Strength from the Lord
The Lord gives me strength. ~ Habakkuk 3:19 (CEV)
My grace is enough; it’s all you need. My strength comes into its own in your weakness. ~ 2 Corinthians 12:9 (MSG)
KEY IDEA:
The Lord is the source of all the strength you need. He even turns weaknesses into strength.
PRAYER:
Powerful Lord, I am a weak person but you are so generous that you turn weaknesses into strengths. I confess that I get frustrated by my mistakes and weaknesses. Help me to trust you to provide the strength that I need to get through every ordeal -- even the ordeals that display my faults. Transform these weaknesses into strengths so that people will see me and honor you. 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)
