OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL-WEDNESDAY-23/03/2016-LIVING IN THE SPIRIT-BY PASTOR E.A. ADEBOYE
LIVING IN THE SPIRIT
Memorise
If we live in the Spirit, let us also
walk in the Spirit. Galatians 5:25
Read
Galatians 5:22-26,
22 But
the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness,
goodness, faith,
23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no
law.
24 And
they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
25 If we
live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
26 Let
us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
KJV
MESSAGE
When you are not living in the Spirit, you
will suffer spiritual famine. You will become a victim of the works of the
flesh such as adultery, fornication, uncleanness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred,
heresies, envying etc. But when you allow your life to be directed by the
Spirit, you will be able to express the fruits of the Spirit such as love, joy,
peace, longsuffering, meekness, patience, faith etc. Those who walk in the
Spirit cannot make wrong decisions and even when they have decided to make a
move, their moves will always lead to the right destinations, because they are
guided by God. This is why it is important to allow God to speak to you so that
you can hear His voice and find rest for your soul. When you live in the
spirit, you will not grope around as someone in darkness. There are many people
who have lost the energy required for the Christian race because they have
allowed their hearts to be taken over by the mundane things of this world.
Don’t be a carnal Christian. A carnal Christian enjoys what the world can offer
as long as it satisfies his ego. A carnal Christian is always a victim of sin
because the body has not been trained to be disciplined. If you live in the
Spirit, you will no longer complete with the world in fashion. If you are
walking in the Spirit you will not be comfortable exposing your body to cause
others to fall into lust. You must up your mind to break away from every act of
carnality, so that the peace of God can rest on you.
“Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to
the law of God, neither indeed can be”
Romans 8:7
Do not be consumed any longer
with the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eye and the pride of this life.
Make up your mind to be ruled and governed by the spirit of God. Our hearts,
deeds and the fruits we bear must be patterned to please God. One of the ways
to ensure we live in the Spirit is to continue to fellowship with Him. Those
who find it difficult to come to the presence of God and fellowship cannot
experience the power of the Spirit. You are supposed to value the presence of
God more than any other thing in life. You may be denied of every other thing
but not the presence of God. Also, to grow in the Spirit we must create time
for the study of the Word of God. Make the study of the Word of God important
in your agenda. The moment you begin to have excuses for not attending
fellowship and not studying God’s Word, you can be sure that the devil is
already causing you to experience spiritual famine, and at the end, there will
be a manifestation of the flesh. Some who are no longer walking in the Spirit
have given themselves over to the false doctrines blowing across the world. If
you are in this category, you have to cry to God to help you so that you will
not be a victim of heresy. The flesh is programmed to always yield to sin. Ask
God to deliver you from the desires of your flesh so that you will no longer
gratify its dictates.
Prayer Point
Father, let not my flesh have dominion over me.
Bible in one year
Judges 8:29-9:57, Job 41:5-17
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