More Power!!!!!!!

One thing I want to experience in my life this year is more of God's power. I want to see more of Him, I want to feel His presence more strongly, I want to experience His empowerment to do big things for Him.

As I've been thinking and praying about this for a few months now, I've been trying to understand how to experience more of His power and identify the things that keep me from experiencing it. I attended a conference recently at which the speaker said if we want to see more power in our lives, a good formula is what is used for current: I=V/R (Current, or power, = Voltage / Resistance). Voltage is the Holy Spirit's power and Resistance is our level of surrender, submission, or yieldedness to His power. So, the more yielded we are to God, the more of His power we will experience in our lives.

I concluded about myself that the things that most keep me from seeing God's power in my life and ministry are busyness, exhaustion, and disobedience (or not being yielded to God). Even my busyness and exhaustion are a result of not being yielded to God, because I'm trying to essentially "be God" by doing everything and trying to be in control of it all, rather than trusting Him to show me what I need to do and doing only that.

So here's a song which is my prayer that God would empty me of all of myself so I can be filled with Him. Please pray this along with me. Jesus said, "Apart from me you can do nothing." He also said, "My power is made perfect in your weakness."

“Empty Me” by Chris Sligh

I've had just enough of the spotlight when it burns bright
To see how it gets in the blood.
And I've tasted my share of the sweet life and the wild ride
And found a little is not quite enough.

I know how I can stray
And how fast my heart could change.

Empty me of the selfishness inside
Every vain ambition and the poison of my pride
And any foolish thing my heart holds to
Lord empty me of me so I can be filled with You.

I've seen just enough of the quick buys of the best lies
To know how prodigals can be drawn away.
I know how I can stray
And how fast my heart could change.

Empty me of the selfishness inside
Every vain ambition and the poison of my pride
And any foolish thing my heart holds to
Lord empty me of me so I can be filled with You.

‘Cause everything is a lesser thing
Compared to You, compared to You.
‘Cause everything is a lesser thing
Compared to You. So, I surrender all!

Empty me of the selfishness inside
Every vain ambition and the poison of my pride
And any foolish thing my heart holds to
Lord empty me of me so I can be
Lord empty me of me so I can be filled with You.
Oh, filled with you.
Empty me.