Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Bible verses for Strength

It took some time, but after all the comfort verses, I was in need of verses for strength. Verses that would encourage me to continue on. Here are some of the verses that I found encouraging and that gave me strength to keep moving. Feel free to pass them along and I hope you find them encouraging and strengthening as well.

There are so many, so I will just put down the references for some, and write out others.

Trust in him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge.
~Psalm 62:8~

But the Lord is faithful and will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one.
~2 Thessalonians 3:3~

...even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast.
~Psalm 139:10~

The Lord is trustworthy in all he promises and faithful in all he does.
~Psalm 145:13b~

I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.
~Phillippians 4:13~

I was pushed back and about to fall, but the Lord helped me. The Lord is my strength and my defense; he has become my salvation.
~Psalm 118:13-14~

But the Lord stood at my side and gave me strength, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it.
~2 Timothy 4:17~

May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope, encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good deed and word.
~2 Thessalonians 2:16~

Finally, be strong in the Lord and his mighty power. Put on the full armour of God so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes.
~Ephesians 6:10-11~

You then, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
~2 Timothy 2:1~

Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.
~Colossians 3:2~

The Lord is righteous in all his ways and faithful in all he does. The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. He fulfills the desires of those who fear him; he hears their cry and saves them. The Lord watches over all who love him.
~Psalm 146:17-20a~

But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Saviour from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.
 ~Philippians 3:20-21~

Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope. For we believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him.
 ~1 Thessalonians 4: 13-14~

I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord's holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge -that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
~Ephesians 3:16-19~

I eagerly expect and hope that I will be in no way ashamed, but will have sufficient courage so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body whether by life or by death.
~Philippians 1:20~

I keep my eyes always on the Lord. With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
~Psalm 16:8~

However, as it is written: "What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived" the things God has prepared for those who love him.
~1 Corinthians 2:9~

...that you may stand firm in all the will of God, mature and fully assured.
~Colossians 4:12b~

May the Lord direct your hearts into God's love and Christ's perseverance.
~2 Thessalonians 3:5~

Philippians 3:14
1 Corinthians 16:13-14
Psalm 40:5
2 Timothy 1:7
Romans 8:28
Romans 8:38
1 Timothy 4:8-10
Ephesians 2:10
Psalm 42:11
Philippians 1:6
1 Corinthians 15:58
Colossians 2:6
1 Corinthians 2:2
Psalm 40:1-3
Philippians 2:12-13
Ephesians 1:11

Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with all of you.
~2 Thessalonians 2:16~

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