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The power is yours.  Not really but really.  Unless you take what you have been offered you have no power at all.  Literally God has offered us the ability to move forward and live in abundant freedom.


This might seem a little strange or awkward.  Yet these verses stand out to me.  They represent how real power is gained in our lives.


No, I am not talking about power that comes from the position you hold or the possessions that are yours or the privileges that are yours.  This power comes from using your choices to allow you to live in freedom.


John 10:10  NLT

The thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life.


Colossians 3:2  NLT

Think about the things of heaven, not the things of earth.


Galatians 5:13  NLT

For you have been called to live in freedom, my brothers and sisters. But don’t use your freedom to satisfy your sinful nature. Instead, use your freedom to serve one another in love.


Ephesians 4:32  NLT

Instead, be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you.


2 John 1:6  NLT

Love means doing what God has commanded us, and he has commanded us to love one another, just as you heard from the beginning.


That is just the beginning.  My prayer for me is that I will experience the power of God in a amazing ways.  That power  will be seen in how I love as God loves me, in how I forgive, in how I serve others, in how I choose abundance and dwell on things that matter for eternity.

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