I've Got the Power

Ephesians 1:17–21 NRSV

17 I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation as you come to know him, 18 so that, with the eyes of your heart enlightened, you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance among the saints, 19 and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power for us who believe, according to the working of his great power. 20 God put this power to work in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places, 21 far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the age to come.

FROM THIS TEXT I WANT TO USE THE TOPIC....

I’VE GOT THE POWER

THERE IS A HIT SONG THAT CAME OUT IN THE EARLY 90s ....THAT BECAME POPULAR ON THE HIT CHARTS IN THE UNITED STATES....BUT ALSO THROUGH OUT THE WORLD......

THE SONG TITLED “POWER” AND IT WAS PERFORMED A GERMAN EURODANCE GROUP CALLED “SNAP!!”

IT WAS MADE POPULAR BY THE RAP LYRICS BY AMERICAN RAPPER CHILL ROB G AND TURBO B

THE SONG HAD AN UPBEAT TEMPO AND A CATCHY BEAT WITH AN ELECTRIC SOUND....AND MANY VARIETIES OF THE SONG WERE PLAYED THROUGHOUT THE WORLD....AND IT BECAME THE FIRST RAP SONG THAT WENT #1 IN THE UNITED KINGDOM....

BUT WHAT STOOD OUT THE MOST ABOUT THIS SONG WAS THE HOOK THAT WAS SUNG BY JOCELYN BROWN...... SOME OF YOU MAY REMEMBER IT.....

SHE SAID.......

I’VE GOT THE POWER...... AND IT WAS FOLLOWED BY....

IT’S GETTING, IT’S GETTING, IT’S GETTING KINDA HECTIC.....

AND ALTHOUGH THIS SONG WAS A POPULAR DANCE HIT OF THE EARLY 90’S AND ON THE DJ PLAY LIST ACROSS THE WORLD.....

THERE WAS MUCH TURMOIL AROUND THE ORIGINAL CREATORS OF THIS MEGA MIX....AND EVEN A LEGAL BATTLE ABOUT WHO OWNS THE RIGHTS OF THIS SONG......

YES THERE WERE LEGAL ISSUES AND CONFLICTS AROUND THIS SONGS......

IN OTHER WORDS.....THE MANY CREATORS OF THIS SONG....WERE FIGHTING FOR WHO HAD THE RIGHTS AND TRADE MARK OF THE SONG... “THE POWER”......

I’M NOT SURE OF THE OUTCOME OF THE BATTLE BETWEEN THE WRITERS OF THIS SONG.....

BUT I DO KNOW ONE THING FOR SURE......THERE IS NO GREATER POWER THAN THE POWER GIVEN TO US AS BELIEVERS BY THE GOD THE FATHER......

AND TRUTH BE TOLD....IT THOSE WHO ARE BELIEVERS IN CHRIST.....THAT HAVE THE POWER......

SO THIS MORNING......

I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU ABOUT THIS POWER THAT YOU AND I HAVE IN CHRIST JESUS…..

IT’S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT WE MUST WALK IN THE POWER GIVEN TO US THROUGH CHRIST JESUS…..

THE FAMOUS THEOLOGIAN CHARLES SPURGEON SAID THAT…… MANY CHRISTIANS DO NOT KNOW THIS POWER……OR THEY ONLY KNOW IT FROM A DISTANCE…… THIS POWER FOR US……IS

“THE VERY SAME POWER WHICH RAISED CHRIST IS WAITING TO RAISE THE DRUNKARD FROM HIS DRUNKENNESS, TO RAISE THE THIEF FROM HIS DISHONESTY, TO RAISE THE PHARISEE FROM HIS SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS, TO RAISE THE SADDUCEE FROM HIS UNBELIEF.” (SPURGEON)

- WALKING IN HIS POWER…… IS ABOUT KNOWING WHO YOU ARE IN CHRIST ……..AND UNDERSTANDING THAT IN YOU, THROUGH HIM IS THE POWER TO LAY HOLD ONTO THE PROMISES OF GOD AND POSSESS THEM UNTIL THE DAY OF CHRIST.

- WALKING IN HIS POWER…… IS UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU CAN DO …….WHAT GOD SAID YOU CAN DO,

HAVE……. WHAT GOD SAID YOU CAN HAVE………AND BE WHAT GOD SAID YOU CAN BE.

IN OUR TEXT TODAY WE SEE THAT THE APOSTLE PAUL IS PRAYING FOR THE CHURCH OF EPHESUS….THAT THE CHRISTIANS IN EPHESUS…….WOULD UNDERSTAND…..REALIZE…….AND WOULD KNOW ……JUST WHO THEY ARE IN CHRIST JESUS….

WHAT BROTHER PAUL ASKED IN THIS PRAYER….. ARE IMPORTANT TO ASK FOR. THAT WE KNOW THE IMPORTANCE WHAT WE HAVE IN CHRIST JESUS……..

WE COULD SAY THAT THE PRAYER OF EPHESIANS 1:17-19…… IS ESSENTIALLY A REQUEST THAT THE PROMISES IN EPHESIANS 1:3-14 ……BE FOUND AS REAL IN OUR LIVES…..AS IT WAS TO THAT OF THE EPHESIAN CHRISTIANS.

IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE TO PRAY TO KNOW, UNDERSTAND AND REALIZE WHO WE ARE……BUT TO ALSO WALK IN THIS LIFE……..TO WALK IN HIS POWER …THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO US.

THE WORD POWER…..IN THE GREEK LANGUAGE….. IS THE WORD DUNA MES….AND IT MEANS

STRENGTH POWER, ABILITY INHERENT POWER, POWER RESIDING IN A THING BY VIRTUE OF ITS NATURE, OR WHICH A PERSON OR THING EXERTS AND PUTS FORTH AND BELOVED……

THE POWER THAT WORKS IN US……… IS THE MIGHTY POWER THAT RAISED JESUS FROM THE DEAD.

WITH THIS MIGHTY POWER AVAILABLE TO US, THERE NEVER NEEDS TO BE A “POWER SHORTAGE” IN OUR LIVES.

I BELIEVE FROM THIS PASSAGE OF TEXT ….THERE ARE THREE POINTS WE CAN GLEAN FROM TODAY……

1. THE POTENCY OF HIS POWER FOR US

2. THE PREREQUISITE OF WALKING IN HIS POWER

3. THE PLACES OF WALKING IN HIS POWER

1. THE POTENCY OF HIS POWER FOR US

19 AND WHAT IS THE IMMEASURABLE GREATNESS OF HIS POWER FOR US

IMMEASURABLE…….INEXHAUSTIBLE…….BOTTOMLESS….

GREAT POWER

THE WORD “POWER” (DYNAMIS; CF. 3:20) MEANS A SPIRITUALLY DYNAMIC AND LIVING FORCE. THIS POWER OF GOD IS DIRECTED TOWARD BELIEVERS. PAUL THEN USED THREE ADDITIONAL WORDS TO DESCRIBE GOD’S POWER. IT IS ACCORDING TO THE WORKING (ENERGEIAN, “ENERGETIC POWER,” FROM WHICH COMES THE ENG. “ENERGY”) OF THE MIGHT (KRATOUS, “POWER THAT OVERCOMES RESISTANCE,” AS IN CHRIST’S MIRACLES; THIS WORD IS USED ONLY OF GOD, NEVER OF BELIEVERS) OF GOD’S INHERENT STRENGTH (ISCHYOS) WHICH HE PROVIDES (CF. 6:10; 1 PETER 4:11). THIS MAGNIFICENT ACCUMULATION OF WORDS FOR POWER UNDERSCORES THE MAGNITUDE OF GOD’S “GREAT POWER” AVAILABLE TO CHRISTIANS.

I’VE GOT THE POWER......

WHAT KIND OF POWER CAN WE EXPERIENCE IN GOD THROUGH CHRIST?

GOD TELLS US WE CAN EXPERIENCE HIS INCOMPARABLE POWER “HUPERBALLO, HOOP-ER-BAL’-LO; GK , WHICH MEANS TO THROW BEYOND THE USUAL MARK, TO SURPASS OUR WILDEST EXPECTATION.

DO YOU EXPECT GOD TO SURPASS YOUR WILDEST EXPECTATION OF WHAT HE CAN DO?

IN YOUR LIFE…

IN YOUR FAMILY…

IN YOUR COMMUNITY…

“[JESUS CHRIST IS] DECLARED TO BE THE SON OF GOD WITH POWER, ACCORDING TO THE SPIRIT OF HOLINESS, BY THE RESURRECTION FROM THE DEAD” (ROMANS 1:4).

“AND HE SAID UNTO ME, MY GRACE IS SUFFICIENT FOR THEE: FOR MY STRENGTH IS MADE PERFECT IN WEAKNESS. MOST GLADLY THEREFORE WILL I RATHER GLORY IN MY INFIRMITIES, THAT THE POWER OF CHRIST MAY REST UPON ME” (2 COR. 12:9).

WHERE ARE YOU SEEKING YOUR POWER TODAY?

ANOTHER ASPECT OF GOD’S “DUNAMIS”, GK; WHICH MEANS FORCE OR POWER, BY IMPLICATION A MIRACLE, IS THAT IT IS “MEGAS” GK, MEANING THAT IT IS VERY GREAT OR HUGE.

AS GREAT AS ALL THIS MAY BE THE DIRECTION AND PURPOSE BEHIND GOD’S POWER IS EVEN GREATER.

GOD’S POWER IS “FOR US WHO BELIEVE”, ARE YOU EXPERIENCING GOD’S POWER IN YOUR LIFE TODAY?

DO YOU BELIEVE IN GOD AND HIS POWER AVAILABLE TO THOSE WHO BELIEVE?

GOD’S POWER THAT IS ABLE TO RAISE YOU ABOVE ANY CHALLENGE THAT WILL EVER BE IN YOUR LIFE.

GOD’S POWER THAT WILL CARRY YOU WHEN YOU FEEL YOU HAVE NO ENERGY LEFT TO CARRY YOURSELF.

GOD’S POWER WHICH WE CAN PULL AROUND US WHEN WE FEEL ISOLATED AND ALONE.

GOD’S POWER BY WHICH WE ARE EVEN ABLE TO REBUKE THE ENEMY AND HIS IMPS SCREAMING AWAY FROM US.

WE NEED TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF GOD’S POWER IN OUR LIVES

GOD’S POWER THAT BRINGS US INTO HEAVEN

EPHES. 1:20 (NIV)

[20] WHICH HE EXERTED IN CHRIST WHEN HE RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD AND SEATED HIM AT HIS RIGHT HAND IN THE HEAVENLY REALMS

THIS POWER THAT IS TOWARDS US WILL ONE DAY ALLOW US TO BE IN THE HEAVENLY REALM, JUST AS GOD RAISED CHRIST AND SEATED HIM IN THE HEAVENLY REALM.

GOD ALONE HAS THE ENERGEO, GK, ENERGY AND MIGHT TO BE ABLE TO RAISE THE DEAD.

“HIM, BEING DELIVERED BY THE DETERMINATE COUNSEL AND FOREKNOWLEDGE OF GOD, YE HAVE TAKEN, AND BY WICKED HANDS HAVE CRUCIFIED AND SLAIN: WHOM GOD HATH RAISED UP, HAVING LOOSED THE PAINS OF DEATH: BECAUSE IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE THAT HE SHOULD BE HOLDEN OF IT” (ACTS 2:23-24).

“BUT YE DENIED THE HOLY ONE AND THE JUST, AND DESIRED A MURDERER TO BE GRANTED UNTO YOU; AND KILLED THE PRINCE OF LIFE, WHOM GOD HATH RAISED FROM THE DEAD; WHEREOF WE ARE WITNESSES” (ACTS 3:14-15).

“AND WE ARE WITNESSES OF ALL THINGS WHICH HE DID BOTH IN THE LAND OF THE JEWS, AND IN JERUSALEM; WHOM THEY SLEW AND HANGED ON A TREE: HIM GOD RAISED UP THE THIRD DAY, AND SHOWED HIM OPENLY; NOT TO ALL THE PEOPLE, BUT UNTO WITNESSES CHOSEN BEFORE OF GOD, EVEN TO US, WHO DID EAT AND DRINK WITH HIM AFTER HE ROSE FROM THE DEAD” (ACTS 10:39-41).

MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS.....THE POWER THAT YOU AND I HAVE WORKING IN AND THROUGH US IS THE SAME POWER THAT RAISED JESUS CHRIST FROM THE DEAD.

HAVING RAISED JESUS, GOD “SEATED HIM AT HIS RIGHT HAND”, IN THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST, TO BE SEATED IN SUCH A POSITION MEANT YOU WERE THE MOST TRUSTED AND POWERFUL PERSON IN THE KINGDOM.

HAVE YOU TRUSTED IN THE MOST POWERFUL IN GOD’S KINGDOM?

“SO THEN AFTER THE LORD HAD SPOKEN UNTO THEM, HE WAS RECEIVED UP INTO HEAVEN, AND SAT ON THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD” (MARK 16:19).

“HEREAFTER SHALL THE SON OF MAN SIT ON THE RIGHT HAND OF THE POWER OF GOD” (LUKE 22:69).

“THE GOD OF OUR FATHERS RAISED UP JESUS, WHOM YE SLEW AND HANGED ON A TREE. HIM HATH GOD EXALTED WITH HIS RIGHT HAND TO BE A PRINCE AND A SAVIOUR, FOR TO GIVE REPENTANCE TO ISRAEL, AND FORGIVENESS OF SINS” (ACTS 5:30-31).

GOD EXALTED CHRIST TO PROVE THAT THROUGH CHRIST WE ALSO CAN BE EXALTED.

“IN MY FATHER’S HOUSE ARE MANY MANSIONS: IF IT WERE NOT SO, I WOULD HAVE TOLD YOU. I GO TO PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU. AND IF I GO AND PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU, I WILL COME AGAIN, AND RECEIVE YOU UNTO MYSELF; THAT WHERE I AM, THERE YE MAY BE ALSO” (JOHN 14:2-3).

“FOR OUR CONVERSATION [CITIZENSHIP] IS IN HEAVEN; FROM WHENCE ALSO WE LOOK FOR THE SAVIOUR, THE LORD JESUS CHRIST: WHO SHALL CHANGE OUR VILE BODY, THAT IT MAY BE FASHIONED LIKE UNTO HIS GLORIOUS BODY, ACCORDING TO THE WORKING WHEREBY HE IS ABLE EVEN TO SUBDUE ALL THINGS UNTO HIMSELF” (PHIL. 3:20-21).

“WHEN CHRIST, WHO IS OUR LIFE, SHALL APPEAR, THEN SHALL YE ALSO APPEAR WITH HIM IN GLORY” (COL. 3:4).

“BLESSED ARE THEY THAT DO HIS COMMANDMENTS, THAT THEY MAY HAVE RIGHT TO THE TREE OF LIFE, AND MAY ENTER IN THROUGH THE GATES INTO THE CITY” (REV. 22:14).

WILL YOU ALLOW JESUS’ POWER TO COME INTO YOUR LIFE?

WHATEVER THAT MOUNTAIN IS IN FRONT OF YOU…KNOW THAT YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO TELL THAT MOUNTAIN TO MOVE

- DON’T LET IT STAND IN YOUR WAY. DON’T LET IT KEEP YOU FROM YOUR PLACE OF POWER IN GOD.

…WALK IN HIS POWER

2. THE PREREQUISITE OF WALKING IN HIS POWER

LAST PORTION OF V19

WHO BELIEVE, ACCORDING TO THE WORKING OF HIS GREAT POWER.

PREREQUISITE- A THING THAT IS REQUIRED AS A PRIOR CONDITION FOR SOMETHING ELSE TO HAPPEN OR EXIST.

BASIC MATH BEFORE YOU TAKE ALGEBRA…..ENGLISH 101 BEFORE 102

MUST BELIEVE…..

ACHIEVED THE OUTLINED FOR YOU: P. O. W. E. R.

1. P – POSSESS THE POWER

- WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE EXCEEDING AND IMMEASURABLE GREAT POWER WE HAVE THROUGH JESUS CHRIST.

JESUS TOOK THE DOMINION FROM SATAN AND TURNED AND GAVE THE KEYS TO THE CHURCH.

- THE SOURCE OF YOUR POWER COMES DIRECTLY FROM HEAVEN. IT COMES THROUGH JESUS CHRIST.

WHEN YOU MAKE HIM LORD OF YOUR LIFE AND YOU POSSESS THE PRINCIPLES OF HIS POWER. - IT DOES NOT COME THROUGH HUMAN ABILITY BUT A SPIRITUAL POWER.

AS A CHRISTIAN WE ARE A PEOPLE OF POWER ….THAT WE ALREADY POSSESS.

I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST WHO WHAT…..WHO STRENGTHENS ME

3. O = OBTAINED THE POWER THROUGH BELIEF IN HIM AND PRAYER.

BELIEVE ON HIM

- EVERYONE THAT IS GOING TO WALK IN HIS POWER……. MUST BE PEOPLE OF PRAYER, AND THEY MUST KNOW THE WORD.

IT SHOULD COME OUT OF YOUR MOUTH WHEN YOU'RE ATTACKED BY THE ENEMY.

- THE WORD OF GOD MUST BE HIDDEN IN YOUR HEART SO THAT WHEN AN ATTACK COMES YOU CAN USE THAT DOUBLE EDGED SWORD.

- PRAYER IS THE POWER THAT ACCOMPLISHES THINGS WHEN NOTHING ELSE WILL.

FAITH GIVES YOU POWER AND A PERSON WITH FAITH WALKS WITH GOD.

- WHERE DO YOU GET FAITH? ROMANS 10:17 TELLS US, "SO THEN FAITH COMES BY HEARING, AND HEARING BY THE WORD OF GOD."

- THE WORD CANNOT BUILD FAITH IN YOU UNTIL YOU LEARN TO ABIDE IN IT.

JESUS TELLS US THIS IN JOHN 15:7, "IF YOU ABIDE IN ME, AND MY WORDS ABIDE IN YOU, YOU WILL ASK WHAT YOU DESIRE, AND IT SHALL BE DONE FOR YOU."

3. W - WORKING RIGHT NOW

- THE BODY OF CHRIST IS A DIVINE RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS CHRIST. CHRIST'S BODY IS A LIVING, MOVING ENTITY. STAY CLOSE TO THE CHURCH. COLOSSIANS 1:18.

- JESUS SAID THE GATES OF HELL WILL NOT PREVAIL AGAINST HIS CHURCH.

- GOD SAID WE SHOULD PROVE HIM ON THIS. IT WILL CAUSE BLESSINGS TO FLOW BECAUSE YOU'RE A PART OF HIS BODY.

- WE ARE IN HIM AND HE IS IN US. WE ARE ALSO SEATED TOGETHER. WE ARE TO REIGN AS PRIESTS AND KINGS BEFORE HIS THRONE. WE'RE IN THE WORLD BUT NOT OF THIS WORLD. EPH 2: 5

4. E = EFFECTIVE OVER THE ENEMY.

- YOU'LL NEVER HAVE VICTORY IF YOU DON'T LEARN TO IDENTIFY YOUR ENEMY.

IT'S NOT YOUR HUSBAND, NOR YOUR EMPLOYER, NOR PEOPLE IN YOUR CHURCH, BUT IT IS THE ENEMY….. THAT YOU ARE DEALING WITH NOT PEOPLE.

- JOHN 10:10 SAYS, "THE THIEF DOES NOT COME EXCEPT TO STEAL, AND TO KILL, AND TO DESTROY. I HAVE COME THAT THEY MAY HAVE LIFE, AND THAT THEY MAY HAVE IT MORE ABUNDANTLY."

- CHRIST WANTS US TO WALK IN HIS POWER….

- WE MUST REMIND THE DEVIL THAT HE IS DEFEATED, THAT JESUS ALREADY WON THE BATTLE, AND THAT TRUTH AND KNOWLEDGE OF HIS WORD GIVES YOU THE VICTORY. COLOSSIANS 2:15.

TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS WE WALK AROUND LIKE WE ARE DEFEATED…. WOE IS ME…….

"IF YOU DON'T LIKE SOMETHING, CHANGE IT. IF YOU CAN'T CHANGE IT, CHANGE YOUR ATTITUDE. DON'T COMPLAIN." - MAYA ANGELOU

WHEN YOU WAKE UP EVERY MORNING….PRAISE GOD …GIVE HIM HIS GLORY AND HAVE AN ATTITUDE THAT SAYS….NOT TODAY SATAN

LIVE YOUR LIFE IN SUCH A WAY THAT WHEN YOUR FEET HIT THE FLOOR IN THE MORNING........ SATAN AND ALL HIS DEMONS AND IMPS SHUDDER AND SAY ….OH NO…..HE OR SHE IS AWAKE….

5. R = READY TO WALK IN HIS POWER

- THE ENEMY WANTS YOU TO FORGET THAT YOU HAVE THE POWER GIVEN TO YOU……HE WANTS TO DECEIVE….. CONFUSE YOU…..SO THAT YOU’RE NOT BATTLE READY.

- NEVER TAKE YOUR EYES OFF JESUS. DON'T LOOK AT MAN, THEY WILL DISAPPOINT YOU. YOUR FAMILY WILL HURT YOU AND FRIENDS TOO, SO STAY FOCUSED ON CHRIST.

3. THE POWER TO WALK IN VICTORY IN ALL AREAS OF OUR LIFE

20 GOD[A]PUT THIS POWER TO WORK IN CHRIST WHEN HE RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD AND SEATED HIM AT HIS RIGHT HAND IN THE HEAVENLY PLACES,

POWER THAT RAISED CHRIST

- WE NEED THE IDENTIFY THE AREAS OF OUR LIVES THAT GOD WANTS US TO HAVE POWER

POWER OVER SIN

- THE WORD OF GOD SAYS SIN SHALL NOT HAVE DOMINION OVER YOU. ROMANS 6:14

- WE ARE EXPECTED TO RECKON OUR BODY DEAD TO SIN, AND LIVE VICTORIOUSLY OVER IT THROUGH THE STRENGTH OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.

POWER OVER FEAR

- GOD HAS GIVEN US VICTORY OVER FEAR AND OVER THE SPIRIT OF FEAR. 2 TIM 1: 7

FOR GOD DID NOT GIVE US A SPIRIT OF COWARDICE, BUT RATHER A SPIRIT OF POWER AND OF LOVE AND OF SELF-DISCIPLINE.

- THE ENEMY MAKES PEOPLE TO FEAR SO MANY THINGS, BUT WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN A SPIRIT OF POWER, LOVE AND A SOUND MIND

- WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT TOMORROW HOLDS…… BUT WE DO KNOW THAT GOD….. HOLDS TOMORROW.

POWER OVER THE WORLD

- THOSE THAT ARE BORN OF GOD OVERCOME AND HAVE VICTORY OVER THE WORLD. 1 JOHN 5: 4 – 5

4 FOR WHATEVER IS BORN OF GOD CONQUERS THE WORLD. AND THIS IS THE VICTORY THAT CONQUERS THE WORLD, OUR FAITH. 5 WHO IS IT THAT CONQUERS THE WORLD BUT THE ONE WHO BELIEVES THAT JESUS IS THE SON OF GOD?

- WE ARE NOT TO CONFORM TO THE PRINCIPLES AND UNGODLY LIFESTYLES OF THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD, BUT TO LIVE ABOVE THEM DUE TO THE POWER OF GRACE GIVEN TO US THROUGH OUR NEW BIRTH.

2 COR 5: 17

17 SO IF ANYONE IS IN CHRIST, THERE IS A NEW CREATION: EVERYTHING OLD HAS PASSED AWAY; SEE, EVERYTHING HAS BECOME NEW!

POWER OVER WORRIES AND ANXIETY

- IF WE HAVE SURRENDERED OUR LIVES TO CHRIST, WE HAVE NO REASON TO WORRY OR BE ANXIOUS, RATHER WE ARE INVITED TO PLACE OUR REQUESTS BEFORE HIM. PHIL 4: 6 -7.

6DO NOT WORRY ABOUT ANYTHING, BUT IN EVERYTHING BY PRAYER AND SUPPLICATION WITH THANKSGIVING LET YOUR REQUESTS BE MADE KNOWN TO GOD. 7AND THE PEACE OF GOD, WHICH SURPASSES ALL UNDERSTANDING, WILL GUARD YOUR HEARTS AND YOUR MINDS IN CHRIST JESUS.

- WE ARE DESCRIBED AS MORE THAN CONQUERORS DUE TO THE VICTORY AND POWER CHRIST HAS GIVEN US OVER EVERY SITUATION AND CIRCUMSTANCES IN THIS WORLD.

37 NO, IN ALL THESE THINGS WE ARE MORE THAN CONQUERORS THROUGH HIM WHO LOVED US. ROM 8:37

POWER OVER THOUGHTS

- ONE MAJOR AREA THE ENEMY TAKES PEOPLE CAPTIVE IS THEIR THOUGHT LIFE.

BUT GOD HAS GIVEN THE BELIEVER POWER OVER HIS THOUGHTS AND IMAGINATIONS.

2 COR 10:5 …..FOR THE WEAPONS OF OUR WARFARE ARE NOT MERELY HUMAN, BUT THEY HAVE DIVINE POWER TO DESTROY STRONGHOLDS. WE DESTROY ARGUMENTS 5 AND EVERY PROUD OBSTACLE RAISED UP AGAINST THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD, AND WE TAKE EVERY THOUGHT CAPTIVE TO OBEY CHRIST.

- EVERY SIN COMMITTED IN LIFE BEGINS FROM THE THOUGHT, SO FOR US TO LIVE A VICTORIOUS CHRISTIAN LIFE, WE MUST EXERCISE OUR POWER OVER EVERY THOUGHT AND IMAGINATION THAT IS DISOBEDIENT TO CHRIST AND HIS WORDS IN OUR LIVES.

I’VE GOT THE POWER

There is power to save us and to keep us. There is power to change and transform us. There is power to lead us and to use us. There is power to be glorified in us and through us. There is power, power wonder working power in the precious blood of the lamb.

BEFORE I TAKE MY SEAT……

- NO ONE CAN WALK IN HIS POWER….. UNLESS HE IS FIRST CONNECTED TO CHRIST, WHO ALONE IS WORTHY TO GIVE DOMINION TO THOSE THAT BELIEVE IN HIM.

- YOU CAN START THE JOURNEY ……WALKING IN HIS POWER TODAY ……..BY ACCEPTING THE FREE GIFT OF SALVATION.

- REPENT OF YOUR SINS, ASK FOR PARDON FROM GOD THROUGH THE BLOOD OF HIS SON, JESUS CHRIST, AND SURRENDER TO CHRIST AS YOUR LORD AND PERSONAL SAVOIR.