But those who stumbled are armed with strength (1 Samuel 2:4b NIV).
Stumbling can occur through external sources. For example, you can stumble when you hit your foot against a stone. Stumbling can also occur due to internal weakness. For example, when some muscles or tendons get sprained you can stumble.
In the life of … Read the rest
Let us start rebuilding (Nehemiah 2:18c NIV).
God is offering you an opportunity today. He is giving you a chance to rebuild your life. Whatever may have caused your life to lie in ruins, God is now inviting you to rebuild your life.
He is with you in this huge effort. Do not look at … Read the rest
Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your strength (Nehemiah 8:10z NIV).
It is simple. Joy comes from God. His presence is full of joy and it radiates to you from there.
Joy cannot be bought. It is a gift from above. It cannot be imitated. If you try to do so … Read the rest
We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and we looked the same to them (Numbers 13:33b NIV).
Inferiority at first sight! This is what happened to the majority of leaders who went to explore the land of Canaan. They saw giants there who were stronger and more powerful than they.
But was not their … Read the rest
The Sovereign Lord is my strength; he makes my feet like the feet of a deer, he enables me to go on the heights (Habakkuk 3:19a NIV).
There are different sources from which we draw our strength from. Some find strength in the comfort and company of relatives and friends, or in the fellowship of … Read the rest
His ways are eternal (Habakkuk 3:6z NIV).
Timelessness. That is what in human terms “eternal” means. We cannot think without hours and days and months and years. But God is not at all limited by our thinking. His ways are eternal. They are not bound by time.
To God our past, present and future is … Read the rest
Strengthen the feeble hands, steady the knees that give way; say to those with fearful hearts, “Be strong, do not fear; your God will come, he will come with vengeance; with divine retribution he will come to save you” (Isaiah 35:3,4 NIV).
Fear! There might be no Christian who at some point in his life … Read the rest
After all that Hezekiah had so faithfully done, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah (2 Chronicles 32:1a NIV).
After something done well, people are usually rewarded. This should be especially true when you do something faithfully. But contrary to expectations, Hezekiah finds himself in a difficult situation.
He might have wondered why God … Read the rest
But they took their stand in the middle of the field. They defended it and struck the Philistines down, and the Lord brought about a great victory (1 Chronicles 11:14 NIV).
Sometimes, it so happens, that all desert you when the enemies come. So it happened with David and Eleazer, one of David’s mighty men.… Read the rest
When I act, who can reverse it (Isaiah 43:13b NIV)?
We need to be sure about Who is on our side? Let us for a moment forget about our wins and losses. Let us set them all aside. Let us also forget those on our side and those against us.
Let us bring the equation … Read the rest
O Sovereign Lord, my strong deliverer, who shields my head in the day of battle(Psalm 140:7 NIV).
“Is the Bible really relevant to our times?” This is a question that rises in the minds of any sincere Christian at some point of his life. Entertaining such a question in your mind does not mean that … Read the rest
For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea (Habakkuk 2:14 NIV).
There is nothing on earth that can be compared with the glory of the Lord. Yet without realizing this, the nations of the world, try to glory in what they have … Read the rest
He who forms the mountains, creates the wind, and reveals his thoughts to man, he who turns dawn to darkness, and treads the high places of the earth–the Lord God Almighty is his name (Amos 4:13 NIV).
Look at the myriad works of God. He forms the mountains. They are a tower of strength. Full … Read the rest
When my spirit grows faint within me, it is you who know my way. In the path where I walk men have hidden a snare for me (Psalm 142:3 NIV).
There are times when we lose our physical strength. But there are also times when we lose the strength of our spirit. That is what … Read the rest
He had a dream in which he saw a stairway resting on the earth, with its top reaching to heaven, and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it. There above it stood the Lord…. (Genesis 28:12,13a NIV).
The dream of a stairway is symbolic of blessing. The author of blessing is God … Read the rest
He will be a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment, a source of strength to those who turn back the battle at the gate (Isaiah 28:6 NIV).
The enemies are attacking. We are inside our fort. The fort is high and strong. It cannot be easily climbed over or broken down. So … Read the rest
If you are afraid to attack, go down to the camp with your servant Purah and listen to what they are saying. Afterward, you will be encouraged to attack the camp (Judges 7:10,11a NIV).
There are times when we should listen to what our enemies are saying. We think that our enemies are always talking … Read the rest
I will strengthen the house of Judah and save the house of Joseph. I will restore them because I have compassion on them. They will be as though I had not rejected them, for I am the Lord their God and I will answer them (Zechariah 10:6 NIV).
Restoration! What a blessed thought! We long … Read the rest
Then a new king, who did not know about Joseph, came to power in Egypt (Exodus 1:8 NIV).
It is surprising to note how fast our circumstances sometimes change. We are often hurt when those who showed us favor is gone and those who succeeded them seemed not to care for us or the relationship … Read the rest
Your eyes will see the king in his beauty and view a land that stretches afar (Isaiah 33:17 NIV).
This is God’s great purpose for your life. There is no doubt about the final destination that you’re traveling towards to. It is heaven itself.
Yet the greatest thrill is not the “land that stretches afar” … Read the rest
I will refresh the weary and satisfy the faint. At this I awoke and looked around. My sleep had been pleasant to me (Jeremiah 31:25,26 NIV).
God gave Jeremiah a message of comfort and blessing in a dream. The final statement that God made was that He will refresh the weary and satisfy the faint. … Read the rest
He did this so that all the peoples of the earth might know that the hand of the Lord is powerful and so that you might always fear the Lord your God (Joshua 4:24 NIV).
Joshua makes this statement soon after the Israelites had crossed the Jordan, which was at its flood stage, on dry … Read the rest
Hear me, you who know what is right, you people who have my law in your hearts: Do not fear the reproach of men or be terrified by their insults (Isaiah 51:7 NIV).
To move forward in God’s will requires a knowledge of His law. It was written on tablets of stone long ago. But … Read the rest
… Let your hands be strong so that the temple may be built… As you have been an object of cursing among the nations, O Judah and Israel, so will I save you, and you will be a blessing. Do not be afraid, but let your hands be strong (Zechariah 8:9b,13 NIV).
Have you been … Read the rest
The Lord thunders at the head of his army; his forces are beyond number, and mighty are those who obey his command (Joel 2:11a NIV).
Our God is powerful. He can command with a force like that of thunder. His forces are numberless. So we have here a picture of tremendous power: God full of … Read the rest
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever (Psalm 73:26 NIV).
The psalmist is thinking about a real possibility here. Though he is now fine, he thinks of a day when his strength would be gone. But, to our surprise, we find that he … Read the rest
The Lord upholds all those who fall and lifts up all who are bowed down (Psalm 145:14 NIV).
One of the difficult things in life is to see life move on as usual for others when our spirits are crushed within us. We hope that someone would stop by to ask how we are doing. … Read the rest
As you have been an object of cursing among the nations, O Judah and Israel, so will I save you, and you will be a blessing. Do not be afraid, but let your hands be strong (Zechariah 8:13 NIV).
Are you mourning today? Is it because your life has turned into a curse? Are people … Read the rest
Like a horse in open country, they did not stumble; like cattle that go down to the plain, they were given rest by the Spirit of the Lord (Isaiah 63:13b, 14a NIV).
This passage is a clear reference to the deliverance that God gave the Israelites through the hand of Moses from the Egyptian army … Read the rest
Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland (Isaiah 43:18,19 NIV).
Here is God’s blueprint for our lives. He is telling us the secret … Read the rest
