“Power and Grace”

 1 Chronicles 29:11, 12

Yours, O LORD, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory,

and the majesty.  Power and might are in Your hand, and it is at

Your discretion that people are made great, and given strength.  (NLT)

     It is so important for people of the Christian faith to believe in the power and grace of our Almighty God, especially when it comes to receiving and using the resurrection power of God that is needed to overcome our sinful natures and take advantage of God’s amazing grace.  We must believe in the Word of God and keep it written firmly on our hearts, for when we live in Christ Jesus we have all the power we will ever need to overcome this sinful world and its wicked ways.  There is absolutely nothing that our Lord God cannot accomplish through our lives in order to fulfill His will and bring about the completion His ultimate Plan of Salvation.  The Living God is the Creator and He is justly sovereign over His creation.  Without the sustaining power of Christ there would be nothing but uninhibited chaos without purpose or end. 

     The Lord gives and takes away whatever fits into His perfect will.  No matter how weak we Christians may feel, or how ill-equipped for His service we think we are, we can be sure that God is constantly working in and through us to accomplish great and awesome things for the future of His Kingdom to come.  The death and resurrection of our Lord God Jesus Christ is the Way for every believer to receive the saving power and grace of God.  Because Jesus lives on forever, we, too, will live on forever.  Nothing, not even the powers of darkness that rule this evil world, can stand against the power and grace of the Almighty God.  Our salvation and the promise of eternal life are protected by this uninhibited Power of God.  And by knowing these simple, yet profound truths about the Lord and His plans for you, will bring such a joy and peace into your troubled heart that you will never again fall asleep in fear.

                                   A Whisper of Hope

Know and believe…in the Power that created the universe.  I can and will accomplish all I have planned.   And you, My dear child, can be a part of that plan.  This world is powerless over you when you are in Me and I Am in you.  You need not ever be afraid, for I have overcome this world for you.

Ephesians 1:19-23

I pray that you will begin to understand the incredible greatness of His power for us who believe Him.  This is the same mighty power that raised Christ from the dead and seated Him in the place of honor at God’s right hand in the heavenly realms.  Now He is far above any ruler or authority or power or leader or anything else in this world or in the world to come.  And God has put all things under the authority of Christ, and He gave Him this authority for the benefit of the Church.  And the Church is His body; it is filled by Christ, who fills everything everywhere with His Presence.  (NLT)

                             

                       By His mighty power at work within us,

             He is able to accomplish infinitely more than 

                      we would ever dare to ask or hope.

                                  (Ephesians 3:20)