BE STRONG IN THE LORD UNDER AN OPEN HEAVEN

Act 20:24 But None Of These Things Move Me, Neither Count I My Life Dear Unto Myself, So
That I Might Finish My Course With Joy, And The Ministry, Which I Have Received Of The
Lord Jesus, To Testify The Gospel Of The Grace Of God. 

2Ti 4:7 I Have Fought A Good Fight, I Have Finished My Course, I Have Kept The Faith: 

WHY SHOULD WE BE STRONG IN THE LORD?

 THERE IS WORK TO BE DONE

Hag 2:4 Yet Now Be Strong, O Zerubbabel, Saith The LORD; And Be Strong, O Joshua,
Son Of Josedech, The High Priest; And Be Strong, All Ye People Of The Land, Saith The
LORD, And WORK: For I Am With You, Saith The LORD Of Hosts: 

 TO DO EXPLOITS
Dan 11:32 And Such As Do Wickedly Against The Covenant Shall He Corrupt By
Flatteries: But The People That Do Know Their God Shall Be Strong, And Do
EXPLOITS. 
 VAIN IS THE HELP OF MAN
Psa 60:11 Give Us Help From Trouble: For Vain Is The Help Of Man. 

 TO DELIVER US FROM THE AFFLICTION OF THE ENEMIES

 Psa 34:19 Many Are The Afflictions Of The Righteous: But The LORD Delivereth Him Out
Of Them All. 
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE STRONG IN THE LORD?
1. BE STRONG IN THE FAITH OF GOD
Rom 4:19 And Being Not Weak In Faith, He Considered Not His Own Body Now Dead, When He Was
About An Hundred Years Old, Neither Yet The Deadness Of Sara's Womb: 
Rom 4:20 He Staggered Not At The Promise Of God Through Unbelief; BUT WAS STRONG IN
FAITH, Giving Glory To God;

Heb 10:23 Let Us Hold Fast The Profession Of Our Faith Without Wavering; (FOR HE IS
FAITHFUL THAT PROMISED;) 

1Th 5:24 Faithful Is He That Calleth You, WHO ALSO WILL DO IT. 

Mat 17:20 And Jesus Said Unto Them, Because Of Your Unbelief: For Verily I Say Unto
You, IF YE HAVE FAITH AS A GRAIN OF MUSTARD SEED, YE SHALL SAY UNTO
THIS MOUNTAIN, Remove Hence To Yonder Place; And It Shall Remove; And Nothing
Shall Be Impossible Unto You. 
 

2. BE STRONG IN THE GRACE OF GOD

2Tim 2:1 Thou Therefore, My Son, BE STRONG IN THE GRACE THAT IS IN CHRIST
JESUS. 

2Co 12:8 For This Thing I Besought The Lord Thrice, That It Might Depart From Me. 
 2Co 12:9 And He Said Unto Me, MY GRACE IS SUFFICIENT FOR THEE: For My
Strength Is Made Perfect In Weakness. Most Gladly Therefore Will I Rather Glory In My
Infirmities, That The Power Of Christ May Rest Upon Me.

1Co 15:10 But By The Grace Of God I Am What I Am: And His Grace Which Was
Bestowed Upon Me Was Not In Vain; But I Laboured More Abundantly Than They All:
Yet Not I, But The Grace Of God Which Was With Me. 
3. BE STRONG IN DOING THE WILL OF GOD
Heb 10:9 Then said he, LO, I COME TO DO THY WILL, O GOD. He taketh away the
first, that he may establish the second.

Joh 4:34 Jesus saith unto them, MY MEAT IS TO DO THE WILL OF HIM THAT SENT
ME, and to finish his work. 

1Ki 19:8 And he arose, and did eat and drink, AND WENT IN THE STRENGTH OF
THAT MEAT FORTY DAYS AND FORTY NIGHTS unto Horeb the mount of God. 

Luk 22:42 Saying, Father, If Thou Be Willing, Remove This Cup From Me: Nevertheless
Not My Will, But Thine, Be Done. 

Mat 12:50 For Whosoever Shall Do The Will Of My Father Which Is In Heaven, The Same
Is My BROTHER, And SISTER, And MOTHER.