{"id":38984,"date":"2026-01-20T22:00:36","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T05:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/?p=38984"},"modified":"2026-01-20T22:30:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T05:30:18","slug":"260121-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/260121-power\/","title":{"rendered":"God\u2019s Power in Us"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Max Lucado<\/p>\n

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We look at other believers and ask, \u201cWhy is her life so fruitful and mine so barren? Why is his life so powerful and mine so weak? Aren\u2019t we saved by the same Christ?\u201d<\/p>\n

The answer may be found in the first chapter of the book of Acts where Jesus told Peter and the other followers, \u201cWait here to receive the promise from the Father. John baptized people with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit<\/strong>\u201d (Acts 1:4-5 NCV).<\/p>\n

During Jesus\u2019 earthly ministry Jesus lived near the disciples. The Holy Spirit, however, would live\u00a0in<\/em>\u00a0the disciples. Jesus taught; the Spirit teaches through us. Jesus comforted; the Spirit comforts through us. The Holy Spirit is a year-round resident in the hearts of God\u2019s children. As God\u2019s story becomes our story, his power becomes our power.<\/p>\n

\"\"Read more\u00a0God’s Story, Your Story<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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We look at other believers and ask, \u201cWhy is her life so fruitful and mine so barren? Why is his life so powerful and mine so weak? Aren\u2019t we saved by the same Christ?\u201d<\/p>\n

The answer may be found in the first chapter of the book of Acts where Jesus told Peter and the other followers, \u201cWait here to receive the promise from the Father. John baptized people with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit\u201d (Acts 1:4-5 NCV).<\/p>\n

During Jesus\u2019 earthly ministry Jesus lived near the disciples. The Holy Spirit, however, would live in the disciples. Jesus taught; the Spirit teaches through us. Jesus comforted; the Spirit comforts through us. The Holy Spirit is a year-round resident in the hearts of God\u2019s children. As God\u2019s story becomes our story, his power becomes our power.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38985,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[148],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-upwords"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38984"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38984\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38986,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38984\/revisions\/38986"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}