July 18, 2024 … Relying On God’s Strength …

July 18, 2024 … Relying On God’s Strength   …   

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...   Please take the time to take in this song with Steven Curtis Chapman singing His Strength Is Perfect … Poignantly, and yet powerfully singing of relying on God’s strength when we’re feeling weak. 

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Highlight Passage: … Isaiah 40:31 [NLT] … 

31 But those who trust in the Lord will find new strength. They will soar high on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint..  

… God’s promise, thru Isaiah, that our God will provide His strength for those who truly trust the Lord.       

    

Highlight Passage (in context)  … Isaiah 40:17-31  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… God, thru Isaiah, promises to give faithful believers the Lord’s strength when they (we) feel weak.                                                                                                                   

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Reference Passage: …1Chronicles 16:11  [NLT] …  

11 Search for the LORD and for His strength; … continually seekinf Him. 

… King David sings of God’s faithful, continually seeking after God’s strength.  

       

Reference Passage: … Psalms 18:32, 27:1  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK ... 

… King David sings of relying on God’s strength and direction in life.

Reference Passage: … Isaiah 41:10  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

… God, thru Isaiah, proclaims that true believers can rely on God to provide His strength … ALWAYS … so they (we) NEED NOT WORRY.                     

Reference Passage: … Matthew 11:28-30 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

… Jesus, in teaching to His followers and His inner 12 disciples (and to us now), … that they (we) yoke ourselves to His strength and look for His light in dealing with the world.    

Reference Passage: … 1Corinthians 16:13 [NLT] …  

13 Be on guard. Stand firm in the faith.  Be courageous!  Be strong.  . 

… Paul assures fellow born-again Christians that they (we) can - and should - find our strength in our faith in Christ.  

Reference Passage: … Philippians 4:13  [NLT] … 

13 For I can do everything, Who gives me strength. .

… Paul teaches fellow Christians (and us) that we can be content in all situations of life because we get out strength from The Lord … ALWAYS!     

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread Author, Jennifer Benson Schuldt -  AT THIS LINK  -   tells of a mother eagle, who lost and searched for her mate and had to take over all the duties of single parenting her eaglets in the nest, …  which she did, …  illustrating that God will provide His strength, as Steven Curtis Chapman sings in the linked song

I don’t think I doubt that any reader with me here today hasn’t been confronted with situations in life where we felt overwhelmed or too weak to handle.  So what do we do in such situations?  Well, we (MUST) look to God for His strength and direction; and that is the outcome of all of the Scriptures above, isn’t it? 

So, I’m stopping to pray that we all have meditated on and believe these truths from God’s word; and we fall back on them for strength when we’re feeling weak or needing God’s strength, which, as Steven Curtis Chapman sings, will always be there when we need it. Do you need that strength today?            

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for Your strength, Lord, which is there for me  … ALWAYS!!  

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I’m praying today that those who read with me here will join me to seek Your strength, Lord, today; … and then again tomorrow. …   Amen

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