By faith alone
I am the Lord All-Powerful. So don’t depend on your own power or strength, but on my Spirit. ~ Zechariah 4:6b (CEV)
It was by faith that the walls of Jericho fell... ~ Hebrews 11:30a (NCV)
KEY IDEA:
Depend only on the Lord.
PRAYER:
Lord All-Powerful, you are dependable -- like no other. Thank you that I can rely on you. Even when I fail to trust you, which is too often, you remain dependable. Help me to reject the commonly held idea that might is right and to march by faith in your power. I'm going to trust the Holy Spirit to make it all happen. Amen.
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase — my own freestyle biblical adaptation — somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
