The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak,
So in hope, in love, in faith - I’ll seek,
I’ll watch to see what He’ll say to me,
and receive His strength - in humility.
I’ll write the vision plain, and when it tarries,
I’ll stand fast and resist - the adversaries,
I will not fear nor be dismayed,
because He gave me courage, when I prayed.
Mark 6:50-51
Immediately he spoke to them and said, "Take courage!
It is I. Don't be afraid."
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Matt 26:40-41
40 Then He came to the disciples and found them sleeping,
and said to Peter, "What! Could you not watch with Me one hour? 41 Watch and pray, lest you enter into
temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak."
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Rom 15:13
13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace
in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
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Heb 11:6
6 But 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 diligently seek Him.
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Matt 7:7-8
7 "Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will
find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
8 For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who
knocks it will be opened.
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Hab 2:1-4
I will stand my watch
And set myself on the rampart,
And watch to see what He will say to me,
And what I will answer when I am corrected.
2 Then the Lord answered me and said:
"Write the vision
And make it plain on tablets,
That he may run who reads it.
3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time;
But at the end it will speak, and it will not lie.
Though it tarries, wait for it;
Because it will surely come,
It will not tarry.
4 "Behold the proud,
His soul is not upright in him;
But the just shall live by his faith.
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Jer 33:3
3 'Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and
mighty things, which you do not know.'
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Ps 37:11
11 But the meek shall inherit the earth,
And shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
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1 Peter 5:5-11
5 Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to your
elders. Yes, all of you be submissive to one another, and be clothed with
humility, for
"God resists the proud,
But gives grace to the humble."
6 Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God,
that He may exalt you in due time, 7 casting all your care upon Him, for He
cares for you.
8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil
walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. 9 Resist him,
steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by
your brotherhood in the world. 10 But may the God of all grace, who called us
to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect,
establish, strengthen, and settle you.
11 To Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.
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Prov 22:4
By humility and the
fear of the Lord
Are riches and honor and life.
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Prov 29:23
23 A man's pride will bring him low,
But the humble in spirit will retain honor.
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Isa 29:19
9 The humble also shall increase their joy in the Lord,
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Neh 8:10
…do not sorrow, for the joy of the Lord is your
strength."
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James 4:5-7
5 Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, "The
Spirit who dwells in us yearns jealously"?
6 But He gives more grace. Therefore He says:
"God resists the proud,
But gives grace to the humble."
7 Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee
from you.
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Eph 3:16-21
16 that He would grant you, according to the riches of His
glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, 17
that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and
grounded in love, 18 may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the
width and length and depth and height —
19 to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be
filled with all the fullness of God.
20 Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above
all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, 21 to Him be
glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
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Eph 6:5-10
5 Bondservants, be obedient to those who are your masters
according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in sincerity of heart, as to
Christ; 6 not with eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ,
doing the will of God from the heart, 7 with goodwill doing service, as to the
Lord, and not to men, 8 knowing that whatever good anyone does, he will receive
the same from the Lord, whether he is a slave or free.
9 And you, masters, do the same things to them, giving up
threatening, knowing that your own Master also is in heaven, and there is no
partiality with Him.
10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the
power of His might. 11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to
stand against the wiles of the devil.
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Col 1:11
11 strengthened with all might, according to His glorious
power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy;
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2 Cor 12:9-10
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, in reproaches, in needs, in
persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then I am
strong.
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Ps 18:25-27
25 With the merciful You will show Yourself merciful;
With a blameless man You will show Yourself blameless;
26 With the pure You will show Yourself pure;
And with the devious You will show Yourself shrewd.
27 For You will save the humble people,
But will bring down haughty looks.
…
Ps 18:28-32
28 For You will light my lamp;
The Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.
29 For by You I can run against a troop,
By my God I can leap over a wall.
30 As for God, His way is perfect;
The word of the Lord is proven;
He is a shield to all who trust in Him.
31 For who is God, except the Lord?
And who is a rock, except our God?
32 It is God who arms me with strength,
And makes my way perfect.
…
Ps 18:38-39
They have fallen under my feet.
39 For You have armed me with strength for the battle;
You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.
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Jer 17:5-8
5 Thus says the Lord:
"Cursed is the man who trusts in man
And makes flesh his strength,
Whose heart departs from the Lord.
6 For he shall be like a shrub in the desert,
And shall not see when good comes,
But shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness,
In a salt land which is not inhabited.
7 "Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord,
And whose hope is the Lord.
8 For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters,
Which spreads out its roots by the river,
And will not fear when heat comes;
But its leaf will be green,
And will not be anxious in the year of drought,
Nor will cease from yielding fruit.
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Phil 4:13
13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
NKJV
Phil 4:13
13 I have strength for all things in Christ Who empowers me
[I am ready for anything and equal to anything through Him Who infuses inner
strength into me; I am self-sufficient in Christ's sufficiency].
AMP
Phil 4:13
13 for I can do everything God asks me to with the help of
Christ who gives me the strength and power.
TLB
Josh 1:9
9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage;
do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever
you go."
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Deut 31:7-8
7 Then Moses called Joshua and said to him in the sight of
all Israel,"Be strong and of good courage, for you must go with this
people to the land which the Lord has sworn to their fathers to give them, and
you shall cause them to inherit it. 8 And the Lord, He is the One who goes
before you. He will be with you, He will not leave you nor forsake you; do not
fear nor be dismayed."
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Ps 27:13-14
13 I would have lost heart, unless I had believed
That I would see the goodness of the Lord
In the land of the living.
14 Wait on the Lord;
Be of good courage,
And He shall strengthen your heart;
Wait, I say, on the Lord!
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