![]() ![]() Proclaim the power of God, whose majesty is over Israel, whose power is in the heavens. “Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth, sing praise to the Lord, to him who rides across the highest heavens, the ancient heavens, who thunders with mighty voice. ![]() “Summon your power, God show us your strength, our God, as you have done before…. The best Bible verses about strength Psalm 68:28 32-35 Read on to find some of these great strength verses which may encourage you in times of need.Īll verses have been taken from the New International Version. In this article, we take a look at the best Bible verses about strength, whether you want to feel strengthened or you want to offer strength and courage to someone who may need it. There are also many verses about finding strength in God, which may encourage you. In the Bible there are so many personal tales of love, friendship and hope. but its rewards are so worthwhile.The Bible offers so much to so many people. It certainly cant be easily or carelessly done. but with His mind He endured and with His mind so can weĬLOSE: You can swim against the tide. Jesus had to endure just such hurtful thingsĤ. and you can count on some taunts, some unkind wordsģ. swimming against the tide will make you noticedĢ. The courage to endure some harshness (4:4)ġ. no matter how strong the hold, a habit can be broken if we are armed with Christs mindĭ. Peter becomes very specific with those whom he writes breaking with the past means putting all of those unChristian practices, habits behind usģ. what part of past do we bring over into present?Ģ. The strength to deal with unChristian behavior (4:3b)ġ. armed with the information, attitudes and disposition, the purposes of Jesus mind, we can make that break!Ĭ. we must completely break with our past if we are to successfully buck the current, or we will be constantly longing to return just for a looksee at the pastĤ. the past too easily meshes into the presentĢ. The power to break with the past (4:3a)ġ. a satisfying process as we see that so many dilemmas are resolved quickly by Gods word, instructionĤ. in no other way can we survive worlds pressureĢ. A determination to put Gods will first (4:2)ġ. set minds are essential if we are to swim against the tide of our timeĪ. I must was a frequent expression of JesusĤ. Lk 9:51 He was determined to fulfill Gods purposeģ. we must follow the lead of the Lord in our attitudesĢ. toward enemies - Mt 5:44 toward others - Mk 10:21 toward self - Mt 20:26-28 toward God - Jno 9:4 toward sin - Jno 5:14Ĥ. now, attitudes can be learned, governed, controlled and the filling of our minds with Gods word an essential step!ģ. A mind with proper attitudes - dispositionġ. thus, we must fill our minds with word (Col 3:16)Ĭ. knew how to act/react because He knew Gods wordĤ. so profoundly seen in Mt 4:4,7,10 filled with Gods word!ģ. the key was Christs mind can we hazard to look into His mind so that we will know with what we are to be armed?ġ. he has been exalting Christ as our example of one who was good. Peter has been discussing pressures of sufferingĢ. Jesus died an untimely, unfair, harsh deathġ. ARM YOURSELVES WITH THE SAME MIND (4:1)Ī. He does not, however, say it will be easy. As he gives us practical advice for daily discipleship, Peter explains how we can swim against the tide of the world. The temptation is always there to just let go and float back downstream. The whole body of the stream is flowing against you. Your speed is reduced your energy can be quickly sapped you soon find your progress is painfully slow (you may even begin to lose ground.) Life as a Christian is much like swimming upstream. INTRO: Isnt it fun to swim downstream! You seem to get so far so effortlessly. List of All Sermons HOW TO SWIM AGAINST THE TIDE DecemPM
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