What do you do when the battle in front of you is bigger than the strength inside of you?
Jehoshaphat shows us a battle rhythm: seek God, pray, fast, bow, worship, praise, then advance in obedience. The battle belongs to the LORD.
Praise does not make God King; it declares that He is King. Worship surrenders our posture before Him.
When the diagnosis, report, relationship, or opposition feels bigger than you, remember the victory that Jesus has already won. Look up, bow down, lift up, sing out, and move forward. Assign your praise and worship to lead your advance.
What battle feels bigger than you right now? What would it look like to say, “My eyes are on You”?
Which biblical posture is hardest for you — singing, shouting, lifting hands, kneeling, or bowing? Why?
Where do you need to stop trying to control the battle and trust that it belongs to the LORD?
What posture of praise or worship will you intentionally practice this week?
What is one next step you need to take today?
Who do you need to tell about what you’ve learned?
2 Chronicles 20:1-30
Psalm 22:3
Psalm 66:1-4
Exodus 17:8-16
2 Samuel 6:14-22
Matthew 4:8-10
Matthew 6:9-10
Psalm 150
Romans 8:37
1 Corinthians 15:57
What if the greatest threat to your faith is not that the enemy is stronger, but that he can convince you to fight alone?
Discipleship runs on the rails of the Gospel and relationships. Through the gospel, we discover how Jesus Christ has loved us and relate with us. Through relationships, the Holy Spirit teaches us to extend that same love to one another. This is the law of Christ: “As I have loved you, so you must love one another” (John 13:34). The New Testament shows us how we are to practice "one anothering" to fulfill the law of Christ.
Jesus Christ’s love for me motivates me to use whatever influence, power, and resources He has entrusted to me to BLESS others.
To have Jesus is to have life’s greatest good. That frees me to give generously.
I practice the rhythm of repentance because I know the mercy and love of the Father.
Prayer is humble submission to God’s will and dependence upon His mercy and grace because my faith is rooted in Who God is.
God transforms me as I read His word, believe it, and live by it daily.
