I Need Thee, LORD, Christian

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April.27.06: Light for the Day - "I Need Thee, LORD"

-- 2 Conrinthians 12:9-10
9 But The LORD said to me, "My Grace is Sufficient for you,
   for My Power is made Perfect in weakness."
   Therefore I will boast all the more Gladly about my weaknesses,
   so that Christ’s Power may Rest on me.
10 Therefore I am Content with weaknesses, insults, hardships,
     persecutions, and calamities for the sake of Christ;
     For whenever I am Weak, then I am Strong.

-- Philippians 4:13
   For I can do everything with the Help of Christ
   Who Gives me the Strength I need.

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I do need Thee, LORD,
I need Thee now.
I Know that I can do without many of the things
that once I thought were necessities,
but without Thee I cannot live,
and dare not die.

I needed Thee when sorrow came,
when shadows were thrown across
the threshold of my life,
And Thou did not fail me then.

I needed Thee when sickness laid
a clammy hand upon my family,
and I cried to Thee,
And Thou did hear.

I needed Thee when perplexity brought me
to a parting of the ways,
and I knew not how to turn.
Thou did indicate the better way.

And though the sun is shining around me today,
I know that I need Thee even in the sunshine,
and shall still need Thee tomorrow.

I give Thee my gratitude for that constant sense of need
that keeps me close to Thy side.
Help me to keep my hand in Thine
and my ears open to the wisdom of Thy voice.

Speak to me, that I may hear Thee
Giving me courage for hard times
and strength for difficult places;
Giving me determination for challenging tasks.

I ask of Thee no easy way,
but just Thy Grace that is sufficient for every need,
so that no matter how hard the way,
how challenging the hour,
how dark the sky,
I may be enable to overcome.

-- Peter Marshall

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-- Isaiah 40:28-31
28 Do you not know? Have you not heard?
     The LORD is the Everlasting God,
      the Creator of the ends of the earth.
      He will not grow tired or weary,
      and His Understanding no one can fathom.

29 He gives Strength to the weary
     and Increases the Power of the weak.
30 Even youths grow tired and weary,
     and the young stumble and fall;

31 But those who Hope in the LORD will Renew their Strength.
     They will Soar on wings like eagles;
      they will Run and not grow weary,
      they will Walk and not be faint.

-- Exodus 15:2
   The LORD is my Strength and Song,
   And He has become my Salvation;
   He is my God, and I will Praise Him;
   My Father’s God, and I will Exalt Him.

-- Psalms 28:7
   The LORD is my Strength and my Shield;
   My heart Trusted in Him, and I am Helped;
   Therefore my heart Greatly Rejoices,
   And with my Song I will Praise Him.

-- Psalms 29:11
   The LORD will Give Strength to His people;
   The LORD will Bless His people with Peace.

-- Isaiah 12:2
   Behold, God is my Salvation,
   I will Trust and not be afraid;
   For YAH, the LORD, is my Strength and Song;
   He also has Become my Salvation.

-- Isaiah 41:10, 13
10 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.
13 For I am the LORD, your God,
     Who takes hold of your right hand and says to you,
     Do not fear; I will Help you.

-- Joshua 1:9
   Have I not commanded you?
   Be Strong and of Good Courage;
   Do not be afraid, nor be dismayed,
   For the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.

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-- Ephesians 3:14-19
14 When I think of the wisdom and scope of God’s Plan,
      I fall to my knees and Pray to the Father,
15 the Creator of everything in Heaven and on earth.
16 I pray that from His Glorious, Unlimited Resources
     He will give you Mighty Inner Strength through His Holy Spirit.
17 And I Pray that Christ will be more and more at home in
     your hearts as you Trust in him. May your Roots go down
    Deep into the Soil of God’s Marvelous Love.
18 And may you have the Power to Understand,
     as all God’s people should, how Wide, how Long,
     how High, and how Deep His Love really is.
19 May you Experience the Love of Christ, though it is so Great
     you will never fully understand it. Then you will Be Filled with
     the Fullness of Life and Power that Comes from God.

-- 2 Corinthians 3:3, 6
3 Clearly you are an epistle of Christ, ministered by us,
    written not with ink but by the Spirit of the Living God,
    not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.

6 He also made us Sufficient as Ministers of the New Covenant,
    not of the Letter but of the Spirit;

    ++ For the Letter Kills, but the Spirit Gives Life. ++

-- 1 Corinthians 10:13
   No Temptation has seized you except what is common to man.
   And God is Faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what
   you can bear. But when you are tempted,
   He will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.

-- Colossians 1:11
11 We also pray that you will be Strengthened with
     His Glorious Power so that you will have all the Patience
     and Endurance you need. May you be filled with Joy,

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-- Hebrews 4:16
   Let us then Approach the Throne of Grace with Confidence,
   so that we may Receive Mercy
   and Find Grace to Help us in our time of need.