GOD’S STRENGTH

1. GOD’S STRENGTH Immediately available Psalm 46:1 God is my refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

2. GOD’S STRENGTH 2. Everlasting and inexhaustible Isaiah 40:28-31 28 Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding. 29 He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. 30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: 31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

3. GOD’S STRENGTH 3. His will for us Isaiah 41:10 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. Psalm 29:11 The Lord will give strength unto his people; the Lord will bless His people with peace.

4. GOD’S STRENGTH 4. His way to get us above the tragedy Habakkuk 3:17-19 17 Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labor of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: 18 Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation. 19 The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds' feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments.

5. GOD’S STRENGTH 5. Enough for our weakest moments 2 Corinthians 12:9-10 9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong. Hebrews 11:34 34 “…, out of weakness were made strong, ….”

6. GOD’S STRENGTH 6. Will help you stand when all alone 2 Timothy 4:16-18 16 At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge. 17 Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion. 18 And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

7. GOD WILL STRENGTHEN YOU God’s Strength: Immediately available Everlasting and inexhaustible His will for us His way to get us above the tragedy Enough for our weakest moments Will help you stand when all alone

8. God’s Way to Give Strength to Us Proverb 10:29 The way of the Lord isstrength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity. Psalm 84:5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them. Psalm 29:11 The Lord will give strength unto his people; the Lord will bless His people with peace.

9. God’s Way to Give Strength to Us Singing/Praise/Worship Psalm 28:7,8 (7)The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him. (v 8) The Lord is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed. Psalm 8:2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger. Matthew 21:16 “… Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise .” Psalm 84:7 They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God

10. God’s Way to Give Strength to Us Wisdom/Knowledge of God’s Word Proverb 24:5 A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength. Isaiah 33:6 And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation… Ecclesiastes 7:19 Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which are in the city.

11. God’s Way to Give Strength to Us Speaking God’s Word Joel 3:10 “…let the weak say, I am strong.” Psalm 27:1 The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? Philippians 4:13 For I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me

12. God’s Way to Give Strength to Us Obedience/ Wholly Following Him Joshua 14:8,11 (v. 8) “… but I wholly followed the Lord my God. (v 11) As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses sent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, both to go out, and to come in.”

13. God’s Way to Give Strength to Us His House/Church Psalm 20:2 Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion; Psalm 96:6 Honor and majesty are before him: strength and beauty are in his sanctuary

14. God’s Way to Give Strength to Us Prayer Luke 18:1 And He spake a parable unto them to this end that men ought always to pray, and not to faint Jude 20 But you beloved building up yourselves on your most holy faith praying in the Holy Ghost Romans 8:26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities (weaknesses): for we know not what to pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered

15. God’s Way to Give Strength to Us Strength comes through: • Singing/Praise/Worship • Wisdom/Knowledge of God’s Word • Speaking God’s Word • Obedience/Wholly Following Him • His House/Church • Prayer