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Text: Ephesians 1:19-20

ESV:

and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might that he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places,

*ETS:

(Paul's prayer continues) I pray you will understand God's power is always available to energize you to walk in victory. I pray you will know living the Christ-life requires the same power God exerted when he raised Christ from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places.

Think about it - the unlimited and immeasurable power God demonstrated in resurrecting Christ from the dead is not only the power you will experience when you leave this world, (i.e. power over physical death), it is the power you need to live in this world, (i.e., the power of resurrection living - being dead to sin and alive to God).

*DTFTD:

The Christian's life is to be a display of God's power. The disciple of Christ should experience victory over sin and a life of communion with God through the Holy Spirit. Paul's focus on the power of God was a way of reminding the saints at Ephesus that Christian living is more than trying to do good in the name of Jesus. Christian living requires the unlimited power of God working out the resurrection life of Christ in daily experiences. The world should not view the church as people trying to live for Jesus, rather the world should see Christ living through His church. Today is a fresh opportunity for you to walk in the resurrection power of God. Stop right now and pray that you will be reminded often throughout the day how much you need God's power to live in this world. I am praying the church, the redeemed of God, throughout the world will express the exceeding greatness of God's power today.

*EDS:

Christian living is an expression of the miracle working power of God.

INGREDIENTS: A message on the necessityof God's power in the Christian's life. Word Study: The word power is the Greek word "dunamis." We get our English word "dynamite" from this word. The Christian's life should not be a firecracker - it should be dynamite! See the difference?

*ESV- English Standard Version; ETS- Essence of the Text in a Sentence; DTFTD- Devotional Thought For The Day; EDS- Essence of the Devotional in a Sentence.