Wednesday Service | Strengthen Yourself | Part 6: STRENGTH FOR THE BATTLE PLAN

[1] Everyday remind yourself you are in Jesus

• The best way to remind yourself is with prayers of

1 Thessalonians 5:18 Amplified Bible

¹⁸ In every situation [no matter what the circumstances] be thankful and continually give thanks to God; for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus.

• If you want something to thank God for what you have

• Thank God for all he’s done for you

  • Making me a of God

  • Forgiving my

  • Healing my

  • Renewing my

  • Giving me a

• Not because you need to get re-saved everyday, but because your needs to be

1 Corinthians 11:23-25 ESV

²³ For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, ²⁴ and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, “This is my body, which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” ²⁵ In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.”

• Practicing gratitude makes me

[2] is part of God’s battle plan

Psalm 23:1-3 New International Version

¹ The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.² He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, ³ he refreshes my soul.

Exodus 33:13-15 New Living Translation

¹³ If it is true that you look favorably on me, let me know your ways so I may understand you more fully and continue to enjoy your favor. And remember that this nation is your very own people.”

¹⁴ The Lord replied, “I will personally go with you, Moses, and I will give you rest—everything will be fine for you.”

• Rest in God’s []

Matthew 11:28-30 The Message

^28-30 “Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly.”

Matthew 11:30 New International Version

³⁰ For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”

Ephesians 2:8-9 New International Reader’s Version

⁸ God’s grace has saved you because of your faith in Christ. Your salvation doesn’t come from anything you do. It is God’s gift. ⁹ It is not based on anything you have done. No one can brag about earning it.

• Rest in God’s

Isaiah 42:5 New International Version

⁵ This is what God the Lord says— the Creator of the heavens, who stretches them out, who spreads out the earth with all that springs from it, who gives breath to its people, and life to those who walk on it:

DR JAMES DINICOLANTONIO

“YOU HAVE NO ENERGY BECAUSE YOU GO STRAIGHT TO COFFEE EVERY MORNING.

DRINK 12-16 OZ OF ELECTROLYTE WATER AND GO OUTSIDE FOR A WALK FIRST.

GET SOME SALT AND SUNLIGHT. YOU’LL DOMINATE YOUR DAY.”

Matthew 5:13-14 New International Version

¹³ “You are the salt of the earth… ¹⁴ “You are the light of the world. 

• Rest in God’s []

Exodus 20:8-11 The Message

^8-11 Observe the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Work six days and do everything you need to do. But the seventh day is a Sabbath to God, your God. Don’t do any work—not you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your servant, nor your maid, nor your animals, not even the foreign guest visiting in your town. For in six days God made Heaven, Earth, and sea, and everything in them; he rested on the seventh day. Therefore God blessed the Sabbath day; he set it apart as a holy day.

• The key to recovery is

Luke 5:16 New International Version

But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.