does anyone else in the room have recreational portions of scripture
that you just you just turn to just because you can and and they're so refreshed
Psalms 37 is that for me Isaiah 60 is that for me
Romans 15 is that way they are there what I call the hot tub it's the hot tub
in God now I have a couple things in my life that I believe reveal the goodness
of God one is a massage chair and the other is a hot tub when I get in that
hot tub I let the bubbles work on the lower part
of my back and then I go to the next verse I mean the next chair and I let
those things work on my shoulders and then I go to the part where you get to
lay down and just you're just floating into glory and it's it's that's Romans
15 for me is you need to have a hot tub somewhere in the Bible that you can go
to just get refreshed and I'm showing you one of mine I have several
but I'll loan it to you want it to you you just have to return it look at verse 13 now may the God of
Hope fill you with all joy and peace anybody have room for more joy and peace
alright well this is His commitment now may the God of Hope fill you with all
joy and peace in believing that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy
Spirit ah can you abound in hope without the power
the answer is no the power of God reveals the love of God and it is
impossible to adequately display the love of God without power
powers not a point in our theology power is a person the Holy Spirit is the
Dunamis of heaven
verse 18 that will dare not speak of any of those things that Christ has not
accomplished through me in word indeed to make the Gentiles obedient here's our
verse in mighty signs and wonders by the power of the Spirit of God so that from
Jerusalem around to Illyricum I have fully preached the gospel of Christ read
the verse again I'm going to remove the names of the cities so that you can see
more clearly what he's saying in mighty signs and wonders by the power of the
Spirit of God I have fully preached the gospel of Christ I tell you another
boundary your border that cannot be adjusted or moved is the absolute
necessity for the power of God the absolute necessity this is not a verse
to say to say well you're pretty you've fully preached the gospel and your
friend doesn't it's not haven't have enough if I look at it that way then I
have misunderstood completely what he's saying because the power of God is not a
tool that we use to bring people into the kingdom the power is a person I am
the tool that He uses it is not my maneuvering of His presence and power
that I use for divine purpose it is my yielded nough sand surrender I'm
unwilling to live life without the yes through which He would flow in power I'm
unwilling and it's a boundary it's a boundary of this inheritance it's
something in God I have no right to adjust or to mover to change it's not
about what somebody else preaches it's not about what somebody else has or
doesn't have it's about my personal responsibility as for me in my house I
have seen a line of demarcation I once was okay with the theology of power and
not the experience and not the practice
it's not acceptable it's unacceptable it's not a guilt words not a shame word
it's just saying you know what here's the land you've inherited this one over
here says you're a priest to God this boundary over here says you have hope in
every situation but this on the right here
says power must be displayed for this gospel to be revealed for what it is
to touch the hearts of people because it is that power that changes the life without
power it's not good news