The Strength We Need

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As a matter of fact when the most common refrains. I hear is I tired. How you do it higher how you doing really tired and for some – physical exhaustion or tiredness. For others it is emotional and even spiritual. But the answer to our exhaustion.

The strength that we need. Believe it or not is not trying harder, pushing more fact is that we are stressed out, overworked, overwrought over worry then that creates so much of this exhaustion. So what we need to do is to learn how to rely upon the resources that we have in Christ to rest in the Lord and to rely upon the power of God to trust God more much more you can over try but you cannot over trust the Lord trust him more 04 grace to trust him more. And there is an inexhaustible strength that comes in our relationship with God, who is the source of our strength. Sometimes I'm asked. By the time I am asked about the energy that I have keep the schedule that I keep bill the responsibilities that I have and I can tell you that it is much more than physical strength. Though I try to stay healthy and exercise the right. Rest well but is more than physical strength is more than mental toughness. The source of my strength is the work of the Holy Spirit in my life and is your strength as well is the principle that we find in this passage, which is the linchpin passage in all of the book of Ephesians. The letter to the Ephesians is a prayer delivered by the apostle Paul in prison that echoes through the centuries and therefore it is a prayer for you and me as well and this prayer is a prayer for strength. Verse 14 for this reason I bow my knees before the father from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that according to the riches of his glory. He may grant to you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith that you, being rooted and grounded in love.

Maybe may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breath and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled. What's this with all the fullness of God and then a doxology of praise now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever and we all said amen we do if I could put this sermon in one sentence it would be this all of God in all of us, all of God in all of you. All of God in all of me. The secret of our strength is the power of Jesus Christ by his spirit working in you. As I noted, this is Paul prayed.

He's in prison.

He is a wounded warrior broken facing the end of his life and yet the spirit is free. He is alive in Christ, he is strengthened in the midst of these terrible circumstances, and he begins to pray, he hits at me and he begins to pray. He says I bow my knee. Interestingly enough, bowing the knee bowing and prayer is not mentioned that often in Scripture. The Scripture speaks of standing in prayer, walking in prayer and lifting up holy hands in prayer, but rarely kneeling in prayer and yet it is this posture that speaks of our humility and surrender before God in prayer. It is our disposition before God and is good to pray always, you can pray thinking you can pray silently pray walking you can you can pray city you can play laying on your bed. You can play pray laying on your face and you can kneel before God, there is no one-way row 1 Certain Way to pray the proper way for man to pray. Siddique and Lemuel Keyes. The only property attitude is down upon his knees.

No way I should say the way to pray said Rev. Dr. Wise is standing straight with outstretched arms with rapid and upturned eyes. Oh no no no set elders, no such posture is too proud. A man should pray with eyes fast close and had to dryly bow. It seems to me, his hand should be austerely clasp in front with both thumbs pointing to the grounds that the Rev. Proctor blood last year I fell in Hodgkins well headfirst that Sarah Brown with both my heels and stick it up in my head appointment down and I don't prayed right then and there.

The best prayer I ever said the pray this prayer I ever prayed standing on my head so is not the posture of our praying, but the power that comes from praying is been said you could do more than pray after you afraid that you cannot be more than pray until you have pray. Prayer is is life's limitless reach. Prayer is when we link our nothingness. Virgin said to his all mightiness is in prayer that we are empowered and enabled to live the Christian life we are strengthened in this prayer because of our wealth in Christ. Remember Ephesians 1 through three is all about our wealth and our words in Christ, your identity in Christ who you are and what you have because you are a believer in Christ and chapters 1, two and three from eternity past to return the future. All of these blessings of God that are ours and he speaks here are being strengthened in the inner man with the riches, the riches of his glory, you are wealthy beyond your imagination.

Did you know that your net worth is much more than you thought your portfolio is not here on earth are dependent upon the stock market or your bank account you have something that money cannot buy and death cannot take away you have Jesus and therefore all things in him richly to enjoy.

You are a joint heir with Jesus Christ. You are a child of the key and it is out of these riches and glory that we rejoice, we are in rich in Jesus Christ.

Think about the billions and billions of blessings that are ours and the billions and billions of years that we will have to celebrate him throughout all eternity is hard to imagine just how great are our resources and our riches in Christ. If you just read the first three chapters of Ephesians. You can underline words like riches and wealth and inheritance and blessings. No wonder Paul hits on the first enter prayer and includes the entire family of God from generation to generation, which means me and you. He speaks of the church year as being a spiritual family, the church is not a business. A business creates consumers and critics, but the church creates followers and family. The Lord Jesus Christ. We are God's word. This is an amazing prayer because it is a prayer for strength for listening to PowerPoint with Jack Graham in the message. The strength we need. As a follower of Jesus Christ. You have every reason to hope and we want to help you experience that help by sending you pastor Graham's book of meditations on Romans eight call to help in the future. In it he shows you how you can experience freedom from confusion, doubt or fear. This powerful resource is our thanks for the gift today and thank you for a gift of $50 or more will also include pastor Graham's book help hope and healing from life's challenges.

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Now let's get back to today's message strengths. We need I just tell things some of the promises of strength that I have claimed over the years in the Bible. For example, Joshua one and verse nine have I not commanded you. Be strong and courageous.

Do not be frightened and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go. And then in Deuteronomy 33 it says as your days so shall your strength be. As your days so shall your strength me. In other words, your strength will be equal to your day. If you are in Christ and you are receiving his resources daily than everything you need. That day is available to you. He goes on to say in verse 27 the eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arm where held in his grip By the power of God second Chronicles 16 nine for the eyes of the Lord. Seek to and throw run to grow throughout the whole earth to give strong support to those whose heart is blameless toward him and therefore we are strengthened in the eyes of the Lord are here today, did you call upon him, he will strengthen you. Psalm 46 one God is our refuge and strength of very present help in times of trouble.

Isaiah 3050 in quietness and in Christ shall be your strength. I can go on and on. Isaiah 4031 but they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength they shall mount up with wings as eagles, they will run and not be weary want and not pay one less familiar.

Habakkuk 319 God, the Lord is my strength. He makes my feet like the deer he makes me tread on my high places and to the choirmaster with stringed instruments. In Mark 1230 less width of the New Testament. What did Jesus say the Savior to love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your mind all your soul and with all your strength.

And then of course Paul said in Philippians 413 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. I'm ready for anything. He said because Christ strengthens me. What's great. What power we have in Christ. What is this mean it means that we are strengthened by the power of the Holy Spirit. If you are a believer in the Lord Jesus than the spirit of God lives in you.

You are made alive in Christ you have the Holy Spirit, the question always is, does the Holy Spirit have you.

You have all of the spirit does the Spirit have all of you and there such tremendous strength in the Holy Spirit house so well is the power to say I'm not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God unto salvation is the work of the Holy Spirit that saves us is the work of the Holy Spirit, not only to save us.

But give us power to witness, but you shall receive power, acts 18 when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria. The uttermost parts of the world.

I was just reading this week concerning the witness of the church in the world today and I was encouraged to read that worldwide globally, there are over 80,000 people a day coming to faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.

There is a massive movement of the spirit of God around the world. For example, there been more Muslim people saved in the past 50 years than in the past by hundred to 1500 years before.

We are seeing millions of people come to Christ in the continent of South America where see all across Eastern Europe and in China. Hundreds of thousands of people coming to faith in Jesus and it won't be long. If it hasn't already happened that China because of the number of Christians in that country will have more Christians than any other nation in the world. I could go on and on 80+ thousand people a day coming to faith in Jesus Christ. The Holy Spirit is at work in the world through his church through his people – the goodness. The bad news is that of these 80+ thousand of people coming to faith in Jesus Christ every day.

Only 6000 of these are living in the United States of America or in Western Europe and the fact is in our country. Many are turning away from Christ. More atheists reported in nuns. That is, those who report no religious experience or faith in God than ever before Western Europe is even worse. So as you can tell we need revival in the church in America we need revival in the church across Western Europe. What we need is the power of the Holy Spirit to Phyllis and use us for his glory. But it is the power of the Holy Spirit that gives us the ability to witness and the effectiveness of our witness the power the Holy Spirit gives us joyful hope. Romans 1513 May the God of hope fill you with all peace and joy in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope, the power the Holy Spirit gives us the power to overcome our fears and anxieties so much fear and anxiety seems in our country. These what is the Bible say, for God is given us a spirit not of fear but love power and a sound mind. This is the work of the Holy Spirit in our spirit, the Holy Spirit gives us power, and provision for everything we need his divine power.

Second Peter 13 has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us in his own glory and excellence in everything we have everything we need to live the Christian life is all present because the Holy Spirit lives in each one of us for some of you this is elementary truth you've known this for a while but it would be a good time just to bow your head and say thank you God for your spirit alive in me. Some of you have grown up in churches where you've never heard of the Holy Spirit where you've not been taught the truth of spirit filled living.

I'm grateful that I grew up in a church with a pastor who taught us how to live in the power of the Holy Spirit that some of you have never had that experience.

So this is new truth to you and I'm telling you you need to make the discovery that the Christian life is the greatest discovery I made outside of my salvation, the discovery that the Christian life is not hard. It is impossible, but in Christ all things are possible.

The Holy Spirit, the living presence of Jesus in you, will enable you to live this Christian life to overcome temptation to witness of your faith, or to to to be strengthened in the midst of any circumstance in your life. This is the work of the Holy Spirit.

This is the power of God. It is interesting that this prayer is one long sentence is broken up into sentences in our English language, but as Paul delivered it as it was written it was just one prayer without a pause is as though Paul can't stop speaking and pray of all that God has done so we are strengthened by the power of the Holy Spirit. We are strengthened by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Another word for power here is the word didymus and it can mean authority, power, my ability or strength so the strength that comes from within is the power that God gives, and we must plug-in to this power. If you have a cell phone or a tablet or technology you know that ultimately it runs down and you need to plug it in and regain the power so it is in life certainly in the Christian life. We must always be plugging in to this power and this power is abundant is the power of God. The very power of God through Christ by his spirit.

The Trinity is at work here. You say Trinity. Yes, God the father, God the son God the Holy Spirit all the power of God. Remember I said at the outset, all of God in all of me. This is our wealth. This is our worth and is an inner flow comes from deep within. If you understand this, it is your position that will change your condition in life. Your identity in Christ will change your reality. So don't live beneath your blessings don't live beneath the privileges and the possessions that you have in Christ. Begin declaring who you are and what you have in him, stop saying I can't and start believing that you can buy the power of God, stop wondering and worrying about something that may look impossible when the God of the impossible is in you, you have a strength to overcome to defeat the enemy to defeat or destroy that addiction in your life to overcome temptation to live in victory to rise out of the ashes of defeat in your life. You are not just a lowly worm, you are say, by the grace of God, the power of Jesus is in you, you are strengthened in him every single day say it declare and believe I'm a child of the King.

I'm a member of God's eternal family lives there listening to PowerPoint with Jack Graham and the message the strength we need anything being tossed by waves of doubt, fear, confusion, the only way to stay afloat is by focusing on your true source of hope Jesus Christ pastor Graham wants to help you experience that help in all of life circumstances with his book of meditations on Romans eight called hope and a future, you'll discover how God gives you perspective, protection, purpose and power to keep you from sinking in my storms. I hope in the future is our thanks for your gift today to help only proclaim the truth of the gospel and the hope it brings to more people around the world and as thanks for your gift of $50 or more will also send you pastor Graham's book helped hope and healing for life's challenges succumb announce requester resources and thinking for your generosity: 800-7954 67 that's 1-800-795-4627 can also text the word PowerPoint 313131 text PowerPoint to 313131.

And don't forget to visit Jack Graham.org where you can shop our E store the gift online or sign up for Dr. Graham's free daily email devotion our website again is Jack Graham.March pastor. What is your PowerPoint for today that I hear a lot of talk about how tired they are how overwhelmed they are. But the challenges of life. Just how tough and hard life can be every single day and there folks listening to us right now who are on their way to work. You are wondering cannot get through another day. There's a mom he's got kids running around everywhere and she's thinking I don't know if I can do it again today. There's a daddy's thinking about not going home because he's just so that up with his life. Jesus Christ will give you power to meet every obstacle, it doesn't mean we won't have obstacles in fact we know we will their challenges there tough things in life that are almost overwhelming. But when you know Jesus Christ when the spirit of the living God is in us, he makes the impossible possible. He enables us to live that life that which he's called us and to meet not only the requirements of the day but to go over and above and beyond because God is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we can ask or think in our lives. I think of the great Old Testament Scripture in Zechariah chapter 4 when the Bible says not by might not by power but by my Spirit, says the Lord.

So if you're overwhelmed today. If you tired today. If you're needing strength. I'm not talking just about physical strength.

I'm talking about the strength that comes from within is the secret of living. The source of our strength is Jesus Christ living in us and you can plug into that power and the way you plug into that power is by giving up self denying self and saying, Lord Jesus rule in me rain in me. Take control of my life take control of the situation.

I'm tired I'm worn out I'm struggling but you will enable me to get through this day for your glory and the price of your name. I want to challenge you to seek the Lord through prayer and Bible reading that you give your life completely to him that you would seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and then right now. Thank him for filling your heart and filling your spirit and renewing your life. Ask him to show you how to tap into his power every single day, you will discover what real power can do in helping you to have a spirit filled power filled life and that is today's PowerPoint member when you give a gift to PowerPoint Cindy Dr. Graham's book of meditations. Hope in the future as our thanks. Call one 800-7954 627-1800 79546 can also text the word PowerPoint 313131 text PowerPoint to 3131. Join us again next time. Dr. Graham brings a message about the incredible power that comes with fully embracing God's love. That's next time find PowerPoint with Jack PowerPoint with Jack Graham is sponsored by PowerPoint ministries