being strengthened with all power according to His glorious might so that you may have full endurance and patience, and joyfullystrengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, for all endurance and perseverance with joy,Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, unto all patience and longsuffering with joy;
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Now, I want to close with a scripture that's going to be my prayer for you all this next week. It's Colossians 1, verse 11, because I want you to make it to the finish line. My job as your pastor is a spiritual coach to help you keep on keeping on and to not get sidelined in this marathon of life, to not run off in the ditch, to not finish the race. Colossians 1.11, Living Bible says this, and I'm praying this for you. We're praying that you will be filled with all his, that's God's, mighty, glorious strength. I'm praying for God to fill you with his mighty, glorious strength. So you don't feel weak. So that you can keep going. That's what we're talking about this weekend. So that you can keep going. You need the strength to keep going. We're praying that God's mighty, glorious strength will fill you so that you can keep going no matter what happens. Always full of the joy of the Lord. …
… into hopeful valley. Colossians 1.11 says this God will give you God will strengthen you with his own great power so that you will not give up when troubles come but you will be patient he's not just going to give you his presence he's going to give you his power so I remember I remember that I'm not alone and I remember that God has a purpose a good purpose for the valley I'm in The third thing I remember is that the reward will last forever. This is not the end of the story, friends. And you're going to be rewarded for being faithful to Christ in the valley of failure, in the valley of fear, in the valley of conflict, in the valley of grief, in the valley of brokenness, in the valley of trouble, and all the other valleys that are in Scripture. Colossians, 2 Corinthians 4, 17. For our present troubles are quite small in relative to eternity. Our present troubles are quite small and they won't last very long, yet they are producing in us an eternal glory which will last forever and is greater than anything we can imagine. …
… Walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work, increasing in the knowledge of God, strengthened with all power according to His glorious might for the attaining of all steadfastness." If you want to be steadfast, stand firm and resist. There's the formula, strengthened with all power according to His glorious might. It's turning to the Lord, walking in submission, obedience to Him and to the Holy Spirit. So this is a very challenging battle. We all understand that. But the formula for victory is laid out here, and we find our strength in the Lord. But there's something more than that. We have to have the armor on as well. Not only do we have to find our strength in Him, but look at verse 11, put on the full armor of God, because you're not going to be able to stand firm against the methods of the devil unless you have the armor of God. Paul wrote this letter, probably with Roman soldiers all around him, and he would look at the equipment of a Roman soldier and see how that could be wonderful imagery for understanding what it is to have God's armor so that we can resist. …