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Daily God Walk

7/23/2015

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Holy Spirit Produces Good Fruit

Live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature… The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. – Galatians 5:22-23

 There is no greater life than living in the Spirit. Once you learn the process by which you walk daily, throughout the day, under the influence of the Holy Spirit you won’t want to go back to living normal human life.

Many of us who are Christian and go to church every week still have not found that place in our walk where we are living in the Spirit. O, I know we are born again, but we have not yet allowed Holy Spirit to fully transform us so that the fruit of our life is the fruit of the Spirit.

In verses 19-21 of this chapter Paul gives four categories of sins. There is sexual sin, not difficult to identify. There is God-substitute sins, a little more difficult to recognize. There are Attitude sins, often not thought of as sin. Finally, there are lifestyle sins like drunkenness, orgies and the like (Paul’s words not mine).

The category which seems to most affect us is attitude sins. In fact, these sins are so common that we don’t often think of them as sins. We look at ambition as just wanting to get ahead and envy as simply wanting the better things in life. Our anger is justified and I can’t help it if others don’t fit into my clique. All of those justifications are the result of not living in the Spirit.

So, how does one “live by the Spirit?” First, to live by the Spirit we must be filled with the Spirit. Becoming filled with the Spirit is achieved by seeking God and submitting ourselves to his lordship. Jesus said, “Ask and you will receive, seek and you will find, knock and it will be opened to you.” I promise that if you ask, seek and knock you will be filled with Holy Spirit.

When you are filled with Holy Spirit you will then live by the Spirit and the fruit of your life.

 Prayer: Fill me Holy Spirit so that I may live in the Spirit so the fruit of my life will be the fruit of the Spirit. Amen.

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Message: So, how does one "Live by the Spirit?" First, to live by the Spirit we must be filled with the Spirit. Becoming filled with the Spirit is achieved by seeking God and submitting ourselves to his Lordship.


Affirmation: I have the fruit of the Spirit in my life because I have chosen to live by the Spirit.


Reflection: The sure test of whether you are living a Spirit led life is to examine the fruit of your life. Does your life exemplify the fruitfulness Paul describes? Ir is it manifesting the works of the flesh Paul describes in just a few verses before our Scripture text for this devotion?


My Thoughts:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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Daily God Walk

7/22/2015

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Holy Spirit Power Witnesses to Truth of Christ

I am going to send you what my Father has promised; but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high… You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. – Luke 24:49, Acts 1:8

I was once visiting with a couple of people who came to my door promoting their particular church. They were part of a well known group which covers entire cities door to door. These folks were explaining the meaning of this passage to me. They said that the Holy Spirit gave them the power to knock on doors and without the Holy Spirit they wouldn’t be able to do that.

I suppose there is some truth to that, but I don’t think that is the intended truth of this passage. In fact, if that was the primary application here then I suppose those who sell anything door-to-door could claim to be Spirit filled. I have known encyclopedia salesman, vacuum cleaner salesmen, picture salesmen, and a myriad of other salesman who all go door-to-door and, frankly, they didn’t seem to be Spirit filled (not Holy Spirit anyway).

This passage is referring to the powerful confirmation which is to accompany the telling of the gospel story. Notice Mark 16:20, “Then the disciples went out and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked with them and confirmed his word by the signs that accompanied it.” That is Holy Spirit power.

When Holy Spirit descended upon the believers on the day of Pentecost he did so with a powerful demonstration. There was a mighty wind, tongues of fire and they praised God in a language that all could understand. Over 15 nations were present and it was said that they all heard the believers praising God in their own language.

Another instance of Holy Spirit power is in Acts 4 when they prayed for the Lord to, “Heal and perform miraculous signs and wonders through the name of your holy servant Jesus.” When Holy Spirit came upon them the place where they were praying was shaken and they spoke the word of God boldly. That is Holy Spirit power.

Prayer: Lord, grant me Holy Spirit power in my witness so that people can easily see the truth of Christ and salvation. In Jesus name, amen.

 

You Can Go Further With This Devotion


Every one of the inspiring devotions in the Daily God Walk seem to stimulate us to grow in our journey of faith. To facilitate that growth we offer the Study Guide Edition which includes:
  •  A section that pinpoints the message of that devotion 
  • An affirmation to affirm the message in prayer and meditation
  •  A section of reflection which is good for personal development as well as being good to use for discussion material in a small group setting.
  • Also there is a a section called, "My Notes." This is an excellent tool to help you journal your thoughts daily. 
 Below is the Study Guide Page for the devotion today:

Message: Jesus said, "I am going to send you what my Father has promised; but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high… You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."

 Affirmation:  I daily submit myself to Holy Spirit so that I might be filled with his power and he will confirm the truth of the message of Christ with evident manifestations.


Reflection:  Jesus declared that when Holy Spirit came he would bring great spiritual power. My question is this: Have you experienced power in your witness of Christ? If not then maybe you are not yet fully walking in the Spirit. Think on it.

My Thoughts:

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July 15th, 2015

7/15/2015

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Holy Spirit Gives Assurance

The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s Children… Let us draw near to God with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith… And this is how we know he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us.  – Romans 8:16, Hebrews 10:22,   1 John 3:24

 I have a habit of losing things. I guess it is my short attention span, but I will think of something which needs to be done and all at once I find myself in front of the task and not have the tools necessary to get it done. Ever happen to you?

When I walk out of the house to go somewhere I must check my pockets for the keys to the car and to the door of the house. Almost every time there is a split second of panic as the locked door to the house closes and I reach for my pocket to be sure I have my keys. Thank God, the keys are in my pocket. It is always a relief when I can feel them in my pants pocket.

Now, I am certainly not comparing my keys to the Holy Spirit, but I am saying that we must have assurance that Holy Spirit is there when we need him. Our scripture passages today tell us that God knows we need that assurance and he gives us Holy Spirit in such a way that we know for sure he is within us.

Some will say, “You are saying that Holy Spirit is something we receive by experience when in fact he comes by faith alone.” I agree that it is faith in Christ which releases Holy Spirit to come into our heart and renew our spirit, but I will say that Holy Spirit comes in an experiential way or else why would Paul write, “The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit”? And why would John write, “This is how we know he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us”?

Yes, we do receive Holy Spirit by faith, but a test of whether we have truly believed is whether Holy Spirit gives us assurance of our relationship with him. We are not to seek experience, we are to seek Holy Spirit; and Holy Spirit gives us assurance.

 Prayer: Thank you for the salvation through faith in Christ and thank you for the assurance of the indwelling Holy Spirit. Amen.

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A New Life

7/10/2015

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Just-as-if-ied Never Sinned

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Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand.  – Romans 5:1-2

 The door to being reconciled to God was opened when Christ paid the supreme sacrifice for our sins. There had never been an open door to heaven before, except for specific occasions and for specific purposes. But now, Christ opened the door once and for all of mankind so that we all might have the opportunity to be right with God.

Paul writes in 2 Corinthians 5, “All this if from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men’s sins against them” (v18-19).

What does it mean to be reconciled? The word comes from the Latin word, “reconciliare” and means to make good again or to repair. When we say that we are reconciled to God we are saying that our relationship with him has been repaired and it is good again.

We are reconciled to God, that is, everything is made right between us and him. But how do we get from “All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,” to reconciled? That happens as we begin our journey of faith in Christ and through our faith are justified by grace giving us right standing with God.

Justified simply means that I have been declared innocent. There is nothing that God is holding against me. It is truly just-as-if-ied never sinned. Christ paid mine and your debt of sin and when we come to God through faith in Christ God’s grace is given us and suddenly we are declared innocent and we stand before God as pure as if we had never sinned. We are Justified.

We who have believed upon the name of Christ and have by faith committed our life to him have tasted the sweetness of his salvation. Rejoice with me today as we celebrate the that because we have been justified we are now reconciled to God.

 Prayer: Thank you Lord for Jesus the great reconciler. Amen.

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Daily God Walk - A New Life

7/6/2015

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What Is Sin?

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Each one is tempted when, by his own evil desire, he is dragged away and enticed. Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
– James 1:14-15

Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn’t do it, sins. – James 4:17

When we ask, “What is sin?” we get many replies. Some will say, “It is not being true to yourself.” Others might say, “It is breaking the 10 Commandments.” I have come to the conclusion that sin is anything, whether passive or active, that comes between us and our relationship with God.

That idea seems to be expressed in these verses in James. First James identifies sin as yielding to our evil desire. Before you get all self-righteous and say something like, “why, I have never had an evil desire,” you should understand that in this sense evil is not demonic, or even sinister. Evil here is simply our own will which desires fulfillment outside the will of God.

Yielding to our human nature when it calls us away from the presence of God is sin. When our desire is not for God and his righteousness it is evil and is sin. Can you see that? Even a desire for something that of itself is not sin, if it is selfish and draws us away from God, it is sin.

The second issue regarding sin that James addresses is the sin of omission. He tells us that if we know to do good and don’t do it then by that omission of doing good we have sinned.

With these ideas in mind I challenge you to examine your own life to see if you might be sinning and not even be aware of it. One of the most common sins today is failing to establish a regular place of worship and spiritual fellowship. We are instructed to continue meeting together and encouraging one another (Hebrews 10:25).

Prayer: Lord, I’m afraid I have fallen victim to my own selfish nature far too often. Help me to corral my evil desires and to not neglect to do the good I know to do. In Jesus name. Amen.  

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