Not Just a Lot of Talk

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 Your Kingdom be seen in me, not just by the words that I say, but even more so in the way I live—according to Your life-giving power at work within me.

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 Your Kingdom be seen in me, not just by the words that I say, but even more so in the way I live—according to Your life-giving power at work within me.

In the name of Jesus, Amen.