(Please note that this will be the last Karen's Korner until Friday, June 12, as I will be away from my computer for a few days!)

STRONG IN GOD'S STRENGTH

"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."

~ Philippians 4:13 NJKV

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"I was once sitting in an audience when the speaker asked, 'What do you think God expects of you?' I mentally ticked off a list of things I thought God expected of me:  obedience, faithfulness, holiness, love, service. To my astonishment, the speaker went on to say, 'All God ever expects of you is failure!' I wanted to raise my hand and say, "I can do that! I can live up to the expectations of God! I know I can fail!' But then the speaker added, 'However, He has given you the Holy Spirit so that you need never fail!' Right! Without Christ I can do nothing, but in Him I can do all things!

"The difference between strength and weakness, righteousness and wickedness, success and failure, is Jesus - the Holy Spirit - in me."

~ Written by Anne Graham Lotz

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