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Each week I have given you an example of a game changer. We have looked at people from recent history to see examples of game-changing strategies.

This weeks’ game changer not only wanted to change his government, but he also wanted to change the world. He created a grassroots campaign that started a protest of over 2000 people to bring that change to his government. The government shot back… literally… The government killed 16 of Hitler's followers and imprisoned him for treason., he kept the faith in prison. He even wrote a book in prison that gained a lot of attention and called many more to his cause.

Ten years after Hitler was a prisoner in his own country, he became an elected official in his national government. More shockingly The leaders of his national government appointed him as the head of his government… a president of sorts.

Once he had attained the power he so desired, he went on to change the lives of countless millions. He is an example that power is a game changer.

Power is a game changer

Power is a game changer. If you have power, you can change things. If you work hard enough, you can gain authority. If you can influence enough people you can become a powerful person… and powerful people can change anything…

Our example, you have no doubt heard of…

Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler is an example of a power-hungry person. Adolf would have done anything to get power. And once he was given some power he would do underhanded things to get more. Once elected, buildings were mysteriously burnt down allowing him to seize more power… political leaders were mysteriously killed allowing him to seize more power.

The powerful get power by crushing the weak. This is the example of Adolf Hitler. We see this example throughout history. We see this example in our daily lives. You go to school with people like this. You work with people like this. Some people treat their relationships like this. I have even known pastors like this.

Power Crushes

Hitler had the power, and he used that power to crush.

* 6 million Jews* 7 million Soviets* 1.8 million polish

Hitler had the power, and it wasn’t enough. He sought to have power over the entire world.

You see Hitler was crazy enough to believe that if he had enough power he could fix the world. He craved more power because he thought if he had all the power he could create a utopia – a perfect world. He would use his power to crush the world into his image… and of course, his image was the correct image, because he had the power.

What do you say when the powerful, maniacal dictator asks you if you like his idea? Most people would say, “what a great idea sir.”

This is not going to be popular or comfortable -- but here it is. We are more like Hitler than we care to admit, and here is why.

If I only had power

Hitler said to himself that “if I only had power, then I could change the world.”

Much of our desires are power based. We may not say “if I only had power…” we may say…