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Step Two What Is This Power Greater Than Ourselves?

Wednesday October 12, 2022

When we came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity, what did we understand about that Power?  As human beings we all have some power.  Some of us have the power to run for miles.  Others can hardly walk across the street.  Policemen have the power to stop us if we make a driving error.  Others who don’t have authority still try to display power as they shout and accuse when they think we have done wrong.  What then is this Power greater than ourselves that we can believe in and be restored to sanity? 


I want you to know about the great and mighty power that God has for us followers. It is the same wonderful power he used when he raised Christ from death and let him sit at his right side in heaven.  (Ephesians 1:19-20 CEV) 


What power does it take to raise a dead man to life?  When Jesus gave His life to pay the price for the sins of the world, including ours, the mighty power of God was at work.  We know that, because Jesus was raised from the dead.  We have been living in darkness, dead to the ways of God, but He has called us to new life.  Now, by believing in Jesus, we receive that new life by the same Power who raised Jesus from the dead, the Holy Spirit.  Can you imagine?  We who were once powerless over our dependencies can now live free from them because God’s Power restores us to sanity.  

But God has given us his Spirit. That’s why we don’t think the same way that the people of this world think. That’s also why we can recognize the blessings that God has given us. The Spirit is the one who gives life! Human strength can do nothing. The words that I have spoken to you are from that life-giving Spirit.  (1 Corinthians 2:12; John 6:63 CEV)

By our human strength we were unable to overcome the power of our dependencies but now we are no longer slaves to sin.  We have become children of God in whom the Holy Spirit lives.

Prayer:  Heavenly Father, Thank You for calling me out of darkness and filling me with a Power greater than myself.  I am no longer a slave to sin; I am a child of God. Amen

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