Equipped by God
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
4.8 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 20 May 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
The revealed will of God will never lead us where His grace cannot sustain us. Today, H.B. Charles Jr. offers biblical assurance that the Lord is able to equip Christians to become the kind of people He has called us to be.
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H.B. Charles Jr. is pastor-teacher of Shiloh Metropolitan Baptist Church in Jacksonville, FL, and host of the On Preaching podcast.
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| 0:00.0 | You cannot accomplish God's will in your own strength. |
| 0:05.6 | Here we have the assurance that His will never lead us where His grace will not sustain us. |
| 0:11.3 | He will equip us with everything good that we might do His will. |
| 0:26.6 | We cannot come to God and live for Him in our own strength. We need God to equip us from the beginning of the journey to the end. |
| 0:31.6 | Hello and welcome to the Winstey edition of Renewing Your Mind, as we consider some of the benedictions and doxologies that we |
| 0:38.6 | find in scripture. Yesterday, Dr. H.B. Charles Jr. helped us consider God's ability. |
| 0:45.4 | Today, he will remind us that it is God who equips us. |
| 0:51.9 | Welcome to this session of our study. In this session, we'll discover great truth from a wonderful benediction in the final chapter of the book of Hebrews in the New Testament. |
| 1:04.0 | Hebrews chapter 13 verses 20 and 21. |
| 1:10.0 | Many Christian worship services end with a benediction. |
| 1:14.6 | Benediction is simply a blessing. |
| 1:17.5 | Pastors have the privilege of announcing prayerfully |
| 1:21.5 | the divine blessings on the people of God |
| 1:23.9 | as they scatter from the place of corporate worship. |
| 1:28.9 | The benediction is often announced simply by quoting the scriptures. |
| 1:37.1 | In my own pastoral practice, it is my custom to announce the benediction from |
| 1:41.4 | Numbers 6 verses 24 through 26. |
| 1:46.0 | The Lord bless you and keep you. |
| 1:48.6 | The Lord calls his face to shine upon you and be gracious toward you. |
| 1:53.6 | The Lord lift his countenance unto you and grant you peace. |
| 1:58.3 | But there are other passages that make wonderful benedictions, like Ephesians 3, |
| 2:04.3 | 20 and 21. Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think |
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