"Jubilee Cards" about Power
One-minute mind-stretching exercises to make your day
Jubilee Cards put SYNC content at your fingertips in a form you can use for a quick exercise routine. If you print a copy, you can do the exercise to set the tone for your day before you pick up your phone in the morning.
An alternative time to use the Jubilee Cards is whenever you can seize a 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.
The cards help you exercise your right to declare what kind of a day you are going to have instead of letting your circumstances control you. 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 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 Freedom Declaration. Together these give us a daily dose of God's freedom.
Jubilee Cards for Power Season
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Sunday
Jubilee Card 22
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
Jubilee Card 23
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
Jubilee Card 24
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
Jubilee Card 25
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
Jubilee Card 26
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
Jubilee Card 27
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
Jubilee Card 28
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.
Where can I see the full set of 50 Jubilee Cards?
The full set has seven verses on each of SYNC's seven themes plus a 50th "Jubilee Verse". The page is under construction; expected completion in September.