"Jubilee Cards" about Power
One-minute exercises to make your day
Don't let your circumstances make your day. Make your own day with Jubilee Cards. Exercise your privileges as a Person of the Future (POTF).
Jubilee Cards put SYNC content at your fingertips in a form you can use for a quick exercise routine for spiritual empowerment. They help you keep an eye on the arriving Messianic future so you don't get stuck in the current crisis or the daily grind.
If you print a copy, you can look the day's Jubilee Card even before you pick up your phone in the morning. The card gets you ready to take on whatever challenges show up on your phone. Or find another window of opportunity--at the breakfast table, in personal devotions, in a one-minute pause before you get in your car, or in many other settings alone or with friends.
Let the cards remind you who you are--walking evidence of God's power for good. Let them renew your commitment and your confidence.
Using a Jubilee Card to set the tone for your day is like humming an old favorite song, moving with its rhythm. And you go dancing out into your day, knowing you are a powerful sign of things to come. You are part of God's POTF Campaign to let the world know that the power of the Messianic future is already starting to work here and now in the everyday lives of ordinary people.
Repeat the one-minute stretches later in the day as needed in order to refocus. The truth in the cards is working for you even on days when it seems everything is going against you.
Each card has a verse, a prayer of response, and the Power Declaration. Together these give us a daily dose of God's power, the power of the future.
Seven Bible verses about power
Here is what we call the "Power Declaration" of Jesus. It sets the tempo of the Power Rhythm.
What you’ll get is the Holy Spirit. And when the Holy Spirit comes on you, you will be able to be my witnesses in Jerusalem, all over Judea and Samaria, even to the ends of the world. Acts 1.8 The Message
That is the first verse in the set of seven "Power Verses" on the Jubilee Cards. The "Power Declaration" is our personal echo of this truth. We declare that Jesus's promise of the Holy Spirit is coming true.
The other six verses on these Jubilee Cards are snippets from all over the Bible that show that god has the power to bring the future he has planned. Jesus the Messiah is leading the charge for a new era of empowerment for the world through the Holy Spirit.
God's power rhythm is not monotonous. It is complex and vibrant. It takes some time to get our minds around it, but that doesn't matter. We can love it before we understand it all if we move with the parts we understand, and the Jubilee Cards get us started.
How hard is a Jubilee "workout"?
It is actually very relaxing. In about a minute the workout helps us get a refreshing truth onto our minds--we are part of God's POTF family and team . We see ourselves as walking evidence of God's power, but we do not see that role as something we have to try harder to do.
Forcing ourselves to become evidence of God's power is as impossible as forcing ourselves to go to sleep. The harder we try to sleep, the more awake we stay. We have to relax.
It is the same with “seeing ourselves in Christ.” We just relax and welcome the identity that God is giving us. He does things in us or through us that give evidence of his power at work. The cards help us relax so he can get on with that mysterious, amazing process.
Simple workout technique in the morning: Pick up one Jubilee Card from the stack. As you start to glance down, say to the card, "Make my day." Then read it.
Stay alert but relaxed during the day: Always be watching for opportunities to connect, heal, or bless people, and keep asking God for more. The more blessing you get to deliver, the better you feel at the end of the day. "It is more blessed to give than to receive." (Acts 20.35)
Remember, however, this is not a project you design or a contest in which you compete. This is God's Campaign. Don't work frantically and don't get stressed out. You are not alone, not for a minute.
Decompress in the evening: Thank God that you get to belong to his POTF Team and for any chances you had today to see his power at work, to talk about it, or to help anyone else discover more of it. If you have some mistakes to confess, you can pray, “I’m sorry, Lord. I only made that mistake because I forgot I was walking evidence of your power. Thank you for who I am by your grace and your Spirit, and let me live tomorrow more like the real me.”
Don’t make the Jubilee Cards a burden, and don’t worry if you miss a day or two. You are not trying to score any points or prove anything with your exercising. You are trying to develop a new way of seeing yourself in Christ. Your aim is slow permanent change of your outlook on life.
Jubilee Cards for Power Season
Sunday
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God's Word
What you’ll get is the Holy Spirit. And when the Holy Spirit comes on you, you will be able to be my witnesses in Jerusalem, all over Judea and Samaria, even to the ends of the world.
Acts 1.8 The Message
Our Response
Thank you for the Holy Spirit’s power that turns us into walking evidence of God’s goodness.
Make your day with this Power Declaration
I see myself in Christ as walking evidence of God's power for good.
I see this day as a day to remember the Holy Spirit's arrival on Pentecost Day, and to live like that changed everything.
Monday
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God's Word
But Jesus came and spoke these words to them, “All power in Heaven and on earth has been given to me. You, then, are to go and make disciples of all the nations, and baptise them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit."
Matthew 28.18-19, J. B. Phillips New Testament
Our Response
Thank you, King Jesus, that you hold ultimate power and you authorize us to spread the news.
Make your day with this Power Declaration
I see myself in Christ as walking evidence of God's power for good.
I see this day as a day to remember the Holy Spirit's arrival on Pentecost Day, and to live like that changed everything.
Tuesday
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God's Word
Oh, the utter extravagance of his work in us who trust him—endless energy, boundless strength!
Ephesians 1.19, The Message
Our Response
Thank you that your incomparable, incredible, endless, boundless power is at work in us today!
Make your day with this Power Declaration
I see myself in Christ as walking evidence of God's power for good.
I see this day as a day to remember the Holy Spirit's arrival on Pentecost Day, and to live like that changed everything.
Wednesday
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God's Word
I gave up all that inferior stuff so I could know Christ personally, experience his resurrection power, be a partner in his suffering, and go all the way with him to death itself.
Philippians 3.10, The Message
Our Response
Lord, we would give anything to experience your resurrection power today, even if it kills us!
Make your day with this Power Declaration
I see myself in Christ as walking evidence of God's power for good.
I see this day as a day to remember the Holy Spirit's arrival on Pentecost Day, and to live like that changed everything.
Thursday
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God's Word
Everything that goes into a life of pleasing God has been miraculously given to us by getting to know, personally and intimately, the One who invited us to God.
2 Peter 1.3, The Message
Our Response
Thank you for already giving us everything we need to live the life you want. Now we can do it!
Make your day with this Power Declaration
I see myself in Christ as walking evidence of God's power for good.
I see this day as a day to remember the Holy Spirit's arrival on Pentecost Day, and to live like that changed everything.
Friday
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God's Word
"In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk!” [Peter] grabbed him by the right hand and pulled him up.
Acts 3.6, The Message
Our Response
Lord, bring glory to the Father today by doing through us some things we can’t do on our own.
Make your day with this Power Declaration
I see myself in Christ as walking evidence of God's power for good.
I see this day as a day to remember the Holy Spirit's arrival on Pentecost Day, and to live like that changed everything.
Saturday
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God's Word
And the special gift of ministry you received when I laid hands on you and prayed—keep that ablaze! God doesn’t want us to be shy with his gifts, but bold and loving and sensible.
2 Timothy 1.7, The Message
Our Response
Thank you for the spirit of power, love, and self-discipline. That is the spirit we will live in today.
Make your day with this Power Declaration
I see myself in Christ as walking evidence of God's power for good.
I see this day as a day to remember the Holy Spirit's arrival on Pentecost Day, and to live like that changed everything.
FAQs on personal use of Jubilee Cards
What is the point of making the "Power Declaration" on the card?
A reality check. There are days when we don't feel like powerful evidence of God's power for good. We may not see much impact from our lives. But the reality is that God has put his Spirit into us, and we are to keep trusting him to empower us. The Power Declaration reminds us of that reality.
To keep us positive. If Jesus has projected his own Spirit into our bodies and minds, how can we be negative about life? Even if our circumstances are terrible, Jesus is right there with us, carrying us through. When we are resilient under pressure, we give evidence that his power is at work. The Declaration helps us not to be dominated by our setbacks.
To keep us alert for the next thing the Spirit does or tells us to do.
The Spirit is not some magical power that we learn how to get to do what we want when we want. The Spirit is always a step or two ahead of us, surprising us with what he does and how he does it. We will never figure the Spirit out. We just keep listening. The Declaration gets us ready to listen.
Why do these cards work? Where do the cards get their power to influence us?
These cards remind us that we get to live our earthly lives with heavenly power because Jesus wanted it that way. He sent heaven's power to earth through his Spirit. The verses SYNC us with Christ and his resurrection so that we are authorized and empowered to live as free citizens of his kingdom.
The cards remind us of Pentecost Day, and that story has an almost magical effect on us. We are connected to the risen Christ himself! We are electrified by his life and power.
Without his Spirit, we would be unplugged, unable to do whatever we were built to do. Each time we read a Jubilee Card, it is like hitting the power button on an appliance or a TV. The machine goes to work, assuming it really is plugged in.