I have heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all God's people. So I never stop being grateful for you, as I mention you in my prayers. I ask the glorious Father and God of our Lord Jesus Christ to give you his Spirit. The Spirit will make you wise and let you understand what it means to know God. My prayer is that light will flood your hearts and you will understand the hope given to you when God chose you. Then you will discover the glorious blessings that will be yours together with all God's people.
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 1:15-20
Do you feel powerless and weak? As a follower of Jesus Christ are you just hanging on to the hope that is yours?
What about the "great and mighty power" that God has for those who follow Jesus? Do you know what that power is and how it works in your life? How can the power that raised Christ from death and let Him sit at the right side of God be there for you?
The simple answer is utterly profound. You have been crucified with Christ and you have been raised to a new life just like Jesus was raised from the grave. Your life as a Christian is totally transformed from the life you lived before you believed in Jesus.
The positive changes that make you a child of God came from Jesus not from your own effort. The transformation was done to you, not by you! You are who you are because of God's power at work in your life.
Surrender your life to Jesus and let God's power bring you to the new life of knowing Him and walking by the power of the Holy Spirit! Truly, you will never be the same again. Amen!
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