Powerless

Then she cried, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” When he awoke from his sleep, he said, “I will escape as I did before and shake myself free.” But he did not know that the Lord had left him.—Judges 16:20

One of the signs of a heart that has shifted from God is the absence of spiritual power. If you are like Samson, you will not be immediately aware that God's power has left you. Only after he tried to defeat his enemies did Samson recognize that something was wrong. He went against the Philistines as before, expecting their swift defeat. But this time the Philistines easily prevailed over him.

Many, who profess the name of Christ or Christian, are living like Samson. Tyring to walk between Christ and satan, bringing glory to satan and causing damage to the church.

If you allow sin to creep into your life, if you refuse to obey your Lord, if you do not reconcile with those who have hurt you, or who you have hurt, your spiritual vitality is waning. You only go to church when you want to make an impression, or you need something, possibly in the material / money realm. You're conatantly telling everyone you don't understand why God isn't blessing you. You're all the time saying that Christians shoild be more loving and forgiving, yet you are unloving and unforgiving when a Christian trys to point out what you are doing is wrong.

You assume everything is fine, but when you pray, answers do not come as they once did. You once had a positive effect on those around you, but now your influence is negligible or even harmful. Your life once brought reconciliation, but now you experience problems in your relationships. Those around you who have relied upon your strength are discovering that you are not as helpful to them as you once were. They, themselves, lack the fortitude to be open and honest with you as well. Your lack of spiritual power is not crying out for attention; but you are constantly tryin to make excuses for the reason you are like you are in your relationship with God.

The reason you have lost your power in prayer is that there is "sin" in your life, and sin in a believers life always seperates us from God.

How can you stop this spiritual decline? You must regularly repent of any sin. You must invite God to search your life to see if there are attitudes, relationships, or activities that need to be removed. You must fervently obey His will. If you walk with God in this manner, you will grow in spiritual strength and be used mightily by Him.

It is also time, that as Christians, we walk like we are suppose to, and quit making excuses for ourselves, and call sin what it is, "SIN."