God is love. When we take up permanent residence in a life of love, we live in God and God lives in us. This way, love has the run of the house, becomes at home and mature in us, so that we’re free of worry on Judgment Day—our standing in the world is identical with Christ’s. There is no room in love for fear. Well-formed love banishes fear. Since fear is crippling, a fearful life—fear of death, fear of judgment—is one not yet fully formed in love
1 John 4:17 (MSG)
When Love enters the room, everything changes. When Jesus died on the cross, He fully relied on God to bring Him back to life. The Father breathed into His nostrils new life, possibly the same way that Adam came to life, only this time death was defeated, sin was overcome and His breath would forever bring glory to the Father's name. If the same power that raised Jesus from the grave lives in me and you, shouldn’t our lives also bring glory to His name? If that power is so strong that it can bring life to death, then our fear and anxiety have to bow before His powerful name.
And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who lives in you.
Romans 8:11 (NIV)
Because we have His Spirit in us, we have the power and authority in Jesus' name to command things to come in line with God's word and His will.
When we make the sound that heaven is making; when we speak what God is speaking – the Universe still responds to the voice of the ONE that created it.
Dan McCallum
I spoke to a young lady the other day and she said that sometimes she just wants to see Jesus in the flesh so that she can hug Him and just embrace His presence. I agree that it would be nice and we are all looking forward to the day where we will see Him face to face, but until then He has called us to be His hands and feet on earth. In other words, when we are filled with His Spirit and allow Him to flow through us to others, they should sense His presence and be overwhelmed by His love. When we allow Jesus to make His home in our hearts, He will show us the way that He looks at all His children with compassion and a longing to have a relationship with each one of them.
Everyone has a story to tell and a lot of people walk around every day with so much pain and questions. The temporary bandages won't work, only His perfect love will. It's time to use this gift that He has freely given us all. We cannot hold it for ourselves friends, in a world full of pain, Jesus is the only answer.
My prayer is that God will start to break our hearts for what breaks His. May we stop looking at other people out of judgment and rather out of love. We have His resurrection power in us, we have the authority to speak life into people's lives
Jeremy Camp - Same Power (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InsifiZxVXU)
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