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A king is not delivered by the might of his army. Even the strongest warrior is not saved by his own strength.

Psalm 33:16 Voice

Halloween was my opportunity to be a superhero with superpowers. I didn’t want to be scary. I wanted to be heroic and powerful. In fact, I think everyone wants superpowers. How else have the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Harry Potter, Star Wars, DC Extended Universe, X-Men, and so many more series all become multi-billion-dollar franchises?

We have a human hunger to transcend our human limits. We want superpowers—though most of us believe this is impossible. But what if I told you superpowers are available? What if our instincts are right, but our focus is wrong? What if I told you that our inclination to put up self-protective walls actually limits our power, but lowering our walls lets God in to deliver his power?

God’s power has given us everything we need to lead a godly life. All of this has come to us because we know the God who chose us. He chose us because of his own glory and goodness.

2 Peter 1:3 NIrV

God chose us out of love, and when that love connection is mutual, we experience God’s presence, power, and purpose. We no longer walk alone. We no longer walk in our own strength and power. We are super-powered by God:

He said, “This is the message from the LORD to Zerubbabel: ‘Your help will not come from your own strength and power. No, your help will come from my Spirit.’ This is what the LORD All-Powerful says.

Zechariah 4:6 ERV

We can live this super-powered life when we walk the way Jesus did (1 John 2:6). Jesus came to earth not to rely on his own divine power but to show us what it looks like for a human to live in complete dependence on God (see John 5:19 and Acts 10:38). He lowered his walls through humility so God’s power could flow through him:

In your lives you must think and act like Christ Jesus. [6] Christ himself was like God in everything. But he did not think that being equal with God was something to be used for his own benefit. [7] But he gave up his place with God and made himself nothing. He was born as a man and became like a servant. [8] And when he was living as a man, he humbled himself and was fully obedient to God, even when that caused his death-death on a cross.

Philippians 2:5-8 NCV

The superpower available to Jesus—and to us—isn’t humility itself. Humility is the gateway, like the spider bite that gave Peter Parker his powers. When Jesus lowered his walls through humility, the Holy Spirit had unlimited access to his life.

For he is sent by God. He speaks God’s words, for God gives him the Spirit without limit.

John 3:34 NLT

When we, too, lower our walls through humility, the Holy Spirit can flow into our lives—and that’s where the spiritual superpowers come from. These aren’t just religious qualities or character traits. They are literal superpowers that allow us to transcend our human limits. Jesus experienced unlimited access to the Holy Spirit because he never sinned. We do sin, so we can’t experience that same fullness, but we can still access real superpowers through the Holy Spirit when we practice humility.

“Be strong. Be brave. Don’t be afraid. Don’t lose hope. The king of Assyria has a huge army with him. But there’s a greater power with us than there is with him.”

2 Chronicles 32:7 NIrV

This is the truth we each need to believe: The storms we’re facing feel like the king of Assyria’s huge army. But there’s a greater power with us than there is with our storms. That power flows through humility—through admitting our weakness and letting God’s Spirit empower us.

But the fruit produced by the Holy Spirit within you is divine love in all its varied expressions: joy that overflows, peace that subdues, patience that endures, kindness in action, a life full of virtue, faith that prevails, gentleness of heart, and strength of spirit. Never set the law above these qualities, for they are meant to be limitless.

Galatians 5:22 TPT

Consider what the Bible says about just one of these superpowers, patience:

Better to be patient than a warrior, and better to have self-control than to capture a city.

Proverbs 16:32 CEB

When we experience the superpower of patience through the Holy Spirit, we become more powerful than a warrior. When we have Spirit-given self-control, we can capture a city. These aren’t metaphors—they’re descriptions of actual power that exceeds human limits.

People marvel at the miraculous gifts mentioned in 1 Corinthians 12–14—speaking in tongues, prophecy, and healing. Paul says these were signs meant to authenticate the gospel. 

Tongues, then, are a sign, not for believers but for unbelievers; prophecy, however, is not for unbelievers but for believers.

1 Corinthians 14:22 NIV

These sign gifts were meant to authenticate the gospel message in the early church, not to last forever. Paul explains their temporary nature:

Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. [9] For we know in part and we prophesy in part, [10] but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears. [11] When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. [12] For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

1 Corinthians 13:8-12 NIV

Paul teaches that prophecies will cease, tongues will be stilled, and knowledge will pass away—these gifts were temporary, but love and spiritual transformation are permanent. 

The sign gifts were like training wheels—necessary for a season, but meant to give way to something greater and more permanent. The real superpowers the Holy Spirit gives us aren’t  external signs meant to authenticate the message and prove God is real. They are internal transformations that change who we are and prove God is present. They give us the ability to end the evil we do, break the sins that enslave us, and become completely different people. The miracle of a transformed human being is more powerful and longer-lasting than any temporary sign gift. This miracle happens when we walk in the presence, power, and purpose of God.

Walking in God’s presence, power, and purpose

For with God nothing is ever impossible and no word from God shall be without power or impossible of fulfillment.

Luke 1:37 AMPC

The presence, power, and purpose of God will prevail regardless of what may happen in our circumstances. We must never doubt that God’s side is victorious, which is why we must patiently, with devotion, make every effort to walk in God’s presence, power, and purpose.

When Jesus returned from the Jordan River, the power of the Holy Spirit was with him, and the Spirit led him into the desert.

Luke 4:1 CEV

We cannot do what Jesus did, but we can be like Jesus in how we walk with God. Jesus walked in power—in the Holy Spirit’s presence, empowered by the Spirit’s strength, led by the Spirit’s purpose.

One day while Jesus was teaching, some Pharisees and teachers of religious law were sitting nearby. (It seemed that these men showed up from every village in all Galilee and Judea, as well as from Jerusalem.) And the Lord’s healing power was strongly with Jesus.

Luke 5:17 NLT

Just like the Force in Star Wars, God’s presence is with us when we are with him. His power flows through us. His purpose directs us. But here’s the critical truth: No matter how good our relationship connection is with people, developing and deepening a relationship of presence, power, and purpose with God is unique because it is entirely spiritual—not physical like relationships with people are. It is spiritual, and only when we are spiritual and sustaining the righteousness that keeps the spiritual connection will his power flow uninhibited through our lives.

The impact of walking in power

Everyone was trying to touch Jesus, because power was going out from him and healing them.

Luke 6:19 CEV

Just as Jesus impacted people because he was powerful, we should have the same type of impact on people as we become an expression of the superpowers of God listed in Galatians 5:22. When we walk in God’s presence, power, and purpose, people notice. Power goes out from us—not our power, but God’s.

The cost of NOT walking in power

Too many of us as Christians are stalled, defeated, discouraged, and afraid because we are not walking in his power.

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood [contending only with physical opponents], but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this [present] darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly [supernatural] places.

Ephesians 6:12 AMP

If we choose not to walk with God in his presence, power, and purpose, we have absolutely no chance of resisting—let alone defeating—the worldly and dark forces of this world in our lives individually or in the world collectively.

The purpose: empowering others

Christ is our message! We preach to awaken hearts and bring every person into the full understanding of truth. It has become my inspiration and passion in ministry to labor with a tireless intensity, with his power flowing through me, to present to every believer the revelation of being his perfect one in Jesus Christ.

Colossians 1:28 TPT

The indefatigable presence, power, and purpose of God keep us working to help change the lives of others.

They were convinced by the power of miraculous signs and wonders and by the power of God’s Spirit. In this way, I have fully presented the Good News of Christ from Jerusalem all the way to Illyricum.

Romans 15:19 NLT

Unless entire churches and groups of Christians are experiencing this presence, power, and purpose, there is no way we can change the world. A weak and powerless church is a defeated church. 

Walking in God’s presence, power, and purpose means staying so connected to God spiritually that his superpowers flow through us uninhibited. This is how we stop being stalled, defeated, discouraged, and afraid—and start being empowered by the Holy Spirit to change our lives and the world. 

We can do this by breaking down our walls, admitting our weakness, and inviting the presence, power, and purpose of God to change us from the inside out.

Lab experiment: How to lower our walls and experience God’s power

In a previous Chemistry Lab edition, we introduced the  “nine steps” to breaking down our walls and experiencing the psychological benefits of walking with God. Today’s lab experiment will put what we learned from that edition into action. These steps aren’t about managing our problems better. They’re about practicing humility as the gateway that allows God’s superpowers to flow through us.

Just as in our last two lab experiments, we’ll go through part of this process with a “discovery partner,” with whom we can grow and learn together. Let’s begin!

Reflection: What if the superpowers you’ve been looking for aren’t external miracles, but the internal transformation of becoming patient like a warrior, loving like Christ, peaceful in storms, and self-controlled in battles? What would change if you lowered your walls and let the Holy Spirit superpower your life?

Step 1: Do a heart check. 

Each time he said, “My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness.” So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me.

2 Corinthians 12:9 NLT

Humility isn’t self-hatred or thinking we’re worthless. Humility is admitting weakness— acknowledging that we need God to transcend our human limits. It’s recognizing that a powerful relationship with God begins when we admit we can’t do life on our own strength. The apostle Paul described this in 2 Corinthians 12, and David understood this same reality:

Lord, in my place of weakness and need, I ask again: Will you come and help me? I know I’m always in your thoughts. You are my true Savior and hero, so don’t delay to deliver me now, for you are my God.

Psalm 40:17 TPT

Here’s the truth: God loves us regardless of whether we admit our weaknesses. But his power works best when we do. He makes himself available to us—that’s love. But we have to choose to love him back by admitting we need him. When we’re in a right relationship with God through humility, we become powerful—superpowered. His strength flows through our admitted weakness.

Where is your heart right now regarding admitting your weakness and letting God’s power superpower your life?

• Resistant — I don’t want to admit weakness right now. Admitting I need help feels like failure. I’d rather prove I can succeed on my own than be vulnerable about my limitations.
• Reflective — I’m not sure how I feel about admitting weakness. Part of me knows I need God’s help, but another part of me is afraid of what it means to stop relying on myself. I need help understanding what a relationship based on my weakness and God’s strength actually looks like.
• Receptive — I’m willing to admit I’m weak and I need God. I’m tired of trying to transcend my limits on my own. I want to experience what happens when God’s power works through my weakness instead of trying to be strong enough by myself.
• Ready — I’m done pretending I don’t need God. I’m ready to practice humility by admitting my weakness and entering into the kind of relationship where his power superpowers my life. I just need the framework to practice this when life gets hard.

Be courageous. Pray, write, or talk with your discovery partner about which box you checked and why. It takes courage to admit where we really are—whether we’re afraid to admit weakness, confused about what it means, tired of self-reliance, or ready to let God’s power work through our limitations. God already knows our weakness. This honesty is our first step toward a right relationship with God—where his power superpowers our lives.

Step 2: Self-evaluate and discover your “one thing.”

When we practice humility—admitting our weakness and letting God’s strength flow through us—we access superpowers that allow us to live a conquering lifestyle:

Loving God means obeying his commands. And God’s commands are not too hard for us, [4] because everyone who is a child of God conquers the world. And this is the victory that conquers the world—our faith. [5] So the one who conquers the world is the person who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.

1 John 5:3-5 NCV

No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

Romans 8:37 NIV

We’re not meant to survive life—we’re meant to conquer it. But not through our own strength. We are meant to conquer it through the superpowers God gives us when we walk with him in humility.

But the fruit produced by the Holy Spirit within you is divine love in all its varied expressions: joy that overflows, peace that subdues, patience that endures, kindness in action, a life full of virtue, faith that prevails, gentleness of heart, and strength of spirit. Never set the law above these qualities, for they are meant to be limitless.

Galatians 5:22-23 TPT

These are our superpowers. Here’s what each one does:

1. Divine love in all its varied expressions — This gives us the superpower of transformation. Divine love changes everything—it transforms enemies into friends, hatred into forgiveness, and brokenness into wholeness. This is the love that compelled God to send Jesus and compels us to lay down our lives for others.
2. Joy that overflows — This gives us the superpower of resilience. Joy is more than being happy. It’s the ability to adapt and endure so that no matter the obstacles or difficulties, we keep advancing and achieving the dreams God has laid on our hearts.
3. Peace that subdues — This gives us the superpower of thriving under pressure. We can stay cool, focused, and able to handle any and every situation without being overwhelmed.
4. Patience that endures — This gives us the superpower of finishing. We can stay on task and focused until completion. We can wait with the confidence that God is going to come through, and until he does, we will stay at it—methodical, deliberate, and confident of victory.
5. Kindness in action — This gives us the superpower of relationship-building. It empowers us to build friendships with anyone of any culture, race, or ethnicity, because we have the ability to bring out the best in people.
6. A life full of virtue — This gives us the superpower of goodness and purpose. It’s living our lives to make the world and people’s lives better. This includes the superpower of vision—seeing the best in people.
7. Faith that prevails — This gives us the superpower of confidence in God. Faith tells us that no matter what the scoreboard of life says, we will win if we stay the course. This is what makes everything that is humanly impossible possible with God.
8. Gentleness of heart — This gives us the superpower of sensitivity. We can sense where people are at. It’s emotional intelligence at a level beyond what can be taught or learned through books. This allows us to see and heal hearts.
9. Strength of spirit — This gives us the superpower of self-control. It’s the ability to say no to ourselves, our destructive emotions, and the storms that seek to sink or distract us. This allows us to master ourselves and our sins so we grow even stronger, more full of the Spirit.

Question 1: Which superpowers am I currently trying—and failing—to produce through my own strength?

Look at the nine superpowers above. For each one, give an honest assessment of how you’re experiencing it:

Divine love (in all its varied expressions): 

• A. I struggle to love people unconditionally—especially those who hurt me.
• B. I love people based on what they do for me, not who they are.
• C. I’m experiencing Spirit-given divine love—loving people the way God loves them.

Joy that overflows (resilience):

• A. I’m trying to stay resilient through sheer willpower, and I’m exhausted. 
• B. I avoid challenges and give up easily when obstacles come because I don’t have real resilience. 
• C. I’m experiencing Spirit-given resilience—I keep advancing despite difficulties.

Peace that subdues (thriving under pressure):

• A. I’m constantly stressed and overwhelmed—I have no real peace. 
• B. I fake calmness, but I’m panicking inside. 
• C. I’m experiencing Spirit-given peace that keeps me focused under pressure.

Patience that endures (finishing power): 

• A. I quit things before finishing because I can’t wait for results. 
• B. I’m impatient and frustrated with God’s timing. 
• C. I’m experiencing Spirit-given patience—staying on task until completion.

Kindness in action (relationship building): 

• A. I struggle to build relationships or bring out the best in people. 
• B. I use manipulation or performance instead of genuine kindness. 
• C. I’m experiencing Spirit-given kindness that builds real connections.

A life full of virtue (goodness, purpose, and vision): 

• A. I don’t know my purpose or how to make others’ lives better.
• B. I’m living for myself instead of making the world better.
• C. I’m experiencing Spirit-given purpose—seeing the best in people and situations.

Faith that prevails (confidence in God): 

• A. I don’t believe God can change my circumstances. 
• B. I give up when things look impossible. 
• C. I’m experiencing Spirit-given faith—confident God will come through.

Gentleness of heart (sensitivity and emotional intelligence): 

• A. I’m oblivious to what people are really feeling. 
• B. I sense people’s pain but don’t know how to help them heal. 
• C. I’m experiencing Spirit-given sensitivity—seeing and healing hearts.

Strength of spirit (self-control and mastery over sin): 

• A. I’m enslaved to my emotions, habits, and sins.
• B. I keep trying and failing to change the same struggles over and over.
• C. I’m experiencing Spirit-given self-control—mastering myself instead of being mastered.

Count how many boxes you checked in each category:

• A’s (“I’m trying on my own and failing”)
• B’s (“I’m faking it or avoiding it”):
• C’s (“I’m experiencing the Spirit’s power”):

Pray, write, or talk with your discovery partner: Looking at where you’re relying on your own strength, what’s it costing you? How is self-reliance leaving you conquered instead of a conqueror?

Question 2: Am I conquering or being conquered?

Being conquered looks like this: 

• Living in survival mode instead of victory mode. 
• Feeling defeated by the same struggles year after year. 
• Trying to produce resilience, peace, patience, and self-control through willpower alone. 
• Exhausted from trying to be good enough in our own strength. 
• Giving up on dreams because obstacles feel too big. 
• Allowing sin, emotions, and circumstances to control us.

Being a conqueror looks like this: 

• Living in victory through God’s superpowers flowing through our weaknesses.
• Overcoming struggles we couldn’t beat in our own strength.
• Experiencing joy, peace, patience, and self-control as supernatural gifts.
• Resting in God’s strength instead of striving on our own.
• Advancing toward dreams despite obstacles.
• Mastering sin, emotions, and circumstances through the Spirit’s power.

Circle the lines that best describe your current life. How many do you have in each section?

When we ignore spirituality and walking with God, we allow ourselves to be conquered rather than doing the conquering. 

Pray, write, or talk with your discovery partner: In what area of my life am I being conquered because I’m trying to fight in my own strength instead of accessing God’s superpowers?

Question 3: Which superpower do I need most right now?

Think about the biggest challenge, struggle, or dream you’re facing right now.

Which superpower would change everything if you had it? 

• Joy that overflows (the resilience to keep going) 
• Peace that subdues (the ability to thrive under pressure) 
• Patience that endures (the power to finish what we start) 
• Kindness in action (the ability to build relationships) 
• A life full of virtue (clear purpose and vision) 
• Faith that prevails (confidence that God will come through) 
• Gentleness of heart (sensitivity to see and heal hearts) 
• Strength of spirit (self-control to master ourselves)

Now answer honestly:

• On a scale of 1-10, how much have I been trying to produce this quality in my own strength?
• On a scale of 1-10, how much have I been practicing humility (admitting weakness) and asking God for this superpower?
• What would it look like to stop trying to generate this power myself and start accessing it through the Holy Spirit?

Pray, write, or talk with your discovery partner: What would change in my life if I actually had this superpower flowing through me? What’s keeping me from admitting I can’t produce it myself and asking God for it?

Question 4: What does it mean to live limitlessly?

Look again at Galatians 5:23: “Never set the law above these qualities, for they are meant to be limitless.”

The superpowers God gives us aren’t capped. They’re meant to be limitless—growing stronger and stronger as we walk with God in humility.

The honest question:

• Where have I put a limit on what God can do through me?
• Where have I decided “This is just who I am” instead of believing God can empower me to change?
• Which superpower do I most doubt God can give me?

Pray, write, or talk with your discovery partner: What would my life look like if I actually believed these superpowers are meant to be limitless in me? What would I attempt that I’m not attempting now?

THE ONE THING:

Look at everything you’ve written in Step 2. Now complete this sentence:

The one superpower I need most—and have been trying to produce in my own strength instead of accessing through humility—is…

And if I stopped relying on myself and started practicing humility as the gateway to this superpower, everything would change because…

Before you meet with your discovery partner, spend 30 minutes connecting with God about the superpower you identified in Step 2.

Pray and journal: 

• “God, I’ve been trying to produce (your superpower) in my own strength. I admit I can’t. I need your Spirit to empower me with this.”
• “What am I afraid will happen if I stop relying on myself and start depending on you for this superpower?” 
• “How would my life change if I actually experienced this superpower flowing through me?”

Write what you sensed God saying to you:

Step 3: Make a relationship connection.

Superpowers don’t flow in isolation. They flow through relationships. When we connect with God and with others who walk with him, we gain access to power that changes everything:

You know God identified Jesus as the uniquely chosen One by pouring out the Holy Spirit on Him, by empowering Him. You know Jesus went through the land doing good for all and healing all who were suffering under the oppression of the evil one, for God was with Him.

Acts 10:38 Voice

So now, Lord, listen to their threats to harm us. Empower us, as your servants, to speak the word of God freely and courageously. [30] Stretch out your hand of power through us to heal, and to move in signs and wonders by the name of your holy Son, Jesus!” [31] As they prayed the earth shook beneath them, causing the building they were in to tremble. Each one of them was filled with the Holy Spirit, and they proclaimed the word of God with unrestrained boldness.

Acts 4:29-31 TPT

After this, the church all over Judea, Galilee, and Samaria experienced a season of peace. The congregations grew larger and larger, with the believers being empowered and encouraged by the Holy Spirit. They worshiped God in wonder and awe, and walked in the fear of the Lord.

Acts 9:31 TPT

1. Relationship with God empowers us.

But he did not doubt or waver in unbelief concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong and empowered by faith, giving glory to God.

Romans 4:20 AMP

But when the Spirit of Christ empowers your life, you are not dominated by the flesh but by the Spirit. And if you are not joined to the Spirit of the Anointed One, you are not of him.

Romans 8:9 TPT

We actually gain power through connection with God: Holy Spirit power, prayer power, the power that bears fruit in your life, the power of love and authentic relationships, the power of self-discovery, the power of forgiveness, the power of understanding. All these spiritual powers give us the ability to change the world.

2. Relationships with other Christians empower us.

But now that we have died to those chains that imprisoned us, we have been released from the law to serve in a new Spirit-empowered life, not the old written code.

Romans 7:6 Voice

I yearn to come and be face-to-face with you and get to know you. For I long to impart to you some spiritual gift that will empower you to stand strong in your faith.

Romans 1:11 TPT

When believers connect, they help each other become empowered. They connect each other to the power, presence, and purpose of God rather than becoming overly reliant on one another to constantly recharge them. Prayer together multiplies power. Spiritual encouragement strengthens faith. Shared wisdom from the Bible brings breakthroughs. Walking together keeps us from being dominated by weakness. 

3. Relationship with those who don’t yet know God allows you to empower them.

And in a similar way, the Holy Spirit takes hold of us in our human frailty to empower us in our weakness. For example, at times we don’t even know how to pray, or know the best things to ask for. But the Holy Spirit rises up within us to super-intercede on our behalf, pleading to God with emotional sighs too deep for words.

Romans 8:26 TPT

Now, those who are mature in their faith can easily be recognized, for they don’t live to please themselves but have learned to patiently embrace others in their immaturity. [2] Our goal must be to empower others to do what is right and good for them, and to bring them into spiritual maturity.

Romans 15:1-2 TPT

When we experience God’s superpowers, we become a conduit to bring others into that same power. Our transformation empowers others to believe transformation is possible.

Your assignment: Schedule a 60-minute conversation with someone who walks with God—someone who can pray with you, encourage you, and remind you that God’s superpowers are real.

Share:

Courageously open your heart by sharing these discoveries from Step 1 & 2:

1. Your Heart Check status and why you checked it.
2. The superpower you most need (from Step 2) and why.
3. What you’ve been trying to do in your own strength that isn’t working.
4. What you sensed God saying to you in your prayer time.
5. Your “One Thing” statement—the transformation you’re relying on God for.

Ask:

Take another courageous step by asking your discovery partner these questions:

• “Have you seen me trying to handle this in my own strength? What have you noticed?” 
• “Do you believe God can actually give me this superpower? Why or why not?”
• “Will you pray with me right now for God to empower me with this?”
• “Will you walk with me for the next seven days as my storm-calming discovery partner—someone who reminds me of God’s power when I forget?”

Pray together for at least 10 minutes. This isn’t a quick prayer. This is asking God to empower you with a superpower you’ve never consistently experienced.

After the conversation and prayer time, pray about, talk through with them, or write down:

What they prayed for you:

What you felt during the prayer—did you sense God’s power?

What they said that gave you faith this transformation is possible:

Remember: Relationships superpower you. God empowers you directly through prayer and his Spirit. Other believers empower you to connect with God through prayer, encouragement, and accountability. And you empower others by sharing what God is doing in you. This isn’t about going it alone. This is about tapping into the power that flows through connection.

Focus

My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power, [5] so that your faith might not rest on human wisdom, but on God’s power.

1 Corinthians 2:4-5 NIV

Our goal is not for people to think we are powerful (because we are weak). Our goal is to allow them to see the power of God and therefore turn to God—not follow us as human beings.

With your storm-calming discovery partner, complete this statement together:

“For the next 7 days, I commit to walking in God’s presence, power, and purpose by practicing (your superpower from Step 2) when (specific storm/situation) hits. Instead of trying to produce this in my own strength, I will walk in the Spirit—staying connected to God’s presence by , accessing God’s power by , and following God’s purpose by .”

Example: “For the next 7 days, I commit to walking in God’s presence, power, and purpose by practicing the superpower of patience that endures when my teenage son’s behavior triggers my anger. Instead of reacting in my own strength, I will walk in the Spirit—pausing to pray (presence), asking for supernatural patience (power), and responding with love that brings transformation (purpose).”

Your statement:

If I walk in God’s presence, power, and purpose this week—even once—here’s the impact it would have:

Grow

Once you experience this superpower—even once, even partially—you’re going to share it with someone who doesn’t yet know God or is struggling to believe God’s power is real.

With your discovery partner, identify this:

Who is someone in my life who needs to know that God’s superpowers are real and available?

Name:

What storm are they facing that this superpower would help them conquer?

Within the next week, I commit to: 

• Sharing my story of experiencing God’s superpower with them.
• Praying with them for God to empower them.
• Inviting them to start their own experiment of accessing God’s superpowers. 
• Other:

My discovery partner will help me follow through by: (choose one) 

• Daily text at (time) asking “Did you experience the superpower today?” 
• Every other day phone call to pray together and celebrate victories.
• Three times this week to share what’s changing and remind me to share with [person’s name].
• Other:

Remember: Developing your superpower isn’t about becoming a better version of yourself through self-improvement. It’s about staying so connected to God spiritually that his superpowers flow through you uninhibited. This is implementation. This is execution. This being empowered by the Holy Spirit to change your life and change the world.

Step 4: Take action for a week—see what happens!

Pick Your Avenger

You’ve identified the superpower you need most (from Step 2). Now it’s time to become the spiritual version of the Avenger who embodies that superpower.

Match your superpower to your Avenger:

• Divine love (in all its varied expressions) = SCARLET WITCH / WANDA
  Your love transforms everything—enemies become friends, hatred becomes forgiveness, brokenness becomes wholeness.
• Joy that overflows (Resilience) = SPIDERMAN
  No matter how many times you get knocked down, you keep getting back up.
• Peace that subdues (Thriving under pressure) = CAPTAIN AMERICA
  You stay calm in chaos and subdue the storm by being steady.
• Patience that endures (Finishing power) = HAWKEYE
  You wait confidently and finish what you start.
• Kindness in action (Relationship building) = CAPTAIN MARVEL
  You bring out the best in people and empower them.
• A life full of virtue (Goodness/purpose/vision) = BLACK PANTHER
  You live to make the world better and see the best in people.
• Faith that prevails (Confidence in victory) = THOR
  You believe you’re worthy and victory is coming, no matter the scoreboard.
• Gentleness of heart (Sensitivity/emotional intelligence) = BLACK WIDOW
  You sense where people are hurting and bring healing.
• Strength of spirit (Self-control/mastery) = IRON MAN
  You master your weaknesses instead of being mastered by them.

My Avenger: My Superpower:

Your mission: Become the spiritual [Your Avenger]

You don’t need a complicated plan. You just need one simple practice repeated seven times.

Your daily practice (do the same thing every day for seven days):

Morning: 

• Read Galatians 5:22-23 and focus on YOUR superpower and YOUR Avenger. 
• Pray: “God, I can’t produce (your superpower) in my own strength, just like (your Avenger) couldn’t save the world without their power. Today I’m admitting my weakness and asking your Spirit to flow through me. Give me this superpower.“

Throughout the day: 

When your storm hits (the situation you identified in step 3), think: “What would (your Avenger) do?” Then practice this three-step pattern:

1. Admit weakness: “This is too big for me in my own strength.”
2. Ask for the superpower: “God, I need (your superpower) right now.”
3. Act like your Avenger: Take one small action as if the superpower is already working through you—the way your Avenger would respond.

Evening: 

Text or call your discovery partner. Answer one question: “Did I become the spiritual (my Avenger) today—even a little?” 

Share what happened (or didn’t happen). Pray together for 2 minutes.

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That’s it. Seven days. Same simple pattern. Watch what happens when you stop trying to be a hero in your own strength and start letting God’s Spirit superpower you like your Avenger.

Day 7: Sunday reflection

After seven days of practicing humility and asking for your superpower, answer these questions with your discovery partner:

• Did you experience the superpower? Even once? Even partially?
• What changed when you stopped trying to produce it yourself and started accessing it through God?
• On a scale of 1-10, how much more do you believe God’s superpowers are real and available to you?
• What storm are you ready to face as a conqueror instead of being conquered?
• Which Avenger do you feel like you became this week—even for a moment?

Final question: What changes now that you know what it feels like to access God’s superpowers instead of relying on your own strength?

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Remember: You don’t become a conqueror by being perfect for seven days. You become a conqueror by practicing humility seven times—admitting weakness and accessing God’s strength—until it becomes your instinct. You’re not trying to prove you’re strong enough. You’re discovering that when you’re weak, God’s power makes you more than a conqueror. And your experiment is successful when you can tell others: “Here’s what happened when I stopped surviving in my own strength and started conquering through God’s superpowers—I became the spiritual [my Avenger].”