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    TAKING GOD'S

    POWER

    by

    Morris Cerullo

    Published By

    Morris Cerullo World EvangelismSan Diego, California

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    TA+)E OF "ONTENTS

    Cha1er One

    3he 6reaes Po7er in he World...........................................

    Cha1er 37o

    3he 5er Exhausion of Self.................................................. %

    Cha1er 3hree$ Message of 0o1e.............................................................. &

    Cha1er our

    aih... $ Pur1oseful $+...................................................... &%

    Cha1er ive

    3he 2ealiy of 6od9s Po7er................................................. !

    Cha1er Six

    $ Dynami+ Differen+e......................................................... !8

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    Cha1er One

    , T-E GREATEST POWER IN T-E

    WOR)D

    3o hear o1 governmen leaders around he 7orld and

    media servi+es ell i, he earh is in he gri1 of im1ending

    disasrous de1leions of energy and 1o7er resour+es ha

    have sen s+ieniss and ex1lorers s+uling feverishly o

    find ne7 sour+es of su11ly for vial human needs.3he age in 7hi+h 7e live is very 1o7er +ons+ious. We

    s1ea: of he relaive 1o7er of our 7ar missiles in

    +om1arison 7ih hose of oher +ounries. We s1ea: of he

    horse1o7er in our +ars and air+raf and he

    a++om1lishmens made 1ossible hrough modern(day

    indusries based on 1o7er(driven ools and ma+hinery.

    So, 7hen 7e hin: of a loss of energy, he naural manis alarmed and hreaened.

    3he area of 1o7er ; 7an o al: abou, ho7ever, is no

    in he area of naural 1o7er or naural resour+es bu i is he

    greaes 1o7er ha here is or ever has been.

    3here is no 7ay, sha1e or form in 7hi+h his 1o7er +an

    be de1leed or diminished. 3here is a fool1roof, dynami+

    1i1eline ha 7e, as human beings, have by 7hi+h 7e maya1 he resour+es of his 1o7er for our o7n lives our o7n

    needs.

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    3ha greaes 1o7er in all he 7orld is 6od9s 1o7er.

    3he means by 7hi+h 7e may a:e ha 1o7er, use i and

    have i as a +onsanly flo7ing, undiminished resour+e in

    our o7n lives, is he greaes 1o7er 7hi+h 7e as human

    beings have< he 1o7er of our faih.

    When ; s1ea: of naural resour+es, ; am s1ea:ing of

    hings ha exis on his earh su+h as 7aer, oil and gas,bu, in realiy, hese also all have heir sour+e and heir

    beginning 7ih 6od.

    While hese are resour+es, 7ha 7e have in and from

    6od is he sour+e. Even Webser9s di+ionary noes he

    differen+e.

    On he oher hand, =sour+e= is lised by Webser as =he

    1oin of origin= or =a generaive for+e=. 3his is hebeginning of all 1o7er, he sour+e, or origin...and i is

    generaive and self(susaining. $ll(1o7erful. Everlasing.

    or+eful. -ife(+hanging.

    We have he 1o7er, 1ermission, means and

    en+ouragemen from 6od 0imself o 1lug ino ha 1o7er

    sour+e and obain from he very 1oin of origin he

    generaive for+e and su11ly ha 7e need for every fa+e ofour lives.

    One of he greaes mira+le sories in he Bible is ha of

    a 7ido7 7ho no only 7as able o see 7here he sour+e of

    1o7er lay o have her needs me, bu 7as able o use he

    1o7er ha she had 7ihin herself o obain he ans7er o

    he mos vial need in her life, o see her im1ossibiliy no

    only made 1ossible bu +om1leely a++om1lished.

    3his 7oman9s sory is old in Mar:

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    The Greatest Power in the orld !

    lood twel#e $ears, And had suffered man$ things of man$

    ph$sicians, and had spent all that she had, and was

    nothing ettered, ut rather grew worse, hen she had

    heard of Jesus, came in the press ehind, and touched his

    garment. %or she said, &f & ma$ touch ut his clothes, &

    shall e whole. And straightwa$ the fountain of her lood

    was dried up; and she felt in her od$ that she was healedof that plague. And Jesus, immediatel$ knowing in himself

    that #irtue had gone out of him, turned him aout in the

    press, and said, ho touched m$ clothes And his disciples

    said unto him, Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and

    sa$est thou, ho touched me And he looked round aout

    to see her that had done this thing. (ut the woman fearing

    and tremling, knowing what was done in her, came andfell down efore him, and told him all the truth. And he

    said unto her, )aughter, th$ faith hath made thee whole;

    go in peace, and e whole of th$ plague."

    $s 7e sudy he minisry of >esus Chris, i seems ha

    >esus s1e+iali?ed in doing he im1ossible, bringing healing

    of si+:nesses ha seemed in+urable and solving 1roblems

    ha seemed absoluely insolvable in he naural.3his 7oman found he im1ossible a++om1lished in her

    life and ; 7ould li:e o share 7ih you hree hings ha

    ha11ened in her ex1erien+e ha led her o he 1la+e 7here

    she 7as ransformed from a 1oor, ho1eless, drained,

    des1erae individual ino a srong, healhy, dynami+

    esimony of he mira+le(7or:ing 1o7er of >esus Chris.

    ;n he naural, 7e migh hin: ha he ex1erien+es his

    7oman had in he 1as 7ere errible ex1erien+es bu in

    realiy i 7as a marvelous hing ha had ha11ened o her

    for i 1aved he 7ay for a remendous mira+le in her life.

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    Wha ha11ened o her 7as sim1ly hisesus Chris, in 0is o7n body, 7as beaen and bruised,

    no for himself, bu for you and for me.

    "(ut he was wounded for our transgressions, he was

    ruised for our iniuities the chastisement of our peace

    was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed" @;saiah

    )esus off Pilae9s 1or+h, hey led 0im

    do7n ino he Gudgmen +hamber.

    $ 2oman soldier oo: he s+ourge @+alled he orure

    7ea1onA, a 7hi1 made of &) leaher sra1s 7ih do?ens of

    1ie+es of meal eem embedded in ea+h hong.

    >esus 7as sra11ed o a 7hi11ing 1os and 0is robe 7as

    a:en off 0im, leaving 0im na:ed o his 7ais. 3he 2omansoldier brough ha 7ea1on do7n ime and again and

    lashed 0is ba+:..."** years afer he Pro1he ;saiah 7roe

    he 1ro1he+y =By 0is sri1es 7e are healed.= ;n 0is

    suffering, >esus bore every si+:ness, every disease, every

    infirmiy for us.

    3he message is his