Hi, Chris Valaton here. Welcome to my podcast where I hope to inspire you to walk in your royal

identity in Christ and experience God's goodness in every area of your life. I hope you enjoy

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Well, let's pray real quick. Holy Spirit, we thank you for what you're doing all over the world.

In this season, we pray God for a great Holy Spirit awakening. In Jesus' name,

I mean, about three weeks ago, I started this series called Finding Your Superpower and I'd like

to do a part two. How many of you are in there in the room when I preached that? And where were the

rest of you? And you guys online, you're covered, but so I just want to say, I forgive you.

We're not coming. But good thing Jesus didn't come back, you know, if you read those books left

behind. Okay. John, chapter 20. Why don't you turn there? I'm going to do a little review

for the folks who weren't able to be here. John, chapter 20, verse 19. So when it was

evening on that day, the first day of the week, when the doors were shut, where the disciples were

for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them, peace be with you.

I guess you have to say something when you walk through a wall. After Jesus rose from the

dead, he never used a door because he is the door. And when he had said this, he showed them both

his hands and his side and the disciples rejoice when they saw the Lord. So Jesus said to them,

again, peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, I also send you. And when he had said this,

he breathed on them and said, receive the Holy Spirit. You forgive the sins of any, their sins

have been forgiven. If you retain the sins of any, they have been retained. I just wanted to just

start off with this verse. So Jesus just rose from the dead, walks through the wall, says,

peace to the disciples, and then he breathes on them and says, receive the Holy Spirit.

And what's interesting to me is that the very first mandate for them after they've received

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