What Could You Do If You Really Believed?
What Could You Do If You Really Believed?
Monday Meditations – Episode 4
Originally written August 8, 2011
posted here: https://forthesakeofthetruth.com/2011/08/29/monday-meditations-acts-18/
Today’s Meditation Verse:
Acts 1:8
8But you shall receive power (ability, efficiency, and might) when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you shall be My witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judea and Samaria and to the ends (the very bounds) of the earth.
I became born again when I was 13 years old. I had known, walked with and loved the Lord for many years prior, but realized at 13 that I needed to be born again. I attended a denominational church at that time that focused on salvation and very little else.
I had such a heart for the Lord and yet I still felt like there was something more, something else I was missing.
Then on Thanksgiving night in 1977 a co-worker who had become a friend whom had also began to mentor me spiritually led me to receive the Baptism of the Holy Spirit. On that night I received, from true hunger the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues. My life was never the same again.
A fire was birthed in me, an undeniable passion for Christ that was insatiable and continues to this very day.
Many years ago while reading in the Amplified Bible I noticed the paragraphs in verse 8. The word that stood out to me was the word ‘efficiency’. For many years I had been amazed at just how much more I was able to accomplish than any of my other co-workers. I did my work, quicker, better and with much more professionalism than anyone else.
It was so noticeable that I was asked by my manager to speak to the entire department at the national meeting on why I was so successful. I knew, and told him, that my success was only because of the Lord working in and through me. But I still had to speak at the national meeting about the steps I took to do my work.
The number one comment I received from everyone was that what I did, was just too much work! But what they didn’t realize was that I was able to accomplish much more in much less time than they did because of the efficiency of the Holy Spirit in my life.
When I read this scripture and saw the word efficiency I finally had biblical proof that my ability to work efficiently had been totally and completely due to the power that I had received from the Holy Spirit.
When you say you do not have enough time to do this or that, or to even spend time with the Lord, you are wrong! Spend time with Him ask for the Holy Spirit power and you will receive the power that gives efficiency. Your work will become so efficient that it will get done better in a fraction of the time.
Rest in the Spirit. Don’t work harder, work smarter with the power of the Holy Spirit!
Wednesday Word Study – Episode 4
Originally written August 31, 2011
posted here: https://forthesakeofthetruth.com/2011/08/31/2200/
Power
Original Word: δύναμις, εως, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: dunamis
Phonetic Spelling: (doo'-nam-is)
Short Definition: might, power, marvelous works
Definition: (a) physical power, force, might, ability, efficacy, energy, meaning (b) plur: powerful deeds, deeds showing (physical) power, marvelous works.
1411 dýnamis (from 1410 /dýnamai, "able, having ability") – properly, "ability to perform" (L-N); for the believer, power to achieve by applying the Lord's inherent abilities. "Power through God's ability" (1411 /dýnamis) is needed in every scene of life to really grow in sanctification and prepare for heaven (glorification). 1411 (dýnamis) is a very important term, used 120 times in the NT.
As a people we are drawn to power or the display of power. From early childhood we are enamored with super heroes and the great and mighty deeds they did. We all secretly wished we could do those things too!
We were also taught that those things were fiction. There isn’t such a thing as a super hero. People can’t fly. People can’t stop bullets with their bare hands, people can’t walk through walls. So we abandoned the thought of being a super hero.
But this word dunamis is just exactly that – supernatural power. The Holy Spirit came to bring us His power; God’s power and ability into our lives. We’ve not lived it because we have not believed it. Believe today that you were meant to receive, posses and use dunamis in your life.
DUNAMIS: physical power – force – might – ability – efficacy – energy – powerful deeds – deeds showing physical power – marvelous works.
Maybe we really were meant to be super heroes.
Friday Finale – Episode 4
Originally written September 2, 2011
posted here: https://forthesakeofthetruth.com/2011/09/02/but-do-you-believe/
But do you believe?
Mark 11:23
23) “Truly I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says is going to happen, it will be granted him.
2 Corinthians 12:2
2) I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago—whether in the body I do not know, or out of the body I do not know, God knows—such a man was caught up to the third heaven. 3) And I know how such a man—whether in the body or apart from the body I do not know, God knows— 4) was caught up into Paradise and heard inexpressible words, which a man is not permitted to speak.
I Samual 17:49
49) And David put his hand into his bag and took from it a stone and slung it, and struck the Philistine on his forehead. And the stone sank into his forehead, so that he fell on his face to the ground.
Joshua 14:6
6) The LORD's Spirit came over him. With his bare hands, he tore the lion apart as if it were a young goat.
Acts 8:39-40
39) When they had stepped out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord suddenly took Philip away. The official ...
What Could You Do If You Really Believed?
Monday Meditations – Episode 4
Originally written August 8, 2011
posted here: https://forthesakeofthetruth.com/2011/08/29/monday-meditations-acts-18/
Today’s Meditation Verse:
Acts 1:8
8But you shall receive power (ability, efficiency, and might) when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you shall be My witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judea and Samaria and to the ends (the very bounds) of the earth.
I became born again when I was 13 years old. I had known, walked with and loved the Lord for many years prior, but realized at 13 that I needed to be born again. I attended a denominational church at that time that focused on salvation and very little else.
I had such a heart for the Lord and yet I still felt like there was something more, something else I was missing.
Then on Thanksgiving night in 1977 a co-worker who had become a friend whom had also began to mentor me spiritually led me to receive the Baptism of the Holy Spirit. On that night I received, from true hunger the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues. My life was never the same again.
A fire was birthed in me, an undeniable passion for Christ that was insatiable and continues to this very day.
Many years ago while reading in the Amplified Bible I noticed the paragraphs in verse 8. The word that stood out to me was the word ‘efficiency’. For many years I had been amazed at just how much more I was able to accomplish than any of my other co-workers. I did my work, quicker, better and with much more professionalism than anyone else.
It was so noticeable that I was asked by my manager to speak to the entire department at the national meeting on why I was so successful. I knew, and told him, that my success was only because of the Lord working in and through me. But I still had to speak at the national meeting about the steps I took to do my work.
The number one comment I received from everyone was that what I did, was just too much work! But what they didn’t realize was that I was able to accomplish much more in much less time than they did because of the efficiency of the Holy Spirit in my life.
When I read this scripture and saw the word efficiency I finally had biblical proof that my ability to work efficiently had been totally and completely due to the power that I had received from the Holy Spirit.
When you say you do not have enough time to do this or that, or to even spend time with the Lord, you are wrong! Spend time with Him ask for the Holy Spirit power and you will receive the power that gives efficiency. Your work will become so efficient that it will get done better in a fraction of the time.
Rest in the Spirit. Don’t work harder, work smarter with the power of the Holy Spirit!
Wednesday Word Study – Episode 4
Originally written August 31, 2011
posted here: https://forthesakeofthetruth.com/2011/08/31/2200/
Power
Original Word: δύναμις, εως, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: dunamis
Phonetic Spelling: (doo'-nam-is)
Short Definition: might, power, marvelous works
Definition: (a) physical power, force, might, ability, efficacy, energy, meaning (b) plur: powerful deeds, deeds showing (physical) power, marvelous works.
1411 dýnamis (from 1410 /dýnamai, "able, having ability") – properly, "ability to perform" (L-N); for the believer, power to achieve by applying the Lord's inherent abilities. "Power through God's ability" (1411 /dýnamis) is needed in every scene of life to really grow in sanctification and prepare for heaven (glorification). 1411 (dýnamis) is a very important term, used 120 times in the NT.
As a people we are drawn to power or the display of power. From early childhood we are enamored with super heroes and the great and mighty deeds they did. We all secretly wished we could do those things too!
We were also taught that those things were fiction. There isn’t such a thing as a super hero. People can’t fly. People can’t stop bullets with their bare hands, people can’t walk through walls. So we abandoned the thought of being a super hero.
But this word dunamis is just exactly that – supernatural power. The Holy Spirit came to bring us His power; God’s power and ability into our lives. We’ve not lived it because we have not believed it. Believe today that you were meant to receive, posses and use dunamis in your life.
DUNAMIS: physical power – force – might – ability – efficacy – energy – powerful deeds – deeds showing physical power – marvelous works.
Maybe we really were meant to be super heroes.
Friday Finale – Episode 4
Originally written September 2, 2011
posted here: https://forthesakeofthetruth.com/2011/09/02/but-do-you-believe/
But do you believe?
Mark 11:23
23) “Truly I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says is going to happen, it will be granted him.
2 Corinthians 12:2
2) I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago—whether in the body I do not know, or out of the body I do not know, God knows—such a man was caught up to the third heaven. 3) And I know how such a man—whether in the body or apart from the body I do not know, God knows— 4) was caught up into Paradise and heard inexpressible words, which a man is not permitted to speak.
I Samual 17:49
49) And David put his hand into his bag and took from it a stone and slung it, and struck the Philistine on his forehead. And the stone sank into his forehead, so that he fell on his face to the ground.
Joshua 14:6
6) The LORD's Spirit came over him. With his bare hands, he tore the lion apart as if it were a young goat.
Acts 8:39-40
39) When they had stepped out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord suddenly took Philip away. The official joyfully continued on his way and didn't see Philip again. 40) Philip found himself in the city of Azotus
These men, and many more, experienced dunamis. The supernatural power of the Holy Spirit. On the Wednesday Word Study this week I wrote about the word dunamis and that the very word describes supernatural power we are meant to receive from the Holy Spirit. Supernatural powers that remind us of the cartoon super heroes of our youth. Supernatural strength, powerful precision, being transported from one place to another, going up into the heavens and seeing supernatural visions, and the ability to move entire mountains with just our faith alone.
I do believe that we were meant to be God’s super heroes! We were placed in this world to do all that is necessary to rescue others, bring them to Christ and disciple them. In this world of evil and persecution we have not lived up to this calling.
Do you believe today that you are called to experience the dunamis of the Holy Spirit? Do you believe today that the people of this world need us to experience the dunamis of the Holy Spirit to be God’s superhero in their life?
If you have been concentrating on growing your faith in the areas of daily provision and health, you are spending time believing for something that God has already promised.
Luke 12:22-32
22) Then Jesus said to his disciples, "So I tell you to stop worrying about what you will eat or wear. 23) Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothes. 24) Consider the crows. They don't plant or harvest. They don't even have a storeroom or a barn. Yet, God feeds them. You are worth much more than birds. 25) "Can any of you add an hour to your life by worrying? 26) If you can't do a small thing like that, why worry about other things? 27) Consider how the flowers grow. They never work or spin yarn for clothes. But I say that not even Solomon in all his majesty was dressed like one of these flowers. 28) That's the way God clothes the grass in the field. Today it's alive, and tomorrow it's thrown into an incinerator. So how much more will he clothe you people who have so little faith? 29) "Don't concern yourself about what you will eat or drink, and quit worrying about these things. 30) Everyone in the world is concerned about these things, but your Father knows you need them. 31) Rather, be concerned about his kingdom. Then these things will be provided for you. 32) Don't be afraid, little flock. Your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom.
We need to focus our faith on the distressed on this earth and grow our faith to believe that God will infuse us with Holy Spirit dunamis as needed on a daily basis to be His superheroes in this world. Seek first the kingdom of God, that is a supernatural kingdom, and all the other provisions will be provided.
My prayer today is not that I’ll have enough money, food or health, but that I will be infused with dunamis in order to help others, be God’s superhero whenever and wherever He needs me. I believe that we are needed today as much as, if not more than ever before.
But are you willing? Do you believe?
This is the full teaching on this subject in one place. You will flow from the Monday Meditation to the Wednesday Word Study and then the Friday Finale where I bring the teaching home with in depth teaching.
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