There is power in the blood.

     Have you ever woken up in the morning later than you should have and forgotten to eat breakfast trying to get out of the door? Later, you feel sluggish, faintish, with low energy, and even sleepy.  Later you eat and seem to feel much better and can accomplish the tasks for the remainder of the day.  Have you ever had to fast a few meals or even a few days?  Doing so, can cause a cascade of metabolic reactions within your body to compensate for a lack of food (energy source).  Some of those reactions can make you feel down, fatiqued, foggy, sleepy, and with symptoms of stomach aches and headaches.
     Energy can be stored as sugars within the liver, as fats through out the body, and proteins in muscles and tissues.  It is the blood that is the sole source of transport of all those sources of energy.  It is also the transporter of all the regulatory hormones that govern those sources of energy.  It is the blood that even transports the energy broken down from food in the intestines to the rest of the body.  The blood also transports the waste products created from the breakdown of sugars, fats, and proteins for elimination.
     Simply stated, the heart pumps the blood, the kidney's filter the blood, the liver detoxifies the blood, the bone marrow creates the blood,  and the lungs oxygenate the blood.  If you want to know what's going on the the body...doctors draw a sample of the blood.  It is the one substance that connects the entire body. It is the center of every functioning organ system in the body.
     There is immense power in the blood of Jesus Christ.  The blood is the centerpiece of every benefit we have from God.  We have righteousness through the blood of Christ.  We have peace with God through the blood of Christ.  We have access to God's healing through the blood of Jesus Christ. We have forgiveness and cleansing through the blood of Jesus Christ.  We are joint heirs in Christ through the blood that He shed on the cross.  Most importantly, to me, the greatest power in the blood of Christ is the power of the blood to save the lost soul and create a new person from that lost soul.  There is Power in the Blood...Power to heal, power to change, power to save.

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