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Make sure nothing’s standing between you and the power of God.<\/em><\/p>\n

When our boys were young, we began having an issue with the electricity in our home. Periodically, the lights would dim and flicker, seemingly for no reason at all. We\u2019d be going along fine with our routine and then bam, the electricity slowed or stopped flowing altogether. This seemed to happen more often when the electric load in the house was higher.<\/p>\n

My husband\u2019s degree is in electrical engineering and discovering the source of this issue became a point of pride. But no matter what he tried, nothing work. We were at a loss.<\/p>\n

Finally, we stumbled onto the problem. We had planned a weekend upgrade to our middle son\u2019s room, complete with new furniture and paint. We hauled out all the old stuff and began prepping the walls. This involved taking off outlet and switch covers.<\/p>\n

I worked my way around the empty room and began unscrewing the outlet cover on the wall where his bed had been. There was the problem. At one point, our curious son, had poked a penny into the socket. My husband immediately cut the power to that outlet and removed the scorched penny. That had been the source of our problem all these long months.<\/p>\n

As I stared at that small penny it struck me that sometimes I do the same thing in my spiritual life. I let something into my life that comes between me and God. Then, when I need His Spirit to flow freely through me, He\u2019s inhibited.<\/p>\n

I had to remove a lot of pennies while our son was deployed. I needed every ounce of strength from God that I could get. So no matter where you are, I encourage you to make sure there\u2019s nothing coming between you and the power that only God can provide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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