Acknowledge God's Incontestable Sovereignty and Irresistible Power
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That his sovereignty is incontestable, and he is the owner and absolute Lord of all.
The heavens, even the heavens are yours,
Psalm 115:16(ESV) and all their hosts. The earth is yours and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein.
Psalm 24:1(ESV) In your hand are the depths of the earth, and the heights of the mountains are yours also: The sea is yours, for you made it, and your hands formed the dry land.
Psalm 95:4-5(ESV) Every beast of the forest is yours, and the cattle on a thousand hills.
Psalm 50:10(ESV) You are therefore a great God, and a great King above all gods.
Psalm 95:3(ESV) In your hand is the life of every living thing and the breath of all mankind.
Job 12:10(ESV) Your dominion is an everlasting dominion, and your kingdom endures from generation to generation: You do according to your will among the host of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay your hand or say to you, “What have you done?”
Daniel 4:34-35(ESV) or “Why have you done that?”
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That his power is irresistible, and the operations of it cannot be controlled.
We know, O God, that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted.
Job 42:2(ESV) Power belongs to you;
Psalm 62:11(ESV) and with you nothing is impossible.
Luke 1:37(ESV) All authority is yours, both in heaven and on earth.
Matthew 28:18(ESV) You kill, and you make alive; you wound, and you heal; and there is none that can deliver out of your hand.
Deuteronomy 32:39(ESV) What you have promised you are able also to perform.
Romans 4:21(ESV)
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