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Through Him We Have Strength

 Through Him We Have Strength

By Ava Grace 

Our strength comes not from us, but from the One Who created us. We have no power in this world. We are weak men with weak souls. Nothing that we do comes from our own strength, but from Him. The song Yet Not I But Through Christ In Me, by City Alight goes like this:

What gift of grace is Jesus my Redeemer
There is no more for heaven now to give
He is my Joy, my Righteousness and Freedom
My steadfast Love, my deep and boundless Peace

To this I hold, my Hope is only Jesus
For my life is wholly bound to His
Oh how strange and divine
I can sing all is mine
Yet not I but through Christ in me

This first verse and chorus tells us that nothing that we could possibly do comes from us. Yes, we might say we do great things, but is this from our own accord? Surely not! All the strength that we might ever have comes from the only One Who can give it to us. 

We do not save souls; we merely make known the saving grace by which we are saved to unbelievers. God does the rest. Christ completed the saving act by dying on the cross and raising again on the third day. 

So no, we have no real strength. We only have strength by Christ Who lives inside us, where He dwells in our hearts. 
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