{"id":11037,"date":"2019-08-06T08:37:57","date_gmt":"2019-08-06T12:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/?p=11037"},"modified":"2022-06-08T17:22:27","modified_gmt":"2022-06-08T21:22:27","slug":"the-power-of-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/the-power-of-one\/","title":{"rendered":"The Power of One"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p>The significance of \u201cone\u201d cannot be overstated especially when it comes to Christianity. We have all heard phrases like \u201cone for all, all for one\u201d or \u201cit takes one to know one.\u201d But what does the bible say about the important role of \u201cone\u201d and the impact it has on our belief system, in our lives as Christians, and our very existence? Here are only some examples of how \u201cone\u201d has played a pivotal role in our past and in our future:<\/p>\r\n<h3><strong>The Power of One God<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<p>The foundation of our belief rests on the premise that there is only one true God and everything we know of Him and his plan for us is revealed through His one and only Word.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>One God<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Deuteronomy 4:35: Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the LORD he<em> is<\/em> God; <em>there is<\/em> none else beside him.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Deuteronomy 4:39: Know therefore this day, and consider\u00a0<em>it<\/em>\u00a0in thine heart, that the LORD he\u00a0<em>is<\/em>\u00a0God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath:\u00a0<em>there is<\/em>\u00a0none else.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">I Kings 8:60: That all the people of the earth may know that the LORD\u00a0<em>is<\/em>\u00a0God,\u00a0<em>and that there is<\/em>\u00a0none else.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Isaiah 46:9: Remember the former things of old: for I\u00a0<em>am<\/em>\u00a0God, and\u00a0<em>there is<\/em>\u00a0none else;\u00a0<em>I am<\/em>\u00a0God, and\u00a0<em>there is<\/em>\u00a0none like me,<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Ephesians 4:6: One God and Father of all, who\u00a0<em>is<\/em>\u00a0above all, and through all, and in you all.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Revelation 1:8: I am Alpha and\u00a0Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>One Word<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">John 1:1: In the beginning was\u00a0the Word, and\u00a0the Word\u00a0was with God, and\u00a0the Word\u00a0was God.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">John 1:14: And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and\u00a0truth.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Acts 6:7: And\u00a0the word\u00a0of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Ephesians 6:17: And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is\u00a0the word\u00a0of God:<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Hebrews 4:12: For\u00a0the word\u00a0of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">I Peter 1:23: Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by\u00a0the word\u00a0of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">I John 1:1: That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of\u00a0the Word\u00a0of life;<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">I John 5:7: For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father,\u00a0the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Revelation 19:13: And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called\u00a0The Word of God.<\/p>\r\n<h3><strong>The Power of One Time<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<p>There is a first time for everything. Nowhere is that more evident than in the biblical accounts of creation, the fall of man, and the one judgement upon the earth known as the worldwide flood that destroyed all that lived except those God set aside on the ark.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>One Creation<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Genesis 1:1: In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Genesis 1:2: And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness\u00a0<em>was<\/em>\u00a0upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Genesis 1:9: And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto\u00a0one\u00a0place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Job 26:7: He stretcheth out the north over the empty place,\u00a0<em>and<\/em>\u00a0hangeth the earth upon nothing.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Psalms 90:2: Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou <em>art<\/em>\u00a0God.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Romans 1:20: For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made,\u00a0<em>even <\/em>his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Hebrews 1:2: Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the\u00a0worlds;<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Hebrews 3:4: For every house is builded by some\u00a0<em>man<\/em>; but he that built all things <em>is<\/em>\u00a0God.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>One Flesh<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Genesis 2:21: And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Genesis 2:23: And Adam said, This is now bone\u00a0of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Genesis 3:6: Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be\u00a0one\u00a0flesh.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>One Command<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Genesis 2:16-17: And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>One Sin<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Genesis 3:6: And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Genesis 3:13: And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Genesis 3:14: And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done\u00a0this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Genesis 3:17: And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed\u00a0<em>is<\/em>\u00a0the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat\u00a0<em>of<\/em>\u00a0it all the days of thy life;<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Genesis 3:22: And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Genesis 3:23: Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Romans 5:12: Wherefore, as by one man\u00a0sin entered\u00a0into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>One World Flood<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Genesis 6:18: But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons&#8217; wives with thee.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">I Peter 3:20: Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were\u00a0saved\u00a0by water.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">II Peter 2:5: And spared not the old world, but saved\u00a0Noah\u00a0the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;<\/p>\r\n<h3><strong>The Power of One Salvation<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<p>Nowhere is \u201cone\u201d more meaningful and more profound in the life of a human than what transpires when God set a path for redemption. That we could be reconciled unto God is the ultimate show of love He has bestowed on us.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>One Begotten Son<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Matthew 1:23: Behold, a\u00a0virgin\u00a0shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">John 1:18: No man hath seen God at any time; the only\u00a0begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">John 3:16: For God so loved the world, that he gave his only\u00a0begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">I John 4:9: In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only\u00a0begotten Son\u00a0into the world, that we might live through him.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>One Savior<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Isaiah 43:3: For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy\u00a0Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Matthew 18:11: For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Luke 1:47: And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my\u00a0Saviour.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Luke 2:11: For unto you is born this day in the city of David a\u00a0Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">John 3:17: For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be\u00a0saved<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Acts 4:12: Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Ephesians 2:1: And you\u00a0<em>hath he quickened<\/em>, who were dead in trespasses and sins;<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">I John 2:2: And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for\u00a0<em>the sins of<\/em>\u00a0the whole world.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">I John 4:14: And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son\u00a0<em>to be <\/em>the Saviour of the world.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>One Truth<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Psalms 31:5: Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of\u00a0truth.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">John 1:17: For the law was given by Moses, but grace and\u00a0truth\u00a0came by Jesus Christ.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">John 8:32: And ye shall know the\u00a0truth, and the\u00a0truth\u00a0shall make you free.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">John 14:6: Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the\u00a0truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">John 15:26: But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of\u00a0truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>One Way<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">John 3:3: Jesus answered and said unto him,\u00a0Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">John 3:18: He that believeth on him is not\u00a0condemned: but he that believeth not is\u00a0condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Romans 10:13: For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">II Corinthians 5:17: Therefore if any man\u00a0<em>be<\/em>\u00a0in Christ,\u00a0<em>he is<\/em>\u00a0a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Ephesians 2:8: For by grace are ye\u00a0saved\u00a0through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Titus 3:5: Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>One Decision<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">John 10:9: I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be\u00a0saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Mark 16:16: He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Romans 6:23: For the wages of sin\u00a0<em>is<\/em>\u00a0death; but the gift of God\u00a0<em>is<\/em>\u00a0eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Romans 10:9: That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be\u00a0saved.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Romans 10:13: For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be\u00a0saved.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Acts 2:21: And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be\u00a0saved.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Acts 2:38: Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Acts 16:31: And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be\u00a0saved, and thy house.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">I John 5:12: He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the\u00a0Son of God\u00a0hath not life.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>One Hope<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Psalms 71:5: For thou art my\u00a0hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my youth.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Acts 26:6: And now I stand and am judged for the\u00a0hope\u00a0of the promise made of God unto our fathers:<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Romans 5:2: By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in\u00a0hope\u00a0of the glory of God.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Romans 8:24: For we are\u00a0saved\u00a0by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Romans 15:13: Now the God of\u00a0hope\u00a0fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in\u00a0hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Colossians 1:27: To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the\u00a0hope\u00a0of glory:<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Titus 2:13: Looking for that blessed\u00a0hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>One Eternity<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Matthew 25:46: And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life\u00a0eternal.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">John 10:28: And I give unto them\u00a0eternal\u00a0life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">John 17:3: And this is life\u00a0eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">II Corinthians 5:1: For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands,\u00a0eternal\u00a0in the heavens.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Titus 1:2: In\u00a0hope\u00a0of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Titus 3:7: That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of\u00a0eternal\u00a0life.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">I John 2:25: And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even\u00a0eternal\u00a0life.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Revelation 20:10: And the devil that deceived them was cast into the\u00a0lake\u00a0of\u00a0fire\u00a0and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Revelation 22:5: And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall\u00a0reign\u00a0for ever and ever.<\/p>\r\n<h3><strong>The Power of One Soul Winner<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<p>Each Christian has found their path to the Savior and is redeemed for all eternity. But we have a duty to share the Gospel with others so they may also be led to salvation. We are not to hide our light under a bushel but to let it shine so all can see.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>One Church<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Matthew 16:18: And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my\u00a0church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Matthew 18:20: For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Acts 2:47: Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be\u00a0saved.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Acts 20:28: Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the\u00a0church\u00a0of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Ephesians 5:23: For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the\u00a0church: and he is the saviour of the body.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Ephesians 5:25: Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the\u00a0church, and gave himself for it;<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>One Mission<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">I Chronicles 16:24: Declare his glory among the heathen; his marvellous works among all nations.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Daniel 12:3: And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Matthew 28:19: Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Matthew 28:29: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway,\u00a0<em>even<\/em>\u00a0unto the end of the world. Amen.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Mark 16:15: And he said unto them,\u00a0Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Acts 1:8: But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>One Soul at a Time<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Matthew 18:13: And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth more of that\u00a0<em>sheep<\/em>, than of the ninety and nine which went not astray.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Luke 15:7: I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Luke 15:10: Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Luke 15:24: For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Proverbs 11:30: The fruit of the righteous\u00a0<em>is<\/em>\u00a0a tree of life; and he that winneth souls <em>is<\/em>\u00a0wise.<\/p>\r\n<p>==&gt; Learn about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/revival-starts-with-me\/\">Revival Starts with Me<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Power of One &#8211; what does the Bible say about the importance of \u201cone\u201d and its impact on our belief system, our lives, and our existence?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14188,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[306,39,334,340,338,147,56,247,67,224,339,337,336,320,332,271,261,110,341],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Power of One and Its Significance - 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