{"id":4291,"date":"2012-10-29T08:30:17","date_gmt":"2012-10-29T15:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/?p=4291"},"modified":"2024-03-26T12:35:32","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T19:35:32","slug":"the-strength-of-the-lord","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/2012\/10\/29\/the-strength-of-the-lord\/","title":{"rendered":"The Strength of the Lord"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4294\" title=\"102912_strengthofthelord\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/10\/102912_strengthofthelord.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"545\" height=\"138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/10\/102912_strengthofthelord.jpg 545w, https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/10\/102912_strengthofthelord-300x75.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/10\/102912_strengthofthelord-500x126.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080\"><em>The following has been adapted from the devotionals of F.E. Marsh, a new resource coming soon to the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blb.org\/\"><span style=\"color: #808080\">Blue Letter Bible<\/span><\/a>!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Lord gives at least a sevenfold strengthening to His people as they trust Him.<\/p>\n<p><strong id=\"yui-gen31\">The strength of His grace to empower.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">&#8220;My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.&#8221;<br \/>\n(2\u00a0 Corinthians 12:9)<\/p>\n<p><strong>The strength of His arm to sustain.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">&#8220;fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.&#8221;<br \/>\n(Isaiah 41:10).<strong id=\"yui-gen34\"><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong id=\"yui-gen34\">The strength of His love to inspire.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">&#8220;The love of Christ constraineth us&#8221; 2 Corinthians 5:14 KJV).<\/p>\n<p><strong>The strength of His armor to protect.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">&#8230;&#8221;be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. Put on the whole armor of God&#8230;&#8221;<br \/>\n(Ephesians 6:10-11)<\/p>\n<p><strong id=\"yui-gen37\">The strength of His joy to gladden.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">&#8220;&#8230;do not be grieved, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.&#8221;<br \/>\n(Nehemiah 8:10)<\/p>\n<p><strong id=\"yui-gen40\">The strength of His Word to comfort.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">&#8220;This is my comfort in my affliction, for Thy Word hath quickened me&#8221;<br \/>\n(Psalm 119:50 KJV).<\/p>\n<p><strong>The strength of His power to qualify.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">&#8220;&#8230;you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses&#8230;&#8221;<br \/>\n(Acts 1:8).<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif\">What about you? Can you add to Marsh&#8217;s list? How else does the Lord strengthen His people? Go to <a href=\"http:\/\/blb.org\">Blue Letter Bible<\/a> and see if you can find more, then leave your additions in the comments!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following has been adapted from the devotionals of F.E. Marsh, a new resource coming soon to the\u00a0Blue Letter Bible! &nbsp; The Lord gives at least a sevenfold strengthening to His people as they trust Him. The strength of His grace to empower. &#8220;My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":4294,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-misc","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4291"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9166,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4291\/revisions\/9166"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}