Father, I am weak yet in You my strength is great. Help me today to accomplish all that You have set before me, not in my weakness but in Your strength! Amen!

"Just because the current giant you are facing looks like one you defeated in the past, don't buy the lie that you never really won the first battle! By the strength of God's grace, you trusted the Almighty and conquered your Goliath. The first giant is dead. Satan is masquerading as your former enemy so he can slip past your faith and regain entrance into your life. Resist him." -Francis Frangipane

"The authority by which the Christian leader leads is not power but love, not force but example, not coercion but reasoned persuasion. Leaders have power, but power is safe only in the hands of those who humble themselves to serve." - John Stott

"Universalism, fashionable as it is today, is incompatible with the teaching of Christ and His apostles, and is a deadly enemy of evangelism. The true universalism of the Bible is the call to universal evangelism in obedience to Christ's universal commission. It is the conviction that not all men will be saved in the end, but that all men must hear the gospel of salvation before the end." - John Stott

"His authority on earth allows us to dare to go to all the nations. His authority in heaven gives us our only hope of success. And His presence with us leaves us no other choice." - John Stott

"He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength." (Isaiah 40:29)

There is a place in God where we can find increased strength ... strength to live a holy life according to His will for us. It seems ironic that what we call "surrender" is actually the means to the most powerful place found in God.

A soldier in wartime dreads the moment when he is cornered on all sides by the enemy and forced to surrender. He willingly gives up all his personal rights, leaving him totally vulnerable to his captor. But with God, this is exactly what He desires for us. Total surrender to Him. Willingly give up all our personal rights and become totally vulnerable to Him. He wants to "captivate" us totally through our surrender to Him.

"To them that have no might he increaseth strength…" When our might and our strength to do things our own way are surrendered to Him, we lay down our will to the Father enabling Him to increase His strength in us. He is able to empower us for service. He is able to provide everything we need that pertains to life and godliness.

"We must decrease that He may increase … to them that have no might he increaseth strength"!

Have you totally surrendered? Have you decreased that He may increase? Is the strength in your life His strength or are you living on your own might? Examine yourself today and make a decision to totally surrender to Him so His strength will be increased in you. He will be seen in all you do, everywhere you go, and in whatever you set your hand to. Glorify Him today through total surrender. It's our highest calling.

Father, I long to be totally surrendered to You. It is a place I desire more than anything. Not for the empowerment. Not for the blessings. Not for any other reason other than to glorify You. Father, I recognize total surrender as my highest calling. I'm calling upon You for help as I fall so short of the mark so many times. Help me surrender to you totally. Help me decrease that You may increase. Help me walk in my highest calling ... total surrender to You. Amen.

“For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him.” (2 Chronicles 16:9)

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PRAYING THRU THE 10/40 WINDOW: Taiwan & Bahrain. Lord, we pray You would pour out Your Spirit upon all flesh in Taiwan & Bahrain. The needs are great with so many who are deceived by the father of lies who has appeared as truth. Lord, expose false beliefs & draw all men to You by Your Spirit. Protect the persecuted. Redeem the lost. Feed the hungry. Set free the oppressed. Comfort those who mourn in Jesus' name amen.

"That world outside there is not waiting for a new definition of Christianity, it's waiting for a new demonstration of Christianity." - Leonard Ravenhill

"Could a mariner sit idle if he heard the drowning cry? Could a doctor sit in comfort and just let his patients die? Could a fireman sit idle, let men burn and give no hand? Can you sit at ease in Zion with the world around you damned?" -Leonard Ravenhill

"Many pastors criticize me for taking the Gospel so seriously. But do they really think that on Judgment Day, Christ will chastise me, saying, 'Leonard, you took Me too seriously?'" -Leonard Ravenhill