Body Building: Channeling Power
July 3, 2022
1 Thessalonians 5:16-22
Outward
1.
Philippians 4:4, “Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!”
Matthew 5:10-12, “Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for the kingdom of heaven is theirs. “You are blessed when they insult you and persecute you and falsely say every kind of evil against you because of me. Be glad and rejoice, because your reward is great in heaven. For that is how they persecuted the prophets who were before you.”
2 Corinthians 6:10a, “as grieving, yet always rejoicing;”
2.
1 Thessalonians 1:2, “We always thank God for all of you, making mention of you constantly in our prayers.”
Matthew 6:5, “Whenever you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, because they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by people. Truly I tell you, they have their reward.”
Matthew 6:7-8, “When you pray, don’t babble like the Gentiles, since they imagine they’ll be heard for their many words. Don’t be like them, because your Father knows the things you need before you ask him.”
Deuteronomy 29:29, “The hidden things belong to the LORD our God, but the revealed things belong to us and our children forever, so that we may follow all the words of this law.”
Acts 10:30-31, “Cornelius replied, “Four days ago at this hour, at three in the afternoon, I was praying in my house. Just then a man in dazzling clothing stood before me and said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your acts of charity have been remembered in God’s sight.”
3. Give
1 Chronicles 16:34, “Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his faithful love endures forever.”
1 Timothy 1:12-13, “I give thanks to Christ Jesus our Lord who has strengthened me, because he considered me faithful, appointing me to the ministry—even though I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an arrogant man.”
Romans 8:28, “We know that all things work together for the good of those who love God, who are called according to his purpose.”
Romans 1:21, “For though they knew God, they did not glorify him as God or show gratitude. Instead, their thinking became worthless, and their senseless hearts were darkened.”