Hi Pastor John. 
All day I have been soaking in thoughts of the power of God. I can not stop thinking about it and it is so good. Growing up I never heard of the power of God. I heard at times the term “a Higher Power” but never even stopped to think about that term. I just associated it with a reference to God. When Gary and Karlee sang that beautiful song this weekend, the verse “what a powerful name it is” struck me. Sister Natalie was sitting next to me, and all I could think of was the powerful name of Jesus touching her. Then brother Greg’s testimony about his dad stopping drinking cold turkey after 40 years. That is only Jesus. Only the power of our King Jesus can do that.
I know how it feels to want so desperately to be out from under that consuming burden and not be able to stop. I know that only Jesus, only the powerful name of Jesus being called out that day, broke that off of me. I keep thinking most of the world has heard or uses the term “Higher power” never thinking or knowing that there is a power from Jesus that is real. If they would only sincerely call on that powerful name of Jesus, how everything would change!
And I am sitting here and I know it. It takes my breath away. Since we read Saturday morning, all I keep feeling is that we are so blessed. We have the answer for every problem that is going to come. From now until Jesus burns this world up, we have the answer for all of it. How can that be? I can’t believe Jesus created me for him. I want to, but how do you take that in? And really, it all comes back to the order of God–the authority. It all comes back to getting on your face before Jesus and submitting. For every soul out there today, the answer is the same. The answer is Jesus.
That is so good to my soul!
Beth D