A SNAKE IN THE POWERHOUSE
At about eleven o’clock on Saturday night, as many people were preparing to turn out lights, the lights in our community all went out by themselves. Air conditioners suddenly quit running. Houses all over were without power. It seemed strange that this would happen on a night when there were no storms in the area. People wondered what had caused the power outage as their homes grew warm in the July heat and their patience grew thinner. The power was off most of the night and it was the next morning we found out what had caused the problem. A whole community had lost power for most of the night because a snake had gotten into the powerhouse and fouled things up. If we experience a Christian life that is ineffective and without power, the problem is not that our God lacks power. The problem may be a snake in the powerhouse, something in our life, some debilitating sin…
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