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This Changes Everything — Part 4
This Changes Our Power
Sunday, April 26, 2026
Rev. Julius Walls Jr., Pastor
Institutional African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
Scripture
Ephesians 1:18–20 (NIV)
"I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead."
Romans 8:11 (NIV)
"And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who lives in you."
Three Points
Point ONE
Power to Prevail
The same power that raised Christ lives in us
Point TWO
Power to Purify
Resurrection power transforms us from the inside out
Point THREE
Power to Persevere
We do not quit — because His power sustains us
Theme
We have been talking about power as though it belongs to the powerful — the wealthy, the connected, the credentialed. But Paul tells us that the most powerful force in human history is already living inside of us. The same Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead is not dormant. He is at work. Right now. In us.