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FROM: 365 DAYS WITH

E. STANLEY JONES

POWER AND GUIDANCE

" REPENT AND BE BAPTIZED

EVERYONE OF YOU IN THE NAME

OF JESUS CHRIST SO THAT YOUR

SINS MAY BE FORGIVEN; AND

YOU WILL RECEIVE THE GIFT OF

THE HOLY SPIRIT. "

_________________________ACTS 2:38

THE SECRET OF POWER [AS SEEN] IN THE BOOK OF ACTS

IS TWOFOLD: FIRST, THESE CHRISTIANS FULLY SURRENDERED TO GOD AND

THROUGH THAT SURRENDER WERE ENABLED TO ACCEPT THE GIFT OF THE HOLY

SPIRIT. THAT ENABLED THE HOLY SPIRIT TO COME INTO IMMEDIATE CONTACT WITH

THE HUMAN SPIRIT, HEIGHTENING ALL ITS POWERS AND ADDING A PLUS TO

EVERYTHING.

SECOND THESE HEIGHTENED POWERS WERE UNDER DIVINE CONTROL AND WERE

WORKING OUT A PLAN----A LIFE PLAN. WITHOUT THIS FOLLOWING OUT OF DIVINE

GUIDANCE THE HOLY SPIRIT'S POWER IN THEIR LIVES WOULD HAVE BEEN

CANCELLED OR FRUSTRATED. WITHOUT THIS DIVINE GUIDANCE LIFE IS LIKE A

HOSE WITH THE WATER RUNNING TO WASTE. GUIDANCE DIRECTS THE WATER OF THE

HOSE WHERE IT IS NEEDED.

WITH GOD'S GUIDANCE,

WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY

ABOUT WASTED EFFORTS.

O GOD, I SURRENDER MY LIFE TO YOU. I NEED YOUR HOLY SPIRIT TO DIRECT ME

IN ALL THAT I DO.

AFFIRMATION:

GOD'S GUIDANCE IS ALWAYS INTO GREATER CHARACTER AND

GREATER EFFECTIVENESS.

FOR FURTHER READING:

ACTS 2; 8:14-40

GENTLEHUGS AND PRAYERS

SAM