Think Again!

CHAPTER 8 The Spirit’s Power

The devil uses schemes to rob us of our treasures, through stealing, killing, and destroying. But God does just the opposite by richly providing for us. The Father is overflowing in his loving philanthropy. The Son has achieved the victory over the devil, creating abundant potential for us to do good. But God doesn’t stop at philanthropy and potential. He also gives us power by the Holy Spirit! The Nicene Creed declares that the Spirit proceeds from the Father and Son. When people in the Bible were filled with the Spirit, it resulted in them doing something . They spoke, they acted, they protected, they defended. The Spirit initiates action, giving us power to get busy! Look at the frequent references to the word “power” in describing the Spirit’s work: “I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power , together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge-that you may be filled to the measure

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