How to Receive Power from God (for Christians): 11 Steps

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How to Receive Power from God (for Christians): 11 Steps
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God promised to give power to man. This is a great promise! Imagine God who has created the universe with His word promising power for us who are just ordinary humans.

1 Corinthians 4:20 "For the kingdom of God is not by words, but by power"

This article explains what is meant by the promise that "we shall receive power from God" and how to receive God's short but profound promise.

Step

Address Your Doubts About God's Existence Step 1
Address Your Doubts About God's Existence Step 1

Step 1. Look for scriptures that state Jesus' promise of the power God will give us

This promise is written in Luke 24:49 "And I will send to you what my Father promised. But you must stay in this city until you are clothed with power from on high" and Acts 1:8 "But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."

Address Your Doubts About God's Existence Step 3
Address Your Doubts About God's Existence Step 3

Step 2. Know that the verse in Luke's Gospel associates power with "the promise of my Father (Jesus)" and the verse in Acts associates power with "receiving the Holy Spirit"

Find God Step 12
Find God Step 12

Step 3. Know that in Acts 1:4-5 Jesus said that what is meant by "the promise of His Father" is baptism in the Holy Spirit so that we can understand that the power that God gives comes from the same source, namely baptism (or receive) the Holy Spirit

In Acts 2:4, the apostles received power when they received the Holy Spirit so that they could speak in tongues. In Acts 2:38, Peter explains how to receive the Holy Spirit so that we can receive power from God.

Address Your Doubts About God's Existence Step 5
Address Your Doubts About God's Existence Step 5

Step 4. Find out more about how to receive the Holy Spirit to receive power from God by reading the wikiHow How to Receive the Holy Spirit according to the Bible

After receiving power from God, use it to glorify God and win souls for the glory of God.

Avoid Commiting the Unpardonable Sin Step 2
Avoid Commiting the Unpardonable Sin Step 2

Step 5. Realize that receiving the Holy Spirit means entering into something very big beyond our understanding

Ephesians 3:18-20 "I pray that you, together with all the saints, may understand how wide and long and high and deep the love of Christ is, and that you may know that love, even though it surpasses all knowledge. I pray that you filled in all the fullness of God. To Him who can do far more than we ask or think, according to the power that is at work in us."

Create a Personal Prayer of Thanks for Thanksgiving Step 5
Create a Personal Prayer of Thanks for Thanksgiving Step 5

Step 6. Use the power of God to heal the sick

John 14:12 "Truly I say to you, whoever believes in Me will also do the works that I do, even greater works than these. For I am going to the Father." Ephesians 3:20 "To Him who is able to do far more than we ask or think, according to the power that is at work in us."

Avoid Commiting the Unpardonable Sin Step 3
Avoid Commiting the Unpardonable Sin Step 3

Step 7. Use the power of God to proclaim the word of God

Acts 1:8 "But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." 1 Corinthians 2:4 "Neither I speak nor preach I speak with persuasive words of wisdom, but with confidence in the power of the Spirit."

Be Stable in Life as a Christian Step 1
Be Stable in Life as a Christian Step 1

Step 8. Use the power from God to rejoice in the Spirit

Romans 15:13 "May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in your faith, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope." 2 Timothy 1:7 "For God did not give us a spirit of fear, but a spirit of strength, love and order."

Become a Good Preacher Step 2
Become a Good Preacher Step 2

Step 9. Use God's power to bear witness to Jesus and make others want to know God

John 2:23 "And while he was in Jerusalem during the feast of the Passover, many believed in his name, because they had seen the signs he was doing." Acts 8:6 "When the crowds heard Philip's message and saw the signs he was performing, they all accepted what he preached with unanimous heart." Thessalonians 1:5 "For the gospel that we preach was not conveyed to you in words, but also with the power of the Holy Spirit and with a firm certainty. You know how we work among you because of you."

Choose a Church Step 6
Choose a Church Step 6

Step 10. Use the power of God to bear witness of salvation

Romans 1:16 "For I have firm confidence in the gospel, for the gospel is the power of God to save everyone who believes, first of all the Jews, but also the Greeks." Corinthians 1:18 "For the preaching of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God."

Choose a God (or Gods) Step 8
Choose a God (or Gods) Step 8

Step 11. Know that power from God is given under certain conditions

  • Power from Allah no power or authority that can be used to control others (read Matthew 20:25-28).
  • The power of God must be used to praise and glorify the name of Jesus, not to exalt oneself (read John 7:18, 2 Corinthians 10:17-18).
  • Receiving power from God does not make one person more important than another. Jesus said, "For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted" (Luke 14:11).
  • Receiving power from God is not a reason to sin, but rather a source of strength to live in righteousness. "I can do all things in Him who gives me strength" (Philippians 4:13). "Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable, whatever is excellent or praiseworthy, think about these things" (Philippians 4:8).

Tips

  • Even though we have received power from God by receiving the Holy Spirit, we still have to "ask, seek, and knock" to experience God's power for ourselves in our lives. Matthew 7:7-11).

  • We can use the power of God to:

    • heal the sick

      • John 14:12 "Truly I say to you, whoever believes in Me will also do the works that I do, even greater works than these. For I am going to the Father."
      • Ephesians 3:20 "To Him who can do far more than we ask or think, according to the power that is at work in us."

    • proclaim the word of God

      • Acts 1:8 "But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."
      • 1 Corinthians 2:4 "Neither my words nor my preaching I speak with persuasive words of wisdom, but with confidence in the power of the Spirit."

    • rejoice in the Spirit

      • Romans 15:13 "May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in your faith, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope."
      • 2 Timothy 1:7 "For God did not give us a spirit of fear, but a spirit of strength, love and order."

    • bear witness to Jesus and make others want to know God

      • John 2:23 "And while he was in Jerusalem during the feast of the Passover, many believed in his name, because they had seen the signs he was doing."
      • Acts 8:6 "When the crowd heard Philip's message and saw the signs he performed, they all accepted what he preached with unanimous heart."
      • 1 Thessalonians 1:5 "For the gospel that we preach was not conveyed to you with words alone, but also with power by the Holy Spirit and with a firm certainty. You know how we work among you because of you."

    • bear witness to salvation

      • Romans 1:16 "For I have firm confidence in the Gospel, for the Gospel is the power of God to save everyone who believes, first of all Jews, but also Greeks."
      • 1 Corinthians 1:18 "For the preaching of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God."

Warning

  • Power from Allah no power or authority that can be used to control others (read Matthew 20:25-28).
  • The power of God must be used to praise and glorify the name of Jesus, not to exalt oneself (John 7:18, 2 Corinthians 10:17-18).
  • Receiving power from God does not make one person more important than another. Jesus said, "Whoever humbles himself will be exalted" (Luke 14:11).
  • Some people do not acknowledge the power of God. In the Bible, we are reminded to stay away from people like this (read 2 Timothy 3:5), but keep praying for them because they can still change their mind (read 2 Timothy 2:25).
  • For those who have received God's power, the truth is evident in their lives. So, a person cannot say that he has received power from Allah if the results have not been seen (read Romans 1:16-19).
  • Receiving power from God is not a reason to sin, but rather a source of strength to live in righteousness. "I can do all things in Him who gives me strength" (Philippians 4:13). "Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable, whatever is excellent or worthy of praise, think about these things" (Philippians 4:8).

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