Strength from Scriptures

Series: Strength for the Journey

Strength from Scriptures

By

Dr. John Ojewole ©2012

Memory Verse:

Psalm 119:28 (NKJV) My soul melts from heaviness; Strengthen me according to Your word.

Text: Joshua 1:5-8; Matthew 7:24-27

Introduction: Psalm 23:1–4; John 16:33

When You Seem to be Unsatisfied with What You’ve Got

Hijacked: What’s Taking You Captive?

HIJACKED BY LUST

When You Seem to be Unsatisfied with What You’ve Got

Memory Verse: James 1:13–15 (NKJV) ¹³ Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone. ¹⁴ But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed. ¹⁵ Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death.

Text: 2 Samuel 11:1-17, 26-27; 12:1-13

What to do When You Cannot Undo the Done

Hijacked: What’s holding you captive?

What to do When You Cannot Undo the Done

Memory verse: Philippians 3:13 (NKJV) ¹³ Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead,

Text: Matthew 26:30–35; 69-75

When A Nation Turns Its Back on God

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When A Nation Turns Its Back on God

Memory Verse: Isaiah 1:3 (NIV)

³ The ox knows its master,

the donkey its owner’s manger,

but Israel does not know,

my people do not understand.”

Text: 2 Chronicles 33:1–25; Romans 1:18-32.

When You Can’t Find Something Nice to Say

HIJACKED: What’s Holding You Captive

When You Can’t Find Something Nice to Say

Memory Verse: Matthew 7:1–2 (NKJV) “Judge not, that you be not judged. ² For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.