Divine Presence: Transformative Power and Grace

"Now therefore, I pray, if I have found grace in Your sight, show me now Your way, that I may know You and that I may find grace in Your sight. And consider that this nation is Your people." And He said, "My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest." Then he said to Him, "If Your Presence does not go with us, do not bring us up from here. "For how then will it be known that Your people and I have found grace in Your sight, except You go with us? So we shall be separate, Your people and I, from all the people who are upon the face of the earth." (Exodus 33:13-16 NKJV)

…'Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,' Says the LORD of hosts. (Zechariah 4:6 NKJV)

It’s God’s presence & power alone that transforms and lifts human life.

Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from Your presence, and take not Your Holy Spirit from me. (Psalms 51:10-11 MKJV)

His presence always abides with His children today. Now the question is will His children always allow His presence to rule.

Your lives should be untainted by love for money. Be content with what you have; for God Himself has said, "I will never, never let go your hand: I will never never forsake you." (Hebrews 13:5 WNT)

Be careful of things that restrict the flow of God’s presence in your life.

And He went out from there and came into His native-place. And His disciples followed Him. And when the sabbath day had come, He began to teach in the synagogue. And many hearing Him, were astonished, saying, Where does this one get these things? And what wisdom is this which is given to him, that even such mighty works are done by his hands? Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at Him. (Mark 6:1-3 MKJV)

But Jesus said to them, A prophet is not without honor, except in his native-place, and among his own kin, and in his own house. And He could do no work of power there, except that He laid His hands on a few sick ones, He healed them. And He marveled because of their unbelief. And He went around the villages, in a circuit, teaching. (Mark 6:4-6 MKJV)

Remember it is God who, in his kindness, is at work within you, enabling you both to will and to work. (Philippians 2:13 TCNT)

We have a permanent presence and when we give Him a permanent honor, we get an uninterrupted expression of His goodness.

If GOD hadn’t been for us —all together now, [IMPACT], sing out!— If GOD hadn’t been for us when everyone went against us, We would have been swallowed alive by their violent anger, Swept away by the flood of rage, drowned in the torrent; We would have lost our lives in the wild, raging water. Oh, blessed be GOD! He didn’t go off and leave us. He didn’t abandon us defenseless… Psalm 124:1-6 MSG

NEXT STEPS • Use God’s presence on your life to help serve others. Stop by Auditorium #5 to join the Dream Team today. • Bring/Invite someone to church next Sunday who doesn’t believe in God or you know has questions about God and the church.

Divine Presence: Transformative Power and Grace