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•A Prayer to Release the Idea That I Can Do it All on My Own•By Anthony Valente👉 “And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in your weakness….(2 Corinthians 12:9a)We live in a culture where the word “self” is often praised. We see it all over social media, highlighted in books and articles, and it’s been coined this generation’s slogan, and emphasized by motivational speakers and influencers. We hear words such as self-help, self-care, and self-sufficiency as the common theme. These words at first can seem empowering, but they lead to life based solely around ourselves in our own strength and in our own sufficiency. It feeds us the lie that we only need ourselves and we can do it all by ourselves, therefore we push God out.Often times, we may experience burnout or exhaustion trying to depend only on ourselves. When we depend daily on ourselves, it can lead to us daily denying our need for Jesus.In today’s verse, it is talking about the opposite of self-sufficiency. As a Christian, the more time we spend with the Lord to understand the gospel, is the time when we begin to understand our great need for a Savior. It is that moment when we find ourselves in our depleted efforts to save ourselves, that we realize our true need for God. Today’s passage talks about how God is enough, and that He is more than enough. It is in our weakness, our exhaustion, and our own efforts, that we realize that “His strength is made perfect in our weakness”. Christ is sufficient for us, and we will always come up short, when we are trying to do it in our own strength.We must go to the Lord in our inadequacies to relieve us of the exhaustion in trying to do it on our own. We must read His word daily and implant His truth and His ways on our heart, rather than telling ourselves what culture tells us as we attempt to find the inner strength. It is God’s strength that will make our weakness perfect. We cannot do it all on our own in our own strength. It is “in His strength, that we can do all things.” (Philippians 4:13)Let’s pray.✝️ Dear God,Thank You for leaving us with the Bible for such wisdom like in today’s verse. Thank You for the reminder that for all the things we are striving after to do in our own strength, You never designed for us to do so. You designed us to be dependent on You and Your strength. Forgive us for relying on ourselves and being sucked into what society tells us and the enemy drives into us, that we can do it all on our own. Lord, we need You. “Apart from you, we can do nothing” as John 15:5 tells us.We ask that You would remind us of our inadequacies and we ask that You forgive us as we humbly come before You confessing we have relied on our own self for many things in our life. Remind us to abide in Your Word daily to remind us of our unfailing need for You. May Your word continually speak to us, and reassure us that we are not enough on our own, but we are enough in You. The more we rely on You and Your Word, the less we will rely on ourselves. It is in You, that we are more than enough, and we thank You for this beautiful promise today. We love You, and we are so thankful for Your word.In Jesus’s name,AMEN 🙏 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”(Joshua 1:9)When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you.(Isaiah 43:2)Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority, but the Father who dwells in me does his works.(John 14:10)No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.(1 Corinthians 10:13)“I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me.(John 5:30)Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.(Hebrews 4:16)Strengthen the weak hands, and make firm the feeble knees. Say to those who have an anxious heart, “Be strong; fear not! Behold, your God will come with vengeance, with the recompense of God. He will come and save you.”(Isaiah 35:3-4)So Jesus said to them, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and that I do nothing on my own authority, but speak just as the Father taught me.(John 8:28)If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.(2 Corinthians 11:30)Jesus gave them this answer: “Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does.(John 5:19)How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?(John 5:44)People may plan all kinds of things, but the LORD's will is going to be done. (Proverbs 19:21)He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength. Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted; 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 40:29-31)Teach me to do Your will, For You are my God; Let Your good Spirit lead me on level ground.(Psalm 143:10)But now, O LORD, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hand.(Isaiah 64:8)But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.(2 Peter 2:9)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.(Isaiah 41:13)(pic verse)My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.(John 10:27)Artist 👨‍🎨 I Am With You Always - David Delfeld