JANUARY 21
POWER OF GODLINESS
OLUBI JOHNSON
Mark 14:68 KJV
But he denied, saying, I know not, neither understand I what thou sayest. And he went out into the porch; and the cock crew.
The power of Godliness is God’s power to make you like God, who is Love in every situation and circumstance, even under pressure (1Jn. 4:8; Matt.5:44-45).
We need to grow in grace to have the power of God in sufficient measure to overcome the abounding iniquity of the end-time. This will enable you to be consistently like God in the nature of your soul and body and in your conduct (2Pet. 3:18, 1:2).
Now, you grow in grace by growing in humility and so in revelation of spiritual wisdom and understanding.
God will never allow you to be tempted above what you are able to bear (1Cor. 10:13), so at every stage of your spiritual development, there will always be sufficient grace (2Cor. 12:9) to have a sufficient amount of the power of God to overcome all the un-godliness coming against your soul and body.
It is vital to understand that there is Satanic power in the air, and in the soul and body that seeks to make men think and act like Satan rather than like God (Eph. 2:2-3; Rom. 7:16-25).
We overcome this Satanic power in the air and in the flesh by generating, releasing and receiving a sufficient amount of the power of godliness each day into our souls, bodies and circumstances, using the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus (Rom. 8:1-2).
We generate the power of God by travailing prayer in the Spirit to ‘birth’ the power of God from our spirits by the Holy Spirit into our souls, bodies and circumstances as a daily habit, like the Lord Jesus did (Heb. 5:7-8, Isa. 66:8, Gal. 4:19).
It is instructive to note that where we are not able to generate enough of the power of Godliness, because of spiritual immaturity or weakness, God will supplement what we have generated through the covering of spiritual fathers, who are praying with travail for us on a consistent daily, weekly or monthly basis, so causing the power of Godliness available to us to be sufficient.
We release the power of Godliness by confessing the Word of God on the love of God and praying in tongues after each confession. This will ‘distribute’ the released power in specific details, to overcome infirmities we do not know, by the Holy Spirit (Rom. 8:26-27).
We receive the power of Godliness by ‘washing our feet’ frequently throughout the day (at least once every six hours (Dt. 6:7, Mk. 13:35). In other words, by receiving the life of God, praying in tongues and acknowledging the Lord (Pr. 3:6) in our thinking for mercy to be faithful to do all things with love (1 Cor. 16:13, 14). This will enpower you to execute deeds of charity, kindness (Jam. 1:27) and, where necessary, discipline (Rev. 3:19).
As we practice this, our souls, bodies and actions will be dominated by the power of Godliness and not the sin nature in the soul, body and in the air, causing us to be godly: God-like in nature and conduct!
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