Dec 13 2025 … Strength In God’s Word …

Dec 13 2025 …  Strength In God’s Word … 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...      and PLEASE take the time to listen to music and lyrics, from Steven Curtis Chapman singing His Strength Is Perfect …  calling on Christians to glean our strength from our relationship with God.

Highlight Passage: … Nehemiah 8:10b … [NLT] …  

10 … And Nehemiah continued, “…  Don’t be dejected and sad, for the joy of the Lord is your strength!” 

Highlight Passage in Context:  Nehemiah 8:5-6,  8-12 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Ezra and Nehemiah shared God’s word, sharing The Lord’s promises of joy and strength for His exiled peoples. 

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Reference Passage: … Joshua 1:8 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …

… God gave Joshua a prescription for spiritual success in carrying out God’s commands … to be in and follow God’s word. 

Reference Passage: …  Psalms 18:32-34 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… King David sings of getting his strength from God in dealing with the trials of his life.

Reference Passage: … Isaiah 40:29-31 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …

… God, thru Isaiah, promises His strength and power when His faithful feel weak.

Reference Passage: … Habakkuk 3:17-19 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Prophet Habakkuk learned that God will provide His joy and strength in dealing the troubles of life.

Reference Passage:… 2Corinthians 12:9-10 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle Paul experienced pain and suffering and relied on God’s grace to enable and strengthen him.

Reference Passage:… Philippians 4:13 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …

… Paul teaches truth that (we) Christians can - and will - receive God’s strength when they (we) feel weak.   

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread from Katara Patton …  USE THS LNK  -     …  wrote of how a tour guide at a New Orleans museum explained a joyful exhibit made from discarded plastic bottles, explaining, “For a city that’s had such hardship, we’ve also learned to use what we have to create joy and beauty. We don’t focus only on the hard times; we celebrate the resilience.” 

And the exhibit apparently reminded the ODB author of how God’s people rebounded with joy from God’s word when His exiled people had returned to Jerusalem and rebuilt the walls and temple, experiencing God’s strength and His promises thru His word.  And if my readers have taken in the linked song and the Scriptures shared above, I know you, as I was, will be uplifted with joy, realizing that we can rely on God’s strength in dealing with the trials, temptations, and troubles of life.   

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You …Lord, … for providing Your enabling grace when I am weak.

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … THANKS, Lord, for Your strength in our times of weakness and trial.  … Amen

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