How Do You Handle Your Power?

Matthew 5:5

Blessed are the meek

For they shall inherit the earth.

Meekness

Power…Under Control

What about you?
How do you handle your …

Power?

Ah, but you say…

I have no power.

Really…

No power at all?

Have you ever spoken a word…

That led someone to…

Buck up

Shut up

Give up

Or

Man up?

What about those times you smiled at someone and…

The smile was returned?

What about the times you were harsh with someone and …

Were met with anger?

Have you ever…

Embarrassed someone?

Really…

No power at all?

Meekness

The ability to control my…

Power.

Never forget…

The most powerful being to ever

Walk the face of this earth was...

Meek.

Lord Jesus

Thank You for the Life and Power You have

Poured into us.

Thank You for Your Spirit in us.

Now Lord I pray Your Life be lived out

Through us

In all…

Meekness.

Amen

Enabling (In a Good Way)

Acts 2:4

All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit

And began to speak in other languages

As the Holy Spirit enabled them.

O’ Christian,

What would you do?

What would you attempt?

If you knew…..

I mean really knew…….

The very Power of God……

Was with you…… to enable you?

My friend Matt and his wife lay in bed peacefully……

Sleeping restfully, at ease…..

When suddenly…….

BOOM!

The explosion of thunder…..

The Power of God…….

On display in such a way…..

That all peace was………. disrupted.

The Power of God is funny like that.

It can be incredibly…….

Disruptive……

Even dangerous…..

In a good kind of way.

You see, don’t you?

The Wielder of the Power……

Our Heavenly Father…..

He, Himself is……

Disruptive……

Even dangerous……

In a good kind of way.

So again…..

What would you do?

What would you attempt?

O’ Christian

The Power of God is in you……

His Spirit of Power does indwell you…..

For all His Good Purposes.

So then…..

What will you do?

Ephesians 6:10

Finally, be strong in the Lord

And in His Mighty Power

Father, Lord Jesus, Holy Spirit,

I pray we all have courage

To exercise the Power of Your Life in us.

Amen

Psalm 147 Feeling God's Pleasure

Psalm 147:10-11

The LORD’S pleasure is not in the strength of the horse,

Nor His delight in the legs of a man.

The LORD delights in those who fear Him,

Who put their hope in His unfailing Love.

Eric Liddell,

The missionary, turned Olympic runner…….

Had a conversation with his sister Jenny one day.

Jenny was concerned for Eric……

She worried that all this running and fame was going to his head.

She was concerned that he had forgotten his mission.

The conversation went something like this…….

“Yes, I will return to the mission field”

Eric reassured Jenny,

“But first”……He went on to say…..

“Please realize Jenny……..

God made me fast

And when I run……”

“ I feel God’s Pleasure.”

And all the world marveled….

As this man won a gold medal……..

And went on to China as a missionary.

Yes all the world marveled

At a man whose life was a ……..

Living, breathing, real expression……

Of The Glory of God.

Liddell understood.

Liddell did what he was gifted to do……

For the Glory of God.

And so…….

Not for his strong legs…..

But for a heart of hope……..

Hope in the unfailing Love of God……

Eric Liddell experienced the delight of The Father.

Guys,

Let’s go out today……

Let’s go out with hope……

Hope in the unfailing Love of Christ…..

And so experience…..

The delight of God Himself!

Father, Lord Jesus, Holy Spirit,

Remind me continually today of Your Unfailing Love,

And so let me feel Your Delight.

Amen

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Psalm 134 Amazing!

Psalm 134:1

Praise The LORD,

All you servants of The LORD who minister by night……..

Do you ever feel you are ministering…..

By night?

Maybe no one is noticing…….

Maybe you feel forgotten…….

Maybe you wonder if your part really matters.

Well……..

Maybe it’s time we look at some Truth together……..

1 Corinthians 12:5-6

⁵ There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord.

⁶ There are different kinds of working,

but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work.

Really……

You mean the same God who worked through…….

Billy Graham……

Mother Teresa……..

The Apostle Paul….

John the Baptist …….

Moses…..

Stephen the Martyr…..

Yes…..

The same God

Who worked through all these and more…….

These giants of our Faith…….

This same God…….

Is at work through you and I as we……

Encourage our brothers and sisters…….

Offer friendship to folks sitting alone…….

Do the dishes for our tired mothers or wives…….

Visit our elderly neighbors…..

Stand up for the oppressed…….

Amazing!

Oh, and then there’s the promise…….

Matthew 25:23

“His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant!

You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things.

 Come and share your Master’s happiness!’

Father in Heaven,
Thank You that You allow us to share in Your happiness.

Thank You that the same Life and Power that

Flowed through those heroes of our Faith has been given to us.

Open our eyes to see more and more the ways we can

Participate in what You are doing and so

Have Your Life flow through us to this world.

Amen  

Psalm 132 God's Dwelling Place- In You!

Psalm 132:4

I will allow no sleep to my eyes,

No slumber to my eyelids,

Till I find a place for The LORD;

A dwelling for The Mighty One of Jacob.

The Psalmist seems haunted……

Compelled……

Even obsessed……

Obsessed with finding a place for God.

Somehow it feels like all of my life……

Yes….

All of my longings and desires……

All of my hopes and dreams….

Yes…………

All of my very life……..

Somehow has been a journey……..

A journey along the path of this same obsession.

What about you….

Do you have a place for God?

You do know there can be no peace….. Right?

No peace…. no rest……. no slumber for our souls…….

Until……

Until our Creator…….

The One who brought us to life……

The One who breathed life into our very spirits…..

Has His rightful place……

His rightful place in our lives.

No peace………

Until Christ Himself becomes……

Our Life.

Colossians 1:27

……the glorious riches of this mystery,

Which is Christ in you,

The hope of glory.

Father, Lord Jesus, Spirit of The Living God,

Thank You.

Thank You that more and more

 I am coming to realize You …….

You, right here in me.

Thank You that My Life has become a dwelling place

For The Mighty One of Jacob.

Thank You for the Life in that.

Amen