But the Lord stood by my side and gave me strength so that through me, the message might be fully proclaimed, and all the Gentiles might hear it. And I was delivered from the lion’s mouth. 2 Timothy 4:17-18 Paul was in prison. The church is in turmoil. Timothy probably didn’t have the courage to deal with the church. Paul is encouraging Timothy to speak to the church as God has called him to do. God always gives us the strength to do what he has asked us to do. When we step out in faith and are obedient, that is when the evidence of God’s strength will be revealed.…
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God Who Strengthens Me
I can do all things through Him who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13 The phrase “God only gives me what I can handle” is not correct. I believe that God will call us to do hard things. It can be physically, spiritually, or emotionally something hard for us to do or go through. I can give you two scripture references that show this. In Daniel 3, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego are put into a fiery furnace. They served God wholeheartedly. They obeyed God. Depending on the version you use, the soldiers died before they even got the men into the furnace. These three men kept walking into the furnace. Honestly,…
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God Who Strengthens Me
I can do all things through Him who strengths me. Philippians 4:13 The phrase “God only gives me what I can handle” is not correct. I believe that God will call us to do hard things. It can be physically, spiritually, or emotionally something hard for us to do or go through. I can give you two scripture references that show this. In Daniel 3, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego are put into a fiery furnace. They served God wholeheartedly. They obeyed God. Depending on the version you use, the soldiers died before they even got the men into the furnace. These three men kept walking into the furnace. Honestly,…
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Loving God
We love because he first loved us. 1 John 4:19 Let’s begin today by reading some scripture. Read the following! But be very careful to keep the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the Lord gave you: to love the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, to keep his commands, to hold fast to him and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.” Joshua 22:5 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. Deuteronomy 6:5 Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all…
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God Strengthens Me
I can do all things, through Him who strengths me. Philippians 4:13 The phrase “God only gives me what I can handle” is not correct. I believe that God will call us to do hard things. It can be physically, spiritually, or emotionally something that is hard for us to do or go through. I can give you two scripture references that show this. In Daniel 3, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego are put into a fiery furnace. The served God wholeheartedly. They obeyed God. Depending on the version you use, the soldiers died before they even got the men into the furnace. These three men kept walking into the…
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The Athletes Race
Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do; forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Jesus Christ. Philippians 3:13-14 Athletes have to be determined and full of concentration in order to win the race. This is how Paul felt about himself. An athlete in a race. He put forth all his strength and pressing on with determination and concentration to finish the race and to win. Paul’s goal was to reach and fulfill the goal that Christ set before him. For…
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God’s Help
And Joshua said to the people of Israel, “Come here and listen to the words of the Lord your God.” And Joshua said, “Here is how you shall know that the living God is among you and that he will without fail drive out before you the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Hivites , the Perizzites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, and the Jebusites. Be hold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth is passing before you into the Jordan. Now therefore take twelve men from each tribe a man. And when the soles of the feet of the priests bearing the ark of the Lord, the…