. It
may feel like a desperate breaking of your very heart, but suffering is not the
absence of God or good.” Kara
Tippetts
“Nowhere does the Bible teach that Christians are
exempt from tribulation and natural disaster…But the Bible does teach that we
can face trials with a power others do not have – the power of God. As we trust Him, God helps us endure, and
even discern His purposes in the midst of suffering…The eagle has the unique
ability to lock its joints and soar effortlessly on an updraft, instead of
flapping its wings. As we wait on God,
He helps us use the winds of adversity to soar above our problems. As the Bible says, ‘Those who wait on the
Lord…shall mount up with wings like eagles’ (Isaiah 40:31).” Billy Graham
“You
don't fight for victory. You
fight from it. Start living in
that power.” Greg Laurie
“There is no use in running before you are sent;
there is no use in attempting to do God's work without God's power. A man
working without this unction, a man working without this anointing, a man
working without the Holy Ghost upon him, is losing time after all.” Dwight L. Moody
“We need to feel our need. Where real need is not
felt, there is rarely any real praying. Our places of desperation are the
places of God’s revelation of His power.” Jon Bloom
“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
HEART
SAVOR
· It is God Who fights for me – I need only to stand
firm.
· I need strength higher than my own strength if I am
going to walk in a manner worthy of Christ.
· God’s grace is sufficient to meet my every need.
