K + P + P = I. It's a simple formula with tremendous possibilities. It's found in Acts chapter one and goes like this: "K" (Kingdom message) + "P" (prayer) + "P" (power) = "I" (Impact). Let's look for a few moments at each vital component.
"To these He also presented Himself alive after His suffering, by many convincing proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking of the things concerning the kingdom of God." (Acts 1:3).
The priority of the Kingdom message is found in the fact that Jesus focused His last forty days on earth on this important message. We are not truly ready for Christian living and service until we have "gone to the Kingdom school" to learn and live the message.
"These all with one mind were continually devoting themselves to prayer, along with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers." (Acts 1:14)
This intense devotion to prayer was in response to the promise of power: "but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth." (Acts 1:8). Apparently the apostles and the early believers made the immediate connection between prayer and power: if they were to receive the power they must first wait for it in prayer.
The combination of the Kingdom message with prayer and ultimately power resulted in immediate as well as far-reaching impact - impact that is felt even by us today. And this dynamic combination of "K+P+P" is the formula for true impact by believers today. If we are to rock our world it will be according to this formula.
I'm committed to being a lifelong student of the Kingdom. The more I know the more I realize how little I know. I'm continually finding new insights that reorient my understanding of Scripture and the mission and plan of the Lord Jesus for my life and His church.
I'm also discovering more of the power possibilities through prayer. A silent prayer "experiment" begun in our local church astounds me with possibilities. Could it be that the early believers waited in an upper room in silence before Yahweh, the Creator of all and the giver of His Holy Spirit?
These thoughts go out to you today with the sincere desire and prayer that the Kingdom message become intensely real and life-shaping, that your life and church fellowship become powerfully effective through focused prayer, and that the impact of your life and church fellowship be far-reaching.
Steve
"To these He also presented Himself alive after His suffering, by many convincing proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking of the things concerning the kingdom of God." (Acts 1:3).
The priority of the Kingdom message is found in the fact that Jesus focused His last forty days on earth on this important message. We are not truly ready for Christian living and service until we have "gone to the Kingdom school" to learn and live the message.
"These all with one mind were continually devoting themselves to prayer, along with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers." (Acts 1:14)
This intense devotion to prayer was in response to the promise of power: "but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth." (Acts 1:8). Apparently the apostles and the early believers made the immediate connection between prayer and power: if they were to receive the power they must first wait for it in prayer.
The combination of the Kingdom message with prayer and ultimately power resulted in immediate as well as far-reaching impact - impact that is felt even by us today. And this dynamic combination of "K+P+P" is the formula for true impact by believers today. If we are to rock our world it will be according to this formula.
I'm committed to being a lifelong student of the Kingdom. The more I know the more I realize how little I know. I'm continually finding new insights that reorient my understanding of Scripture and the mission and plan of the Lord Jesus for my life and His church.
I'm also discovering more of the power possibilities through prayer. A silent prayer "experiment" begun in our local church astounds me with possibilities. Could it be that the early believers waited in an upper room in silence before Yahweh, the Creator of all and the giver of His Holy Spirit?
These thoughts go out to you today with the sincere desire and prayer that the Kingdom message become intensely real and life-shaping, that your life and church fellowship become powerfully effective through focused prayer, and that the impact of your life and church fellowship be far-reaching.
Steve
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