The Prayer of Relinquishment

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The Prayer of
Relinquishment
By Catherine Marshall
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The Prayer of Relinquishment
By Catherine Marshall
Like most people, when I first began active experimentation with
prayer, I was full of questions, such as: Why are some agonizingly
sincere prayers granted, while others are not? I still have questions.
Mysteries about prayer are always ahead of present knowledge—
luring, beckoning on to further experimentation.
But one thing I do know; I learned it through hard experience. It’s a way
of prayer that has resulted consistently in a glorious answer, glorious
because each time, power beyond human reckoning has been released.
This is the Prayer of Relinquishment.
I got my first glimpse of it in the fall of 1943. I had been ill for six
months with a lung infection, and a bevy of specialists seemed unable
to help. Persistent prayer, using all the faith I could muster, had
resulted in—nothing. I was still in bed full-time.
One afternoon I read the story of a missionary who had been an invalid
for eight years. Constantly she had prayed that God would make her
well, so that she might do his work. Finally, worn out with futile
petition, she prayed, All right. I give up. If you want me to be an invalid,
that’s your business. Anyway, I want you even more than I want health.
You decide. In two weeks the woman was out of bed, completely well.
This made no sense, yet the story would not leave me. On the morning
of September 14—how can I ever forget the date?—I came to the same
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point of abject acceptance. I’m tired of asking, was the burden of my
prayer. I’m beaten. God, you decide what you want for me. Tears flowed.
I had no faith as I understood faith, expected nothing. The gift of my
sick self was made with no trace of graciousness.
And the result? It was as if I had touched a button that opened windows
in heaven; as if some dynamo of heavenly power began flowing. Within
a few hours I had experienced the presence of the Living Christ in a way
that wiped away doubt and revolutionized my life. From that moment
my recovery began.
Through this incident, God was trying to teach me something
important about prayer. Gradually, I saw that a demanding spirit, with
self-will as its rudder, blocks prayer. I understood that the reason for
this is that God absolutely refuses to violate our free will; that,
therefore, unless self-will is voluntarily given up, even God cannot
move to answer prayer.
In time, I gained more understanding about the Prayer of
Relinquishment through the experiences of others in contemporary life
and through books.
Jesus’ prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane is a pattern for us, I learned.
Christ could have avoided the cross. He did not have to go to Jerusalem
that last time. He could have compromised with the priests, bargained
with Caiaphas. He could have capitalized on his following and appeased
Judas by setting up the beginning of an earthly kingdom. Pilate wanted
to release him, all but begged him to say the right words so that he
might. In the Garden, Christ had plenty of time to flee, but he used his
free will to leave the decision up to his Father.
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J. B. Phillips, in his book The Gospels: Translated into Modern English,
brings Jesus’ prayer into focus for us. Dear Father, all things are possible
to you. Please let me not have to drink this cup. Yet it is not what I want,
but what you want.
The prayer was not answered as the human Jesus wished. Yet power has
been flowing from his cross ever since.
Even when Christ was bowing to the possibility of death by crucifixion,
he never forgot either the presence or the power of God. The Prayer of
Relinquishment must not be interpreted negatively. It does not let us lie
down in the dust of a godless universe and steel ourselves just for the
worst.
Rather it says, “This is my situation at the moment. I’ll face the reality
of it. But I’ll also accept willingly whatever a loving Father sends.”
Acceptance, therefore, never slams the door on hope.
Yet even with hope our relinquishment must be the real thing, because
this giving up of self-will is the hardest thing we human beings are ever
called on to do.
I remember the agony of Sara, an attractive young girl who shared with
me her doubts about her engagement.
“I love Jeb,” she said, “but he drinks. Not that he’s an alcoholic. Yet the
drinking is a sort of symbol of a lot of ideas he has. This has bothered
me so much that I wonder if God is trying to tell me to give Jeb up.” As
we talked, Sara came to the conclusion that she would lose something
precious if she didn’t follow the highest and the best that she knew.
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Tears glistened in her eyes as she said, “I’m going to break the
engagement. If God wants me to marry Jeb, he will see that things
change—about the drinking and all.” Right then, simply and
poignantly, she told God of her decision. She was putting her broken
dreams and her future into God’s hands.
Jeb’s ideas and ideals didn’t change, so Sara did not marry him. But a
year later she wrote me an ecstatic letter. “It nearly killed me to give up
Jeb. Yet God knew that he wasn’t the one for me. Now I’ve met The Man
and we’re to be married. Now I really have something to say about
trusting God!”
It’s good to remember that not even the Master Shepherd can lead if the
sheep have not this trust in him. That’s the why of Christ’s insistence on
practical obedience: “And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the
things which I say?” (Luke 6:46). Our pliability must be complete, from
our wills right on through to our actions.
When we come right down to it, how can we make obedience real,
except as we give over our self-will in reference to each of life’s episodes
as it unfolds? That’s why it shouldn’t surprise us that at the heart of the
secret of answered prayer lies the Law of Relinquishment.
So Mrs. Nathaniel Hawthorne, wife of the famous American author,
found as she wrestled in prayer in the city of Rome one day in 1860.
Una, the Hawthornes’ eldest daughter, had a virulent form of malaria.
The attending physician had that afternoon warned that unless the
young girl’s fever abated before morning, she would die.
As Mrs. Hawthorne sat by Una’s bed, her thoughts went to what her
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husband had said earlier that day. “I cannot endure the alternations of
hope and fear; therefore I have settled with myself not to hope at all.”
But the mother could not share Nathaniel’s hopelessness. Una could
not, must not die. This daughter had the finest mind, the most complex
character of all the Hawthorne children. Why should some capricious
Providence demand that they give her up?
As the night deepened, the girl lay so still that she seemed to be in the
anteroom of death. The mother looked out the window onto the piazza.
A dark and silent sky was heavy with clouds.
I cannot bear this loss—cannot—cannot....Then suddenly,
unaccountably, another thought took over. Why should I doubt the
goodness of God? Let him take Una, if he sees best. I can give her to
him. No, I won’t fight against him anymore. Having made the great
sacrifice, Mrs. Hawthorne expected to feel sadder. Instead she felt
lighter, happier than at any time since Una’s long illness had begun.
Some minutes later she walked back to the girl’s bedside, felt her
daughter’s forehead. It was moist and cool. Una was sleeping naturally.
And the mother rushed into the next room to tell her husband that a
miracle had happened.
Now, the intriguing question is, What is the spiritual law implicit in this
Prayer of Relinquishment? Fear is like a screen erected between us and
God, so that his power cannot get through to us. So, how does one get
rid of fear?
This is not easy when what we want most is involved. At such times,
every emotion, every passion, is tied up in the dread that what we fear is
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about to come upon us. Obviously, only drastic measures can deal with
such a gigantic fear and the demanding spirit that usually goes along
with it. Trying to deal with it by repeating faith affirmations is not
drastic enough.
So then we are squarely up against the Law of Relinquishment. Was
Jesus showing us how to use this law when he said, “Resist not
evil” (Matthew 5:39)? In God’s eyes, fear is evil because it’s an acting out
of lack of trust in him.
Jesus is saying, admit the possibility of what you fear most. Force
yourself to walk up to the fear, look it full in the face—never forgetting
that God and his power are still the supreme reality—and the fear
evaporates. Drastic? Yes. But it is one sure way of releasing prayer
power into human affairs.
*CURTESY OF GUIDEPOST MAGAZINE
Catherine Marshall (1914-1983), The New York Times best-selling author of 30 books, is
best known for her novel Christy. Based on the life of her mother, a teacher of mountain
children in poverty-stricken Tennessee, Christy captured the hearts of millions and
became a popular CBS television series. She also shared the story of her husband, Dr.
Peter Marshall, Chaplain of the United States Senate during World War II, in A Man
Called Peter. The movie version, an immediate box office hit, was nominated for an
Academy Award. A decade after Dr. Marshall’s untimely death, Catherine married
Leonard LeSourd, Executive Editor of Guideposts. The writing team collaborated often
at Evergreen Farm on Christy and 17 other books. A beloved inspirational writer and
speaker, Catherine’s enduring career spanned four decades, six continents, and reached
over 30 million readers.
Catherine Marshall's speech about feminism from the movie A Man Called Peter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4S5x2lYFkt4
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At Home With Susan
Many years ago a dear friend, an "older woman", gave me a set of books
by Catherine Marshall. You may have heard of A Man Called Peter
and Christy. Widowed in her thirties, with a young son, Catherine
Marshall faced the spiritual challenge of her life. But God did great and
mighty works in her life and the multitude of lives she touched, like
mine. Although her books are decades old now, and she is gone from
this world, her writings remain classics, and have shaped my walk with
the Lord.
So this morning in my quiet time, as I prayed for a friend suffering with
cancer, I suddenly thought of something I had read in one of Catherine
Marshall's books. It was about a place in prayer where we, like Jesus,
have to say, "Not my will, but Thine, O Lord." Ms. Marshall had a
description for it that I couldn't quite remember. It's so amazing when
God gives a thought and leads you right to the source. I went to the
bookcase, picked one from 3 of Ms. Marshall's books that I still have,
and it opened right to the chapter--The Prayer of Relinquishment.
When I read this chapter the first time years ago, it was very profound
for me. It put the words in my head that described an experience of
relinquishment that was my own. You see, as a young married woman I
had experienced a couple of years of infertility and ultimately an
ectopic (tubal) pregnancy. Eventually, it was time to have more
extensive tests to see if I would be able to become pregnant and deliver
a healthy infant. If you've been in this situation you know the thoughts
that go through your mind over time . . . the what if's . . . what if my
husband leaves me for someone who can bear his offspring; what if we
have to face the future childless; what if we can't afford to adopt? And
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then the questions . . . Why God? Is this punishment for___? Why
should my husband have to give up having children of his own? Is it
because I would be a bad mother? I wasn't consumed with these
thoughts and questions, but underneath it all, they were never far away.
God had put two families with adopted children in our lives. That sure
made it look like God was preparing us for this inevitability. So the day
came when I lay on a cold, hard table, in a cold, dimly lit radiology
room, all alone, waiting for the doctor to come and initiate the test that
would determine if my uterus and fallopian tube (singular, since the
other had been removed due to the tubal pregnancy), was open, closed
or scarred.
But the struggle I faced in prayer that morning was not about infertility
or childlessness. It was about whether I could trust God . . .trust in His
love for me, trust in His wisdom, trust in His healing power, trust in His
higher purpose. Could I trust His sovereignty? In those moments of
prayer, in the fear of my future without children of our own, God
brought me to - a place of Relinquishment. It was the most glorious
peace I had experienced since the night of my salvation. I knew that I
had just entered into God's presence, and He had held me. The fear was
gone, and His love and strength to face what would come . . . His plan,
not mine . . . was so real, I literally felt lifted above that cold, hard table.
Then the doctor and radiologist came in, the procedure was started, and
I experienced the worst pain of my life, as the dye was injected into my
uterus and forced into the fallopian tube. The pain began as a full and
burning sensation, but gradually grew until I thought I would pass out.
The doctor's face was very serious, and then suddenly I felt an explosion
in my abdomen followed by a gradual release of pain.
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In the days following the procedure, we were left in a state of limbo, not
knowing what our future of childbearing would be. But we had hope--
there was a possibility that the pressure of the dye being injected may
have opened the tube, which the procedure had revealed to be closed.
However, the caveat was that the tube could still be scarred and cause
another tubal pregnancy.
But I had PEACE in my heart, that God was in control, and our future
was in His hands. Relinquishment gave me Hope as I rested in the
Promise that He had a Plan.
In my case, as you know if you've read about my children, God had
opened the tube, and gave us three healthy babies without
complications. I became pregnant with our daughter during the month
after the procedure. And God gave us two sons during the years that
followed. But, I can assuredly say, that I know God had also given me
the faith, on that day of Relinquishment, to trust Him even if I had not
been able to have children from my own womb.
As I remember the excruciating pain and explosion in my belly as the
pressure of the dye pushed against my organs, I wonder . . . Could the
pain have been the beginning of God's power to resurrect life in my
body? Could the relinquishment of my dreams for His purposes, been
a sacrifice, pleasing and acceptable to my God, a sacrifice that would
yield his favor?
The Prayer of Relinquishment has been a powerful force in my life.
When my husband faced being paralyzed, God brought peace to my
heart as I released the future to Him, and claimed the specific Word that
He gave me that day to WAIT on Him . . . for the mounting up, for the
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walking and running. I sat alone in a waiting room breathing in and
out, my heart still in His presence, absorbing His strength, once again
held by his arms.
When my youngest son was walking in inner pain and rebellion, I
relinquished my sorrow and fear for his future to my God who had
created him and had a plan for his life. Although it was almost a daily
exercise, God worked to free me from guilt and anxiety, and gave me
life-giving prayers that gave me peace and eyes to see His work in my
son's life. He gave me patience, hope and endurance, even when I was
weak...
The Prayer of Relinquishment is so much more, however, than just a
sense of faith and hope and peace. It is saying to God, "I freely give you
my self-will, what I think I need, and open my heart and mind to
willingly receive what you know is best for Your purposes."
As Catherine Marshall stated, "I'm tired of asking (for healing)...I'm
beaten, finished. God, You decide what You want for me. . . . Gradually, I
saw that a demanding spirit, with self-will as its rudder, blocks
prayer. . . God absolutely refuses to violate our free will; that, therefore,
unless self-will is voluntarily given up, even God cannot move to
answer prayer." Adventures in Prayer
Some may ask if this Relinquishment is just a lack of faith, a
resignation of hopelessness? Or is it the essence of a heart and mind
that says to God, "with you I can face my fear, my trepidation about this
road I'm on, and believe in Your love, grace, mercy, power, and plan that
will accomplish more than I can ever comprehend.”
Dear Father . . . all things are possible to you. Let me not have to drink
this cup! Yet it is not what I want but what you want. - Luke 22:42
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This was Jesus looking at the torture and death He was facing, and
asking God to change His plan. "YET," he yielded to God's will in
obedience. "I will voluntarily give up my self-will to do what you want."
"The prayer was not answered as the human Jesus wished. Yet power
has been flowing from His Cross ever since.”
This West Texas fire, much like the battles we face in prayer, stopped at
the foot of the Cross.
And when God sends rain He will bring the barrenness back to life . . .
Jeremiah 32:27 Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me?
http://athomewithsusan.blogspot.com/2011/09/prayer-of-relinquishment.html
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The Concept of Divine Control
By Oswald Chambers
…how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good
things to those who ask Him! —Matthew 7:11
Jesus is laying down the rules of conduct in this passage for those
people who have His Spirit. He urges us to keep our minds filled with
the concept of God’s control over everything, which means that a
disciple must maintain an attitude of perfect trust and an eagerness to
ask and to seek.
Fill your mind with the thought that God is there. And once your mind
is truly filled with that thought, when you experience difficulties it will
be as easy as breathing for you to remember, “My heavenly Father
knows all about this!” This will be no effort at all, but will be a natural
thing for you when difficulties and uncertainties arise. Before you
formed this concept of divine control so powerfully in your mind, you
used to go from person to person seeking help, but now you go to God
about it. Jesus is laying down the rules of conduct for those people who
have His Spirit, and it works on the following principle: God is my
Father, He loves me, and I will never think of anything that He will
forget, so why should I worry?
Jesus said there are times when God cannot lift the darkness from you,
but you should trust Him. At times God will appear like an unkind
friend, but He is not; He will appear like an unnatural father, but He is
not; He will appear like an unjust judge, but He is not. Keep the thought
that the mind of God is behind all things strong and growing. Not even
the smallest detail of life happens unless God’s will is behind it.
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Therefore, you can rest in perfect confidence in Him. Prayer is not only
asking, but is an attitude of the mind which produces the atmosphere in
which asking is perfectly natural. “Ask, and it will be given to
you…” (Matthew 7:7). ~ Oswald Chambers
“ I Surrender All” by Kaleb Brasee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJ0WGcjssg8
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SCRIPTURES
Matthew 19:26
Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all
things are possible.”
Matthew 7:11
…how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who
ask Him!
Jeremiah 32:27
Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me?
Hebrews 10:35-36
35 So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded. 36 You need to
persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has
promised.
Ephesians 6:10
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power
Philippians 1:6
For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will
perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:13
I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.
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Hebrews 4:16
Therefore let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may
receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
Hebrews 13:5
Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he
has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”
Deuteronomy 31:6
"Be strong and courageous, do not be afraid or tremble at them, for the LORD your
God is the one who goes with you He will not fail you or forsake you."
Deuteronomy 31:8
It is the Lord who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not leave you or
forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.”
Proverbs 3:26
For the LORD will be your confidence And will keep your foot from being caught.
Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust in the LORD with all your heart And do not lean on your own understanding.
In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will make your paths straight.
John 1:12
But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God,
even to those who believe in His name,
Romans 8:28
And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who
love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.
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Ephesians 2:6
and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ
Jesus,
Colossians 3:3
For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
Acts 1:8
but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall
be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the
remotest part of the earth.”
Joshua 1:9
"Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous! Do not tremble or be
dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go."
Isaiah 41:10
'Do not fear, for I am with you; Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God
I will strengthen you, surely I will help you, Surely I will uphold you with My
righteous right hand.'
Proverbs 14:26
In the fear of the LORD there is strong confidence, And his children will have
refuge.
1 John 5:14
This is the confidence which we have before Him, that, if we ask anything
according to His will, He hears us.
1 Corinthians 15:58
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the
work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in the Lord.
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Psalm 27:1
The LORD is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? The LORD is the
defense of my life; Whom shall I dread?
Psalm 27:14
Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord!
1 Peter 5:7
Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.
Hebrews 13:6
So we can confidently say, “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do
to me?”
Psalm 55:22
Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never allow the
righteous to be shaken.
Romans 8:1
Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
Matthew 11:28
"Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.
Numbers 14:8-9
"If the LORD is pleased with us, then He will bring us into this land and give it to
us--a land which flows with milk and honey. "Only do not rebel against the LORD;
and do not fear the people of the land, for they will be our prey. Their protection
has been removed from them, and the LORD is with us; do not fear them."
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Joshua 1:7
"Only be strong and very courageous; be careful to do according to all the law
which Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right or to the
left, so that you may have success wherever you go.
2 Chronicles 32:6-7
He appointed military officers over the people and gathered them to him in the
square at the city gate, and spoke encouragingly to them, saying, "Be strong and
courageous, do not fear or be dismayed because of the king of Assyria nor because
of all the horde that is with him; for the one with us is greater than the one with
him.
Psalm 3:6
I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people Who have set themselves against me
round about.
Psalm 18:29
For by You I can run upon a troop; And by my God I can leap over a wall.
Psalm 20:7
Some boast in chariots and some in horses, But we will boast in the name of the
LORD, our God.
Psalm 34:19
Many are the afflictions of the righteous, But the LORD delivers him out of them
all.
Psalm 37:7
Rest in the LORD and wait patiently for Him; Do not fret because of him who
prospers in his way, Because of the man who carries out wicked schemes.
Psalm 44:6
For I will not trust in my bow, Nor will my sword save me.
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Psalm 143:10
Teach me to do Your will, For You are my God; Let Your good Spirit lead me on level
ground.
Psalm 119:81
My soul languishes for Your salvation; I wait for Your word.
2 Timothy 1:7
For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.
Psalm 91:1-16
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the
Almighty. I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I
trust.” For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly
pestilence. He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find
refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler. You will not fear the terror of the
night, nor the arrow that flies by day, ...
Psalm 94:14
For the Lord will not forsake his people; he will not abandon his heritage;
Philippians 4:6-7
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication
with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God,
which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in
Christ Jesus.
2 Corinthians 12:8-10
8 Concerning this thing I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart
from me. 9 And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made
perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that
the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities,
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in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I
am weak, then I am strong.
Micah 7:7
But as for me, I will look to the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation; my
God will hear me.
Micah 7:8
Rejoice not over me, O my enemy; when I fall, I shall rise; when I sit in darkness,
the Lord will be a light to me.
Psalm 73:23-26
Nevertheless, I am continually with you; you hold my right hand. You guide me
with your counsel, and afterward you will receive me to glory. Whom have I in
heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you. My flesh
and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Psalm 23:6
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell
in the house of the Lord forever.
1 Chronicles 29:11-13
Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the
majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the
kingdom, O Lord, and you are exalted as head above all. Both riches and honor
come from you, and you rule over all. In your hand are power and might, and in
your hand it is to make great and to give strength to all. And now we thank you, our
God, and praise your glorious name.
Habakkuk 3:19
The Sovereign LORD is my strength; he makes my feet like the feet of a deer, he
enables me to tread on the heights.
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Isaiah 40:28-31
Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the
Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his
understanding no one can fathom. He gives strength to the weary and increases
the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble
and fall; but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar
on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be
faint.
Zechariah 4:6-7
Then he said to me, "This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel saying, 'Not by
might nor by power, but by My Spirit,' says the LORD of hosts. 'What are you, O
great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become a plain; and he will bring
forth the top stone with shouts of "Grace, grace to it!”’"
Psalm 18:39
You armed me with strength for battle; you humbled my adversaries before me.
Psalm 18:32
the God who equipped me with strength and made my way blameless.
2 Timothy 2:1
You then, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
1 Chronicles 16:11
Look to the LORD and his strength; seek his face always.
Psalm 84:4-9 GNV
4 Blessed are they that dwell in thine house, they will ever praise thee. Selah.
5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee, and in whose heart are thy ways.
6 They going through the valley of Baca, make wells therein: the rain also covers
the pools. 7 They go from strength to strength, till every one appear before God in
Zion. 8 O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer, hearken, O God of Jacob. Selah.
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Mark 11:22-26
So Jesus answered and said to them, “Have faith in God. 23 For assuredly, I say to
you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does
not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will
have whatever he says. 24 Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you
pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them. 25 “And whenever you
stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in
heaven may also forgive you your trespasses. 26 But if you do not forgive, neither
will your Father in heaven forgive your trespasses.”
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9 Behold, O God, our shield, and look upon the face of thine Anointed.
Psalm 59:16-17
But I will sing of your strength, in the morning I will sing of your love; for you are
my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble. You are my strength, I sing praise to
you; you, God, are my fortress, my God on whom I can rely.
Psalm 21:13
Rise up, O LORD, in all your power.
Matthew 18:19
Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be
done for them by my Father in heaven.
Matthew 7:8
For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who
knocks, the door will be opened.
Matthew 7:13-14
“Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to
destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way
is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.
John 3:16
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in
him should not perish but have eternal life.
John 14:6
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the
Father, but by me.
Luke 12:32
“Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
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Ephesians 2:6-9
And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in
Christ Jesus, in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable
riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus. For it is by grace
you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift
of God not by works, so that no one can boast.
Col 1:13
He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the
kingdom of his beloved Son,
Romans 8:11
But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who
raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through
His Spirit who dwells in you.
Galatians 2:20
"I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in
me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who
loved me and gave Himself up for me.
Hebrews 11:6
And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must
believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.
Mark 8:35
"For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My
sake and the gospel's will save it.
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