Psa 84:5 Blessed are those whose strength is in you, in whose heart are the highways to Zion.
Psa 84:6 As they go through the Valley of Baca they make it a place of springs; the early rain also covers it with pools.
Psa 84:7 They go from strength to strength; each one appears before God in Zion.
Psa 84:8 O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah.
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Job 17:9 Yet the righteous holds to his way, and he who has clean hands grows stronger and stronger.
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Pro 4:18 But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which shines brighter and brighter until full day.
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2Co 3:18 We all, with unveiled faces, are reflecting the glory of the Lord and are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory; this is from the Lord who is the Spirit.
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2Pe 3:18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
They go from strength to strength ... The Septuagint and Vulgate,;They go from strength to strength; the God of gods is seen in Zion; Luther, They obtain one victory after another, that one must see that there is a righteous God in Zion.& DeWette, Going they increase in strength, until they appear before God in Zion. This last is doubtless the true idea. As they pass along, as they come nearer and nearer to the end of their journey, their strength, their ardor, their firmness of purpose increases. By their conversation; by their songs; by encouraging one another; by seeing one difficulty overcome after another; by the fact kept before their minds, and increasingly apparent, that they are constantly approaching the end of their journey - that the distance to be traveled is constantly diminishing - that the difficulties become less and less, and that they will soon see the towers and walls of the desired city - they are invigorated, cheered, comforted. What a beautiful illustration of the life of Christian pilgrims - of the bands of the redeemed - as they journey on toward the end of their course - the Mount Zion above! By prayer and praise and mutual counsel, by their songs, by the fact that difficulties are surmounted, leaving fewer to be overcome, and that the journey to be traveled is diminishing constantly - by the feeling that they are ever drawing nearer to the Zion of their home, until the light is seen to glitter and play on its towers and walls - they increase in strength, they become more confirmed in their purposes, they bear trials better, they overcome difficulties more easily, they walk more firmly, they tread their way more cheerfully and triumphantly.
--Notes on the Bible
Albert Barnes, 1798-1870
Father in Heaven, Glorious Sovereign, Only Wise God,
I pray that you will bring us from strength to strength, from glory to glory, until we are home with you.
Your Word has declared it.
I thank you for my brothers and sisters in Christ who encourage one another while it is still today, that we might walk worthy of this calling in Christ Jesus.
Bless us with sleep and rest and "joy unspeakable" in your Presence as we retire tonight.
Let the heavens be glad, and the earth sing praise.
Let them say among the nations, THE LORD REIGNS.
http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/f/r/fromglor.htm
“From Glory unto Glory!” Be this our joyous song,
As on the King’s own highway we bravely march along!
“From Glory unto Glory!” O word of stirring cheer,
As dawns the solemn brightness of one more glad new year.
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From Glory unto Glory!” What mighty blessings crown
The lives for which our Lord hath laid His own so freely down!
Omnipotence to keep us, omniscience, too, to guide,
Jehovah’s blessèd presence within us to abide!
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The fullness of His blessing encompasseth our way;
The fullness of His promise crowns every brightening day;
The fullness of His glory is beaming from above,
While more and more we realize the fullness of His love.
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“From Glory unto Glory!” O marvels of the Word!
“With open face beholding the glory of the Lord,”
We, even we (O wonder!) “are changed into the same,”
The image of our Savior, to glorify His Name.
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“From Glory unto Glory!” Our fellow travelers still
Are gathering on the journey! The bright electric thrill
Of quick, instinctive union, more frequent and more sweet,
Shall swiftly pass from heart to heart in true and tender beat.
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Now onward, ever onward, “from strength to strength” we go,
While “grace for grace” abundant shall from His fullness flow,
To glory’s full fruition, from glory’s foretaste here,
Until His very presence crown happiest new year.
BTTT