TIME OF POWER

“I can do everything through him who gives me strength.”(Phil. 4:13) THEREFORE, “being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, and joyfully.” (Col. 1:11)

“Since we are living by the Spirit,”(Gal. 5:25a) THEREFORE, “let us follow the Spirit’s leading in every part of our lives.”

“You visit the earth and water it, you greatly enrich it; the river of God is full of water; you provide their grain, for so you have prepared it.”(Ps. 65:9) INDEED, “There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells.”(46:4)

“But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ.”(Phil. 3:7) THEREFORE, “Let us also lay aside every encumbrance … and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, fixing our eyes on Jesus.” (Hebrews 12:1-2)

“Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.”(Col. 3:2) AND, “Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice!”(Phil. 4:4)

“For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard. Yet God, with undeserved kindness, declares that we are righteous. He did this through Christ Jesus when he freed us from the penalty for our sins .”(Romans 3:23,24) INDEED, “We believe it is through the grace of our Lord Jesus that we are saved …”(Acts 15:11)

The LORD passed in front of Moses, calling out, “Yahweh! The LORD! The God of compassion and mercy! I am slow to anger and filled with unfailing love and faithfulness.”(Ex. 34:6) THEREFORE, “You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your GOD, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me.”(20:5)

“Abel also brought a gift- the best of the firstborn lambs from his flock. The LORD accepted Abel and his gift.”(Gen. 4:4) INDEED, “To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams .”(1 Sam. 15:22)

“The prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.”(John 14:30) THEREFORE, “Now is the time for judgment on this world; now the prince of this world will be driven out.”(John 12:31)

“I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me .”(Gal. 2:20) THEREFORE, “I belong to my lover, and his desire is for me.”(Cant. 7:10)