Revelation 3: 2 ‘Wake up! You have only a little strength left, and it is almost gone. So try to become stronger. I have found that you are not completely obeying God.’
Last week: Strengthened by – the Word of God
King David was the strongest of all Israel’s Kings and under his leadership Israel was the greatest of all Nations because David was devoted to God’s Word Psalm 119: 140
In the same way that King David and Israel were strengthened by the Word of God, so are we!
Do you love God’s Word?
#2 Strengthened by – Prayer
Now, we come to a time in Israel’s history when the Nation was not strong
Israel and its kings had rebelled against God
Israel was defeated in war
Israel was now small and weak
Finally, God punished Israel and sent the Nation, into captivity, to Babylon
But, there was one man whose heart still belonged to the Lord – Daniel
Daniel 10
Daniel’s heart was broken because of the sin of Israel, so he began to pray to God
Daniel 10: 8b – 9 ‘my strength left me, my face grew deathly pale, and I felt very weak…I fainted and lay there with my face to the ground’.
Have you ever felt like that?
Heart broken, because of the rebellion, sin and failure of God’s people
Without strength, deathly weak, faint, lying on the ground with your face in the dirt
But….Things change when we pray!
Daniel 10: 10-12, 19 through prayer we receive strength from God
Ephesians 3:16 ‘I pray that from His glorious, unlimited resources He will empower you with inner strength through His Spirit’.
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