Today at chapel we had an awesome time of praise and worship, and then we had communion. It was the kind where we went up and broke the bread ourselves and then dipped it into a goblet of juice. This reminded me of some scripture in Romans 8:16-17:
The Spirit himself testifies to our spirit that we are God's children. Now if we are children, then we are heirs - Heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.
Sometimes we as Christians forget about who's children we are, and about the power that we have access to. In this, the scripture in John chapter 15 makes sense, "If you remain in me and my words remain in you, then ask whatever you wish, and it will be given to you." By the power of the blood of Christ we are able to not only overcome sin, but to ask God for whatever is needed in our lives or in others, and then it will be done.
I have often forgotten about the power that Jesus has given me, and that I am a co-heir with him to receive that power on a daily basis. Grasp this... even in the beginning of Jesus' life he was the heir of God's power. Jesus all of the days of his life was led by the Holy Spirit, and walked in victory and obedience, in the power of the holy spirit. God at Pentecost came in a mighty wind and tounges of fire came down on the disciples (Acts 2) and this was the very same power that Jesus had all of the days of his life, and this is the power that God has or wants to give to use. And just think about the loads of temptation that Jesus went through, being the Son of God, the center of spiritual attack at that time. The demons must have been working so heard, there must have been a reward for the demon that was to get Jesus to sin. Praise God, by the power of God he walked in victory through such attack, and this is the same power that God gives to the co-heirs of Christ! In no way shape or form was this power diluted, because the power of God can not be defiled, and that is what dilution would be. Grasp that!
This weekend I had been under some pretty heavy attack and I would be tempted time after time. However because God gave me the power, I was able to fend of each of those temptations. They gave me a hard time, but I gave them worse, I gave them Jesus, the root of power that is given me. God really has given us the power, and he has given us the choice. We have no excuse, and no excuse we can make, is justifiable. When I sin, it is my fault that I don't rely on the power that God gives me, and I must confess, surrender, and repent again. This would be one of the worst times of my day, but I don't have to experience it. Thank God.

Just to give you some info on the poem below, I wrote it in a time of hard struggle. At that time I was always wondering if I had been sanctified, because I would always fall into the same sin. It was almost a hypocritical thing to write, but it was not to proclaim something that I was not, but instead it was to give me hope, and to affirm out of faith that I was really a child of God and that I had recieved his power. Later however I did not doubt so much, but I came to understand that I was comming from a lifestyle that was established for about ten or so years before, and that God was only being patient with me, in his own loving way. I learned that I chose do be decieved, and was not really captive to the desires that had allured me.