Ephesians 1:15-23 NIV
Every August for years, I have been privileged to preach at the Zeba Methodist Camp Meeting. The camp meeting is held by a faithful Ojibwa congregation that meets out in the woods at a chapel without walls during the summer months. Inevitably, every year, sometime during the week long camp meeting event, someone asks to sing one of my favorite hymns, "There Is Power In The Blood." There is power in the blood of Jesus!
I often wonder if everyone really understands that power. Do we really get it? The one who was raised from the dead lives! He is our head. He is the head over everything for the church, which is his body. The one who descended to hell, rose from the dead, and ascended to the heavenly realms lives. How much more powerful can one be than that? Trust in his power. Trust in the power of the blood of Jesus.
May the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the most glorious Father, give us the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that we might know Him better; so that we might understand the awesome power of God. May our eyes be opened and our hearts enlightened so that we might know the hope to which we have been called: the inheritance we have received as children of God and the great power for all who believe in Jesus Christ as Lord, as head over everything for the church.
God's Peace - Pr. J
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| My dear friend and brother in Christ, Pr. John Henry (now retired), preaching at Zeba Campground Meeting at the summer worship site in the woods. |
I often wonder if everyone really understands that power. Do we really get it? The one who was raised from the dead lives! He is our head. He is the head over everything for the church, which is his body. The one who descended to hell, rose from the dead, and ascended to the heavenly realms lives. How much more powerful can one be than that? Trust in his power. Trust in the power of the blood of Jesus.
May the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the most glorious Father, give us the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that we might know Him better; so that we might understand the awesome power of God. May our eyes be opened and our hearts enlightened so that we might know the hope to which we have been called: the inheritance we have received as children of God and the great power for all who believe in Jesus Christ as Lord, as head over everything for the church.
God's Peace - Pr. J
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