God Is Able - Turbo

What to Read this Week:
Chapter 6
Ephesians...
Throughout this chapter, Priscilla refers to scripture throughout every chapter of Ephesians. Take a few minutes and skim through Ephesians. Instead of giving you a set scripture reading this week (if I did, it would be the entire book of Ephesians) when you get to a verse listed in the book, look it up and read it out of your Bible so that you can see it in context!!

Chapter 6, in my opinion, is the most important chapter in this book. The main topic in this chapter is the Holy Spirit. Wow, that's a broad topic!! More specifically, it is the Power of the Holy Spirit and the fact that we, as Christians, have full access to that power all the time! We sometimes forget that and we sometimes leave that power untapped and under wraps.

Priscilla does a fantastic job expounding on this topic, so don't skip over reading the chapter! I am only gonna speak to one of the things that she mentioned. We can discuss it all on facebook throughout the rest of the week!!

After the illustration with the Mustang, the first thing she reminds us is that we have power, if we are a believer. That Ephesians 1:13 says, "In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,"...

When we accept the gift of salvation and believe, we are given a measure of the Holy Spirit! From the moment we accept Christ, we have the power of the Holy Spirit available to us, ready and waiting for us to tap into it!!

There are an infinite number of situations that come our way. A great deal of them are more than we can handle on our own. Sometimes all the things in life just pile up and we can at times become overwhelmed and weary.

One of the quotes that stood out to me this week was: "God's power doesn't negate weariness; it just enables us to press through it with an uncommon persistence. No matter how tall our challenges are, His power in us is greater still."

I am more grateful every single day to know that on those days, in those moments, when life is hard and I am weary, that His power in me is greater!

Last week we talked about the "God Boxes" that we put God in. There is a section of this chapter called Fill'er Up that reminds us again, that we can limit the work of God in our lives by how we perceive Him.

Priscilla speaks of coming to the ocean of God's measureless power. What we bring with us to hold that power determines how much of His power we walk away with.
Bring a thimble,  fill a thimble...
Bring a bucket, fill a bucket...
Bring a wheelbarrow, fill a wheelbarrow...
Bring a two-ton tanker, fill a two-ton tanker...

This reminded me of something I have heard Angelia say frequently. When it comes to God, you can always have more!! There is no limit to how much of His Spirit that you have in you and at work in your life. Even if you feel like everything is going great, you can still approach the throne of God asking for more of Him. To be filled up with even more of His Spirit!!

"The more the Spirit's power is activated in your life, the more your capacity to experience God increases. He is faithful to fill that which you bring ready to receive."

God wants to fill us up to overflowing with His Holy Spirit. He wants us to use the power of the Holy Spirit in our lives. He gave us the Holy Spirit and He wants us to experience it in full!!

I know that in this group of ladies, there is a variety of levels of experience with the Holy Spirit.  Whether you are a new Christian and are just beginning to experience the Holy Spirit in your life, or you are a believer who is full of the Holy Spirit, baptized in it, speaking in tongues and operating in the gifts of the Spirit,  there is always more to be had.

This week, if you do nothing else... spend a little time, just asking God to give you more!! To fill you more!! He will!!

Discussion Starters:

1. My highlighter bled all over this chapter!! What about yours?? What is something from this chapter that stood out enough to you to highlight or underline it!! What caught your attention (even if you didn't actually highlight anything).

2. Starting on page 126 of the paperback book, in the Powered Up section of the chapter, Priscilla lists changes that occur in us when the Holy Spirit is at work in our lives. Which ones have you experienced? Share with us your story of that experience.

3. At the end of this chapter we are reminded that we are in a war, we are constantly at battle with the same enemy our entire lives. That with all that our enemy has against us, we still have the power to win the battle. What is the armor we have and what are the weapons we use to fight the enemy?