Strength is not generated; it is received and re-received. This pillar covers the practices that keep a man plugged into his source: prayer, Scripture, fasting, silence, sacraments. The disciplines are not the goal — communion with God is the goal — but the disciplines are the road.
"Be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might."— Ephesians 6:10
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The shadow of this pillar
Performance Christianity — practices without communion produce pharisees, not lions.
Every virtue can collapse into its counterfeit. Naming the shadow is part of holding the pillar honestly.