I’m in a season where I don’t feel very strong. I don’t feel capable of accomplishing what’s in front of me to do. Normally I’m quite strong-willed and can power through just about anything, but I’ve been extremely aware of my weakness lately as I’ve been working as an elementary teacher and have found it to be challenging in both expected and unexpected ways.
If you’ve noticed my silence around here, that’s why. I haven’t had the necessary energy to spend writing, and while I’m not abandoning ship, I’ll probably won’t be posting as much as I used to because I simply don’t have the time. I’ll still pop in here and there when I can!
Earlier this year, I read a passage of encouragement from The Crowning Jewels based on Judges 6:14, which says to “go in the strength you have.”
That is what I need, I thought. I don’t feel like I have much strength, but I can go in the strength I have.
The same is true for you. Whether you feel strong or not, you can go in the strength you have and God will make sure you have the strength you need to do what he has called you to do. It doesn’t have to feel like enough strength to be enough.
Today I have a list of verses to help us go in the strength we have. Speak these over yourself to strengthen yourself in the Lord!
The Lord turned to him and said, “Go in the strength you have and save Israel out of Midian’s hand. Am I not sending you?”
Judges 6:14 NIV
Now David was greatly distressed, for the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and his daughters. But David strengthened himself in the Lord his God.
1 Samuel 30:6 NKJV
The Lord is my strength and my defense; he has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will exalt him.
Exodus 15:2 NIV
Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.
Deuteronomy 3:16 NIV
No one will be able to stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you. Be strong and courageous, because you will lead these people to inherit the land I swore to their ancestors to give them. Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go.
Joshua 1:5-7 NIV
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.
Joshua 1:9 NIV
Be very strong; be careful to obey all that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, without turning aside to the right or to the left.
Joshua 23:6 NIV
It is God who arms me with strength and keeps my way secure.
2 Samuel 22:33 NIV
Look to the Lord and his strength; seek his face always.
1 Chronicles 16:11 NIV
Splendor and majesty are before him; strength and joy are in his dwelling place.
1 Chronicles 16:27 NIV
Then you will have success if you are careful to observe the decrees and laws that the Lord gave Moses for Israel. Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or discouraged.
1 Chronicles 22:13 NIV
David also said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and courageous, and do the work. Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord God, my God, is with you. He will not fail you or forsake you until all the work for the service of the temple of the Lord is finished.”
1 Chronicles 28:20 NIV
But as for you, be strong and do not give up, for your work will be rewarded.
2 Chronicles 15:7 NIV
For the eyes of the Lord range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him.
2 Chronicles 16:9a NIV
Nehemiah said, “Go and enjoy choice food and sweet drinks, and send some to those who have nothing prepared. This day is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”
Nehemiah 8:10 NIV
The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
Psalm 9:9 NIV
I love you, Lord, my strength.
Psalm 18:1 NIV
He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from my foes, who were too strong for me.
Psalm 18:17 NIV
It is God who arms me with strength and keeps my way secure.
Psalm 18:32 NIV
You armed me with strength for battle; you humbled my adversaries before me.
Psalm 18:39 NIV
But you, Lord, do not be far from me. You are my strength; come quickly to help me.
Psalm 22:19 NIV
Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle.
Psalm 24:8 NIV
The Lord is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life— of whom shall I be afraid?
Psalm 27:1 NIV
Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.
Psalm 27:14 NIV
The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and he helps me. My heart leaps for joy, and with my song I praise him. The Lord is the strength of his people, a fortress of salvation for his anointed one.
Psalm 28:7-8 NIV
The Lord gives strength to his people; the Lord blesses his people with peace.
Psalm 29:11 NIV
Turn your ear to me, come quickly to my rescue; be my rock of refuge, a strong fortress to save me.
Psalm 31:2 NIV
Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the Lord.
Psalm 31:24 NIV
The salvation of the righteous comes from the Lord; he is their stronghold in time of trouble.
Psalm 37:39 NIV
God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.
Psalm 46:1 NIV
You are my strength; I wait for you to rescue me, for you, O God, are my fortress. In his unfailing love, my God will stand with me. He will let me look down in triumph on all my enemies.
Psalm 59:9-10 NLT
You are my strength, I sing praise to you; you, God, are my fortress, my God on whom I can rely.
Psalm 59:17 NIV
For you have been my refuge, a strong tower against the foe.
Psalm 61:3 NIV
Summon your power, God; show us your strength, our God, as you have done before.
Psalm 68:28 NIV
God is awesome in his sanctuary. The God of Israel gives power and strength to his people. Praise be to God!
Psalm 68:35 NLT
My flesh and my heart fail; but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Psalm 73:26 NKJV
My hand will sustain him; surely my arm will strengthen him.
Psalm 89:21 NIV
Look to the Lord and his strength; seek his face always.
Psalm 105:4 NIV
The Lord is my strength and my defense; he has become my salvation.
Psalm 118:14 NIV
My soul melts from heaviness; strengthen me according to Your word.
Psalm 119:28 NKJV
Sovereign Lord, my strong deliverer, you shield my head in the day of battle.
Psalm 140:7 NIV
Strength and honor are her clothing; she shall rejoice in time to come.
Proverbs 31:25 NKJV
Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. The Lord, the Lord himself, is my strength and my defense; he has become my salvation.
Isaiah 12:2 NIV
Lord, be gracious to us; we long for you. Be our strength every morning, our salvation in time of distress.
Isaiah 33:2 NIV
Strengthen the feeble hands, steady the knees that give way; say to those with fearful hearts, “Be strong, do not fear; your God will come, he will come with vengeance; with divine retribution he will come to save you.”
Isaiah 35:3-4 NIV
He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.
Isaiah 40:29 NIV
But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.
Isaiah 40:31 ESV
So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Isaiah 41:10 NIV
The Lord will guide you continually, giving you water when you are dry and restoring your strength. You will be like a well-watered garden, like an ever-flowing spring.
Isaiah 58:11 NLT
Even though the fig trees have no blossoms, and there are no grapes on the vines; even though the olive crop fails, and the fields lie empty and barren; even though the flocks die in the fields, and the cattle barns are empty, yet I will rejoice in the Lord! I will be joyful in the God of my salvation! The Sovereign Lord is my strength! He makes me as surefooted as a deer, able to tread upon the heights.
Habakkuk 3:17-19 NLT
“I will strengthen them in the Lord and in his name they will live securely,” declares the Lord.
Zechariah 10:12 NIV
Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.
Mark 12:30 NIV
Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised.
Romans 4:20-21 NIV
But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.
1 Corinthians 1:27 NIV
Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong.
1 Corinthians 16:13 NIV
That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
2 Corinthians 12:10 NIV
I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.
Ephesians 3:16-21 NIV
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power.
Ephesians 6:10 NIV
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
Philippians 4:13 NKJV
So we have not stopped praying for you since we first heard about you. We ask God to give you complete knowledge of his will and to give you spiritual wisdom and understanding. Then the way you live will always honor and please the Lord, and your lives will produce every kind of good fruit. All the while, you will grow as you learn to know God better and better. We also pray that you will be strengthened with all his glorious power so you will have all the endurance and patience you need. May you be filled with joy, always thanking the Father. He has enabled you to share in the inheritance that belongs to his people, who live in the light.
Colossians 1:9-12 NLT
And now, just as you accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord, you must continue to follow him. Let your roots grow down into him, and let your lives be built on him. Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you were taught, and you will overflow with thankfulness.
Colossians 2:6-7 NLT
May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else, just as ours does for you. May he strengthen your hearts so that you will be blameless and holy in the presence of our God and Father when our Lord Jesus comes with all his holy ones.
1 Thessalonians 3:12-13 NIV
May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope, encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good deed and word.
2 Thessalonians 2:16-17 NIV
But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one.
2 Thessalonians 3:3 NIV
But the Lord stood with me and gave me strength so that I might preach the Good News in its entirety for all the Gentiles to hear. And he rescued me from certain death. Yes, and the Lord will deliver me from every evil attack and will bring me safely into his heavenly Kingdom. All glory to God forever and ever! Amen.
2 Timothy 4:17-18 NLT
Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms. If anyone speaks, they should do so as one who speaks the very words of God. If anyone serves, they should do so with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ. To him be the glory and the power for ever and ever. Amen.
1 Peter 4:10-11 NIV
And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast.
1 Peter 5:10 NIV
I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door that no one can shut. I know that you have little strength, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.
Revelation 3:8 NIV
Be strong and courageous! God is your strength, and he will continue to provide the strength you need to face any circumstance. 💪
Hey! I'm Brianna and I'm a millennial. I'm also a reader, writer, God-lover, introvert, and recovering perfectionist. ☺️ I want to inspire millennials to retain their morality, hope, and faith as they transition into adulthood and full-fledged "adult."
