{"id":2173,"date":"2026-07-03T08:53:43","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T08:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/life.foursquaregh.com\/?p=2173"},"modified":"2026-07-03T08:56:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T08:56:24","slug":"empowered-by-christ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/life.foursquaregh.com\/?p=2173","title":{"rendered":"Empowered by Christ"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Philippians 4:11-13<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[11]Not that I speak in regard to need, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content:<br>[12]I know how to be abased, and I know how to abound. Everywhere and in all things I have learned both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.<br>[13]I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many people quote Philippians 4:13 as though it guarantees that every dream will come true. But Paul wrote these words from prison, not from a palace. His testimony was that whether he had plenty or little, whether he was free or chained, Christ gave him strength to remain faithful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Christian life is not about self-confidence; it is about Christ-confidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When your resources run out, His grace is still sufficient. When your strength fails, His power begins to work. The same Christ who sustained Paul is able to sustain every believer today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No matter what challenge you face, declare with confidence:<br>&#8220;I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is not confidence in yourself\u2014it is confidence in the One who never fails.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prayer:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lord Jesus, I renounce dependence on my own strength. Teach me to rely on Your grace in every situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Empower me to fulfill Your will, endure every trial, and glorify You in all I do in Jesus name Amen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Makaya Sch of Prophetic Ministry<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-author-name\">Rev. Timothy Afful<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-social-links is-layout-flex wp-block-social-links-is-layout-flex\">\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Philippians 4:11-13 [11]Not that I speak in regard to need, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content:[12]I know how to be abased, and I know how to abound. Everywhere and in all things I have learned both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.[13]I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Many people quote Philippians 4:13 as though it guarantees that every dream will come true. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[84],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-makaya-makaya","ctfw-no-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/life.foursquaregh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/life.foursquaregh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/life.foursquaregh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/life.foursquaregh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/life.foursquaregh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2173"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/life.foursquaregh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2174,"href":"https:\/\/life.foursquaregh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2173\/revisions\/2174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/life.foursquaregh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/life.foursquaregh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/life.foursquaregh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}