Power & Action

It is the “how” of getting rid of sin if you are earnest about doing it at all: face it, snare it, surrender it. Hate it, forsake it confess it, and restore for it. Shoemaker was adamant that Christianity has a moral backbone. It is not, he said, about “good deeds” alone. It is not about “service” alone. It is not alone about the standards of the Ten Commandments and the Sermon on the Mount, or other rules for appropriate  moral conduct in the Bible. Nor is it just about the elimination of sin. It is about using the power of the spirit of God, received from on high in rebirth, in order to live and prosper according to God’s will as laid down in the Bible and as given to man by revelation from God."
Rev. Sam Shoemaker

Rev. Sam Shoemaker an Episcopalian minister who was a major influence  in the foundation of Alcoholics Anonymous. Its  about that power. The power to do what my spirit wants and not my flesh. The power to keep on task when things are not going the way I think they should. The power to have relationship with those difficult people. The power to look at my failure as opportunity for growth. Power to get dirty with someone soul dealing with the sin in our lives. All this power is available all I have to do is ask Jesus and He will fulfill that need. Thank Jesus for that need because its that need that has given me purpose.

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