The POWER Connection

I Corinthians 4:20
For the Kingdom of God is not just fancy talk; it is living by God's Power.

I Peter 1:5
And God, in his mighty power, will protect you until you receive this salvation, because you are trusting him. It will be revealed on the last day for all to see.

Revelation 4:11
You are worthy, O Lord our God, to receive glory and honor and power. For you created everything, and it is for your pleasure that they exist and were created.
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Power...
It all comes down to who is able to carry through with their word.
God.....
or the devil....
Found within the power is truth.
In fact truth is what separates the real power of God from the false, deceptive power of Satan.
Power to enact change in a life that has been dulled and blinded by sin.
Power to resurrect from the tombs of addiction.
Power to roll away stones that separate us from family and friends.
Power to break any and all lies that run in our minds, playing the same message over and over until we believe it......that lying voice that keeps telling us......."You're hopeless, you'll never change."
Power that proclaims Jesus to be the answer to every lie we have lived in.
Not church.
Not singing in the choir...
Not any man standing in a pulpit...
But the risen, glorified Christ.
Clothed in power and authority.

Step # 2 proclaims: We came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
This belief is more than the kind we had as a kid when we believed in the tooth fairy.
It is more than a mental agreement.
This kind of believing screams out when the pain of living is greater than the fear of death.
This kind of believing comes forth when every thing else has failed you in this life.
When you are at the end of your rope....
You have tried every thing you know and you are left broken and bleeding spiritually.
It is at that moment that our hearts cause us to cry out, "Oh God, if you are real................."
Power comes in the form of Jesus Christ.
Power is available in our cry of confession and repentance, as God's Holy Spirit fill us beyond measure.

The world is still the same.
Drugs and alcohol are still around us.
People still use.
People still die.
But we've changed.
How so?
Power.
Sounds too simple.
Truth usually is like that. Very Simple!
We tend to complicate it.
Twist it.
But Power is the missing piece we've been searching for in our quest to be clean and sober.
Power found in a person, not a program.
Power found in Jesus.

Let the Power move you and change you as you let go of your old ways.
Embrace this new day....
This 24 hours with the thought that "God truly does love me and wants to fill me with His Power."
What do you have to loose?
Misery....
Loneliness....
Self-inflicted pain.....

Choose life today....
God on you....
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