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Power trip.


Maybe I have your attention with the time of this e-devotion, but I am not talking about the power trip that you might be thinking about.  That would be when a person has lots of authority and throws it around.


What I am sharing today is a trip.  A trip through a few books of the Bible with some powerful verses that speak to my life.  There you go on a different but cool power trip. 


It is a lot of verses.  Just read.  See what sticks out to you.  Here we go.


Genesis 15:5  NLT  

Then the Lord took Abram outside and said to him, “Look up into the sky and count the stars if you can. That’s how many descendants you will have!”


Exodus 3:2-5  NLT  

There the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a blazing fire from the middle of a bush. Moses stared in amazement. Though the bush was engulfed in flames, it didn’t burn up. 3 “This is amazing,” Moses said to himself. “Why isn’t that bush burning up? I must go see it.” 4 When the Lord saw Moses coming to take a closer look, God called to him from the middle of the bush, “Moses! Moses!” “Here I am!” Moses replied. 5 “Do not come any closer,” the Lord warned. “Take off your sandals, for you are standing on holy ground.


Esther 4:14  NLT  

If you keep quiet at a time like this, deliverance and relief for the Jews will arise from some other place, but you and your relatives will die. Who knows if perhaps you were made queen for just such a time as this?”


Psalm 19:1-2  NLT  

The heavens proclaim the glory of God. The skies display his craftsmanship. 2  Day after day they continue to speak; night after night they make him known.


Proverbs 8:10-11  NLT  

Choose my instruction rather than silver, and knowledge rather than pure gold. 11  For wisdom is far more valuable than rubies. Nothing you desire can compare with it.


Isaiah 6:8  NLT  

Then I heard the Lord asking, “Whom should I send as a messenger to this people? Who will go for us?” I said, “Here I am. Send me.”



Matthew 4:19  NLT  

Jesus called out to them, “Come, follow me, and I will show you how to fish for people!”


John 3:16  NLT  

For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.


Acts 21:20  NLT  

After hearing this, they praised God. And then they said, “You know, dear brother, how many thousands of Jews have also believed, and they all follow the law of Moses very seriously.


Romans 4:20  NLT  

Abraham never wavered in believing God’s promise. In fact, his faith grew stronger, and in this he brought glory to God.


1 Peter 4:10  NLT  

God has given each of you a gift from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Use them well to serve one another. 


Jude 1:20-21  NLT  

But you, dear friends, must build each other up in your most holy faith, pray in the power of the Holy Spirit, 21 and await the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ, who will bring you eternal life. In this way, you will keep yourselves safe in God’s love.


That is enough for today.  And those are powerful verses, but there are so many more.  May we seek the Lord and hear His voice.  His power is so much better than any power we would find without Him.

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