Philippians 3:10 ‘That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death’

DAILY READING; Ephesians 3; Ezekiel 8-9; Isaiah 41

Pastor Xiang En is a pastor of one of the big Chinese underground Churches. Recently he has been vocal against the Chinese government for their persecution and intimidation of Churches in China.
However, it is interesting that Pastor Xiang En used to be part of those who persecuted the Church when he served as an active member of the Chinese communist party.
From his early childhood, Pastor Xiang was a loyal communist, atheist, and Marxist and called himself a ‘red kid,’ because of the significance of the color red to the communists. The red represents the Chinese Communist Revolution under the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC).
And as Xiang grew older, that red communist regime continued to dominate his life. Yet he was unhappy, miserable and unfulfilled. .
However one day he heard a verse of Scripture that changed his life. God grabbed his heart with Isaiah 1:18 that says. “Even though your sin is as red as scarlet, I will make it as white as snow.”
Hearing about that color, ‘red’, had a personal effect on him. He realized that despite his being ‘red’ from deeply steeped in communism, God could wash him and make him clean. And that became the turning point in his life.
As he surrendered to Christ, the red, royal blood of Jesus washed and cleansed his heart and he became a new creature.
And today as he continues to serve as a pastor amidst the increasing government persecution, he holds on to the power in the Blood for renewal and strength to keep pressing forward despite the oppositions.

No matter how disheveled any destiny, through the mystery of the Blood of Jesus, there can be restoration and divine completeness.
Saul, a murderer, that hated Christians and tried to destroy the Church was transformed by the Blood into “Paul, an apostle of Christ”.
God is in the life change business. He will take that which is crooked and fix it. He will take that which is bent and straighten it out. He will take that which is shattered and put it back together.
We have sometimes gotten involved in things we ended up regretting. But no matter where we may have gone wrong, God is more interested in transforming us than condemning us.
He wants to cancel our past – our failures, mistakes, sins, and regrets and transform us into who He has originally ordained for us to be.
God, our creator has a master plan and blueprint for our lives. And no matter how messed up things may sometimes seem, God is always at work behind the scenes, to restore His perfect design for our lives.
All it takes for a turnaround is the introduction of His wonder-working power.
The Greek word for “power” in the New Testament is dunamis. It is the word from which we get our word dynamite. It is powerful, explosive and life changing. Paul wanted to know this power when he wrote:
“That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings…” [Philippians 3:10]

The same resurrection power that raised Jesus Christ from the dead two thousand years ago is available to turn around any destiny today.
The resurrection power in the Blood of Jesus is ordained for the supernatural restoration of our redemptive dignity. It doesn’t matter the failure, affliction or oppression of the past, total deliverance is available through the Blood of Jesus.
By the Blood we are translated from failure to breakthrough, from sickness to health, from death to life, from weakness to power.
It doesn’t matter how regrettable any past experiences, through the power in the Blood, there can be a new beginning. Indeed through the Blood of Jesus, we are revived to live a life that glories God and serves His divine purpose on the earth.

PRAYER: Lord, I thank You for the transformational power in the Blood of Jesus. Today, I have been delivered from failures and defeats to live in power and victory in Jesus Name.
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There is something that God has placed within you that the world is eagerly awaiting to see. WORDBITE 222..