Not Just Effort

Deep in the Word - Verse by Verse Bible Study · May 8, 2026 · 14m

Pastor Kent opens with radical honesty — acknowledging that after a full week of devotional content, some people arrive at Friday genuinely tired, without the faith or words to grasp what's been taught. Rather than pushing harder, he does the opposite: he lifts the weight entirely. He zeroes in on the final phrase of Romans 15:13 — "by the power of the Holy Spirit" — and argues that this single clause reframes everything that came before it. The joy, peace, and abounding hope Paul prays for are not self-generated. They are Spirit-supplied. Using the Greek word dunamis — the same root as…