Living By God's Power

For the Kingdom of God is not just a lot of talk; it is living by God’s power.

—1 Corinthians 4:20 (NLT)

Heavenly Father,

Let every word that I speak be evidence of my submission to Your absolute rule over my heart—revealing that Your power is presently and actively at work within me, for Your glory and honor.

By the power of Your Holy Spirit within me, continue to change my heart so that my walk—the evidence that proves what I truly believe—more perfectly reflects my talk—those things I claim to believe.

Help me to see that my understanding of the spiritual realm, over which You are sovereign, is not realized merely by knowing the right words to say—but that it is revealed and made alive by my personal experience of the power of Your Holy Spirit working in me, through me, and all around me.

Help me to live by submitting my will, my wants, and my desires more completely to Your authority over me, so that I might experience truly living by Your power—and so that Your Kingdom authority would be fully established, both in my life and here upon the earth.

Let every word that I speak be evidence of my submission to Your absolute rule over my heart—revealing that Your power is presently and actively at work within me, for Your glory and honor.

In the name of Jesus, Amen.