I am still as strong today

as I was in the day

       that Moses sent me.

My strength now is

  as my strength was then...

                Joshua 14. 11

(Because following the LORD

      is not a one-off event,

but builds strength in the everydays,

            not just for a crisis.

On whom or what do we

                   turn for strength?

       What is our first response?

God is faithful.

   We come to know and trust Him

          even more degree by degree,

          day by day,

          little by little,

          mile by mile,

     in joy and in difficulty.

There are no ordinary days

                 in God's sight.

There is nothing God cannot use

    in drawing us closer to Him.)

O LORD,

We pray not for our strength

           but for Yours.

Help us to realize that it is You

    working in us

                  and through us

that builds the strength we need

          not just for today

                       but our lifetimes.

And as we come to know Your strength,

   may we bear witness to You

that others would come to know You.

It is not in us

                   but You.

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