The Plan: The Power

by TerryLema

Our plan to mature in our faith, to become more like Jesus in 2018 than we were in 2017 has two parts now. Part One: Knowledge (from January 18). That requires reading and studying God’s Word. Part Two: Doing. That means we live out in our everyday lives what we have learned (from January 19).

Great plan, right? Well, good beginning anyway. It’s going to take a little more if we want to see results in our goals of maturing faith, Christ-like character, and true worship. It’s going to take the power of the Spirit of God to accomplish these in us. Jesus promised that upon His return to the Father, He would not leave us alone; He would send the Spirit to teach and to guide us in all things.  He said, the Spirit would also provide us the power to witness.

John 14:26: “But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things.”  [NKJV]

Acts 1:8: “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”  [NIV]

Witnessing is more than standing on a street corner and shouting to the crowd, it’s more than speaking quietly to an individual the truths of God. Witnessing encompasses taking what we know of our Savior and Lord Jesus Christ and living it out in our lives.  It’s that plan, first knowledge; second doing; and third, accomplished in us and through us by the power of the Spirit.

You cannot know the things of God or do the things of God apart from the Spirit of God.

 Father, I want my faith to be mature and full of the power of the Holy Spirit! Lead me and guide me into all truth. Give me power to witness by both my word and my life. Amen.

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