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  1. Those who wonder how great an impact one person's life can make on the world when empowered by the Holy Spirit need look no further than to the life of Jesus Christ. In a ministry spanning three short years and limited to no greater area than that which could be covered on foot within that same amount of time, Jesus carried a message of self-sacrificing love whose influence continues to this day. Even the reckoning of calendar years from the time of the ancient world to the common era turns on the approximate year of His birth. Through His atoning sacrifice, Jesus forever altered the course of mankind by opening the only possible path of reconciliation with God. In His perfect example, He demonstrated the potential within each sinner to overcome sin as He first overcame. When, through human willingness, the sinner accepts divine power, the promise of eternal life is made manifest, first through the death of the carnal self made possible by the faith of Jesus, next through the development and growth of the new creation wrought by the indwellling of the Holy Spirit, and finally when the righteous are enabled to stand fully exposed in the presence of God, unashamed.

    Jesus Christ only needed three years to accomplish His work. How much time have each of us wasted in selfishly focusing on things of this world? In John 14:12 Jesus said, “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.” Power beyond all human imagining is contained in the words of this promise. God calls on each of us to claim this promise and give Him the opportunity to throw open the floodgates of Heaven, pouring out His Spirit upon His people, enabling them to finish His work. Are you ready for this glorious event? The time of preparation is now. The small spiritual battles that we face daily are steadily and surely preparing us for larger things to come. "Give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall." 2 Peter 1:10. Ready yourself so that one day in the near future, God will stand before you, saying, “Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.” Matthew 25:21.

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  2. The amount of heat (energy) required to raise 1 cc or gram of water 1 degree Celsius is 1 calorie. Therefore 100 calories of heat will raise 1 cc of water to 100 degrees C. However to make steam, it requires 540 calories of heat to boil 1 cc of 100 degree C water (212 Degrees F). Also to melt ice requires 80 calories of heat to melt 1 gram of ice to water. Just heating the "water" requires much less energy than changing its state. To thaw or to make steam (more powerful) requires much more energy. There are similarities also in the conversion of a soul (changing state).

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  3. Do we really think that we can come up with the first 211 degrees and that God only has to 'kick in' at the last moment? We need the Holy Spirit for all of them!

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  4. I never look'd at it that way, The same energy I put into my job,or visiting should be applied to witnessing. I know I can find energy for an event, out of town guess. I need my pattern of thinking. This is me I'm sure no one else does these things...LOL

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  5. The amount of energy needed to thaw ice is equivalent to raising the same amount of water to 80 degrees. But to go from water to steam, the energy required to go from 100 degrees to steam, would raise more than 5 times as much water from 0 degrees to 100 degrees. That is where the Holy Spirit comes in to supply our needs. The work of conversion is God's work.

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  6. Acts 2:47 says, And the Lord added to the Church daily such as should be saved. Acts 2:17 says, and it shall come to pass in the last days, says God, I will pour out my SPIRT up on all flesh: This is the best part, Acts 2:21 AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS,THAT WHOSOEVER SHALL CALL ON THE NAME OF THE LORD SHALL BE SAVED. HE IS JESUS THE CHRIST. Thats the 212 point to those that believe.

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