“Where there’s a will, there’s a way.” How many of you have heard this expression? Willpower seems to be a neglected character trait to many people today. Even for the people of God, many of us may need a deeper understanding of the connection between spiritual willpower and the Kingdom of God. To be clear, we certainly cannot make it into God’s Kingdom by virtue of our willpower, or by the strength of our own will or by our own works! However, we do have an important responsibility before our Great God. Here are the words of Jesus Christ: “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven” Matthew 7:21. Our responsibility to God is to do His will – and that requires spiritual willpower!

John Cafourek

(1945-2017)

John Cafourek (1945-2017) served in the ministry of Jesus Christ with his wife, Sandy, for 46 years.

John was born in South Dakota. He attended Ambassador College in Pasadena, California, from 1965 to 1969, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He received a Master’s Degree in psychological counseling from Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, in 1978. John pastored churches in Nebraska, North Dakota, Missouri, Mississippi, Washington, and Oregon.