From Pain To Power!

Mark 14:60-65; 1 Peter 2:21; 2 Peter 1:3; Deuteronomy 8:18; Genesis 45:3-8; Luke 9:1-2; 2 Corinthians 4:7; Philippians 3:10-11; Hebrews 2:18; Romans 8:28

We are walking in today:  From Pain To Power! 

Mark 14:60-65 60 And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee? 61 But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed? 62 And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. 63 Then the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, What need we any further witnesses? 64 Ye have heard the blasphemy: what think ye? And they all condemned him to be guilty of death. 65 And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the servants did strike him with the palms of their hands.  Now that we have allowed God to have total access, and we laid down our will in pain, watch God take you from pain to power!  Jesus Himself is sitting on the right hand of the Father.  1 Peter 2:21 For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps. 2 Peter 1:3 According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue.  By His divine nature He has given us everything we need for living a godly life!  We have received all of this by coming to know Him.  The One who called us to Himself by means of His marvelous glory and excellence!  We have everything that we need by the power of God--from pain to power.  Deuteronomy 8:18 But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.  Look at the power of God--covenant and oath to us, He will provide!  That's a double portion.  He is our Jehovah Jireh!  We must change our mindset about our finances, let's look at Josephs pain to power:  Genesis 45:3-8 3 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence. 4 And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. 5 Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life. 6 For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest. 7 And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance. 8 So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.  From pain to power, let God elevate you.  Don't worry about the pain or suffering.  They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.  Luke 9:1-2 1 Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases. 2 And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick.  2 Corinthians 4:7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.   This makes it clear that our great power is from God and not of us ourselves.  What is His power worth to you?  Forsake all and follow Him!  Philippians 3:10-11 10 That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; 11 If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.  Some experiences that we have had or will have will take us to the point that we will experience death.  But God can resurrect you from the dead--get up!  And experience the power from your pain.  Hebrews 2:18 (NIV) Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.  Fiveamprayer, God is taking us from pain to power!
Get up this morning and worship Him!  Psalm 85:9 (NIV) Surely his salvation is near those who fear him, that his glory may dwell in our land.  We have been through this painful suffering and now God is taking us to power.  The greater One lives on the inside of us!  For all of the things that we have suffered, we can count them all joy.  It had served a purpose what you suffered in your marriage, with your children, in your body and your finances.  Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.  God is taking you from pain to power!  You are a force to be reckoned with!  Fiveamprayer, hold on to His everlasting arms!  He is real and able!  Weeping may endure for the night but joy comes in the morning--from pain to power!  We allowed God access and are now walking in His love.  You have got to see this, God placed you there for a purpose.  Look at Joseph, there was a plan for his life.  God has a plan and is processing you with His word and giving you understanding.  Some of the people along the way will fall off, everybody can't go where you are going.  You have got to have a nevertheless in your spirit!  Tell God, "I want to see Your glory!  Oh to look upon Your face!"  From pain to power.  Pain is a part of the process.  Jesus suffered and now sits at the right hand of the Father.   He is our Intercessor!  He keeps encouraging us, telling us to take another step, to keep fighting.  You will win if you don't quit!  In the natural it may look like it is all done in vain, but we walk by faith!  There is a purpose for what you have been through.  Keep standing and confessing His powerful word!  To hear this again, click here.

We seal this prayer in His precious blood, by His Spirit:  God is working all things for our good--from pain to power!  Thank You God, worthy is Your name!