![]() There is none holy like the LORD there is none besides you there is no rock like our God’” 1 Samuel 2:1-2. My mouth derides my enemies, because I rejoice in your salvation. “And Hannah prayed and said, ‘My heart exults in the LORD my strength is exalted in the LORD. “The LORD is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation this is my God, and I will praise him, my father's God, and I will exalt him” Exodus 15:2. I know He’ll use them to encourage you too! (All verses are from the English Standard Version (ESV) of the Bible. Below are 15 Bible quotes about strength God has used to encourage me. Morgan states, “The word ‘strength’ occurs 232 times in Scripture.” In His wisdom, God knew we would need lots of encouragement in our human weakness. In his article 12 Scripture Verses to Help You Find Strength, Robert J. However, if we call out to the Lord in our weakness He will answer with His strength. Our strength comes from the Lord, but He won’t give it to us if we turn our back on Him. This is a tragic story all around, but it reminds me of something important. He put one hand on each of the two pillars, bowed down with all his strength and the house collapsed. He called on Him one last time and asked for his strength to return just this once so he could die with the Philistines. They placed him between two pillars in the midst of a house filled with about 3,000 men and women. When the Philistines gathered to worship their god Dagon, they brought Samson in to entertain them. As the days went by, his hair began to grow again. They mocked him, gouged out his eyes, and put him to work in the prison mill. She shaved his hair off while he slept, and he was immediately captured by the Philistines. Shave his hair and he would be weak as any other human. After three failed attempts and ceaseless nagging and begging from Delilah, Samson told her the truth. Samson loved a woman named Delilah who was paid a large sum of money to find the secret of Samson’s strength. He’s famous for his strength and then losing it. For when I am weak, then I am strong.” God’s strength shines through best in our weaknesses.Īnother person who comes to mind when I think about strength and weakness is Samson. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. He says, “Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Instead, God told him, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Instead of becoming bitter, Paul saw this as a gift. Paul tells us that three times he pleaded with the Lord to take it away, but God did not. That means we can overcome any obstacle we face because Jesus has already overcome the world. As followers of Christ, we’re united with Him. We can take heart when tribulations and trials come because Jesus Christ has overcome the world. However, we now have someone on our side to help us through those trials. But take heart I have overcome the world.” Having a relationship with Jesus doesn’t mean all the hard things in life suddenly disappear. ![]() In John 16:33 (ESV) Jesus says, “I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. The first thing we need to know about obstacles is that we will have them. What Does God Say about Overcoming Obstacles? When we are weak, He is strong. This is just one of many Bible quotes about strength that can encourage us when we feel weak. Jesus can take our hopeless mess and transform it into a thing of beauty. When we come to the end of ourselves, He is there. But here’s the beautiful mystery of life with Jesus. I often say I feel like a wrung-out rag with not a drop left to give to anyone, including myself. There are times in life when the combination of physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual trials renders us a hopeless mess. I also know what it feels like to be so emotionally spent, even the thought of being strong is laughable. As someone who lives with chronic illness, I know what it’s like to feel weak physically. ![]()
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