There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown. And the Lord said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do; Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:) And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them. Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.
O Lord God, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty hand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might?
Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live? Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes? And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt.
The great temptations which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched out arm, whereby the Lord thy God brought thee out: so shall the Lord thy God do unto all the people of whom thou art afraid. Thou shalt not be affrighted at them: for the Lord thy God is among you, a mighty God and terrible. But the Lord thy God shall deliver them unto thee, and shall destroy them with a mighty destruction, until they be destroyed.
For the Lord your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward: That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the Lord, that it is mighty: that ye might fear the LORD your God for ever.
And the Lord said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour. Then he made him that remaineth have dominion over the nobles among the people: the Lord made me have dominion over the mighty. And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him, and said unto him, The Lord is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.
And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of king David, submitted themselves unto Solomon the king.
Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not of thy people Israel, but is come from a far country for thy great name’s sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm; if they come and pray in this house; Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; that all people of the earth may know thy name, and fear thee, as doth thy people Israel, and may know that this house which I have built is called by thy name.
So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the Lord his God.
After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the half part of Beth-zur, unto the place over against the sepulchres of David, and to the pool that was made, and unto the house of the mighty. And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters.
He saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty. He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered? But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.
Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom. When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves.
Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle. To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, which were of old; lo, he doth send out his voice, and that a mighty voice. Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.
God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods. For who in the heaven can be compared unto the Lord? Who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the Lord? Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand. The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea. Who can utter the mighty acts of the Lord? Who can shew forth all his praise?
Nevertheless he saved them for his name’s sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known. His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.
One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts. To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of his kingdom. Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness. For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. The remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God. Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the breast of kings: and thou shalt know that I the Lord am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.
And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude
And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the Lord unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God’s.
And as the voice of many waters
Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.
And as the voice of mighty thunderings
And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach, And to have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils: And Simon he surnamed Peter; And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder.
Saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.
And how shall they preach, except they be sent? As it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things! How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!
~ * ~ For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds).
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time.
Glimpses of God © by Joyce C. Lock
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