Trusting God's Power
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At Rephidim, Amalek came and fought against Israel.
Moses said to Joshua, “Select some men for us and go fight against Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the hilltop with God’s staff in my hand.”
Joshua did as Moses had told him, and fought against Amalek, while Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.
While Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed, but whenever he put his hand down, Amalek prevailed.
When Moses’s hands grew heavy, they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat down on it. Then Aaron and Hur supported his hands, one on one side and one on the other so that his hands remained steady until the sun went down.
So Joshua defeated Amalek and his army with the sword.
The Lord then said to Moses, “Write this down on a scroll as a reminder and recite it to Joshua: I will completely blot out the memory of Amalek under heaven.”
And Moses built an altar and named it, “The Lord Is My Banner.”
He said, “Indeed, my hand is lifted up toward the Lord’s throne. The Lord will be at war with Amalek from generation to generation.”
The entire Israelite community left the Wilderness of Sin, moving from one place to the next according to the Lord’s command. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink.
So the people complained to Moses, “Give us water to drink.” “Why are you complaining to me?” Moses replied to them. “Why are you testing the Lord?”
But the people thirsted there for water and grumbled against Moses. They said, “Why did you ever bring us up from Egypt to kill us and our children and our livestock with thirst?”
Then Moses cried out to the Lord, “What should I do with these people? In a little while they will stone me!”
The Lord answered Moses, “Go on ahead of the people and take some of the elders of Israel with you. Take the staff you struck the Nile with in your hand and go.
I am going to stand there in front of you on the rock at Horeb; when you hit the rock, water will come out of it and the people will drink.” Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel.
He named the place Massah and Meribah because the Israelites complained, and because they tested the Lord, saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?”
You can’t handle life in your power.
You can’t handle life in your power.
(CSB) 11 While Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed, but whenever he put his hand down, Amalek prevailed.
11 While Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed, but whenever he put his hand down, Amalek prevailed.
Israel’s hope was not in their strength, but in God’s
Israel’s hope was not in their strength, but in God’s
(CSB) 11 While Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed, but whenever he put his hand down, Amalek prevailed.
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(CSB) 9 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore, I will most gladly boast all the more about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may reside in me. 10 So I take pleasure in weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and in difficulties, for the sake of Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
(CSB) 9 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore, I will most gladly boast all the more about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may reside in me. 10 So I take pleasure in weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and in difficulties, for the sake of Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
9 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore, I will most gladly boast all the more about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may reside in me. 10 So I take pleasure in weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and in difficulties, for the sake of Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
In the midst of your battles, is your focus on God, or on your fight.
In the midst of your battles, is your focus on God, or on your fight.
(CSB) 11 While Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed, but whenever he put his hand down, Amalek prevailed.
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(CSB) 33 But seek first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness, and all these things will be provided for you.
(CSB) 33 But seek first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness, and all these things will be provided for you. You can’t handle life by yourself.
You can’t handle life by yourself.
You can’t handle life by yourself.
You can’t handle life by yourself.
You can’t handle life by yourself.
(CSB) 12 When Moses’s hands grew heavy, they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat down on it. Then Aaron and Hur supported his hands, one on one side and one on the other so that his hands remained steady until the sun went down.
The call of God is to much for any person to handle on their own.
The call of God is to much for any person to handle on their own.
(CSB) 12 When Moses’s hands grew heavy, they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat down on it. Then Aaron and Hur supported his hands, one on one side and one on the other so that his hands remained steady until the sun went down.
12 When Moses’s hands grew heavy, they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat down on it. Then Aaron and Hur supported his hands, one on one side and one on the other so that his hands remained steady until the sun went down.
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Romans 12:3–5 (CSB) 3 For by the grace given to me, I tell everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he should think. Instead, think sensibly, as God has distributed a measure of faith to each one. 4 Now as we have many parts in one body, and all the parts do not have the same function, 5 in the same way we who are many are one body in Christ and individually members of one another.
MANY GIFTS BUT ONE BODY
3 For by the grace given to me, I tell everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he should think. Instead, think sensibly, as God has distributed a measure of faith to each one. 4 Now as we have many parts in one body, and all the parts do not have the same function, 5 in the same way we who are many are one body in Christ and individually members of one another.
God has placed others around you to give you strength.
God has placed others around you to give you strength.
(CSB) 12 When Moses’s hands grew heavy, they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat down on it. Then Aaron and Hur supported his hands, one on one side and one on the other so that his hands remained steady until the sun went down.
12 When Moses’s hands grew heavy, they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat down on it. Then Aaron and Hur supported his hands, one on one side and one on the other so that his hands remained steady until the sun went down.
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(CSB) 24 And let us watch out for one another to provoke love and good works, 25 not neglecting to gather together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging each other, and all the more as you see the day approaching.
24 And let us watch out for one another to provoke love and good works, 25 not neglecting to gather together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging each other, and all the more as you see the day approaching.
This life is not about you.
This life is not about you.
(CSB) 15 And Moses built an altar and named it, “The Lord Is My Banner.”
It is God’s plan, it is God’s power, and it is all for God’s glory.
It is God’s plan, it is God’s power, and it is all for God’s glory.
15 And Moses built an altar and named it, “The Lord Is My Banner.” It is God’s plan, it is God’s power, and it is all for God’s glory.
It is God’s plan, it is God’s power, and it is all for God’s glory.
It is God’s plan, it is God’s power, and it is all for God’s glory.
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(CSB) 36 For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be the glory forever. Amen.
To him be the glory forever. Amen.