The power of God.

1 Corinthians 2:1-5, And I, when I came to you, brothers, did not come proclaiming to you the testimony of God with lofty speech or wisdom. For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. And I was with you in weakness and in fear and much trembling, and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.

Paul wasn’t seeking glory or power for himself, but to bring glory to God. We have access to this power of the Holy Spirit as well, but we know that often we ask and do not receive because we ask wrongly, as James says, “to spend it on your passions.” What could happen when our passions become His passions?

Give us Your wisdom and power to bring glory to Your name, O Lord!

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